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UPDATE LINKS FOR
CREATIVE VIDEO BLASTER
DIGITAL VCR CARD
[ What about the driver software on installation CD? (click here) ]
[ You should do a backup of your system.... (click here) ]
If you are having problems finding the updates to download at the Creative Labs website, then you can try clicking the links on this page to go to the updates offered for the Creative Video Blaster Digital VCR card at the Creative Labs website. (These links are for the updates only -- these links are NOT for the original driver software that comes on the CD that you should have received with the Creative Video Blaster Digital VCR card.) The links for actual downloadable files go first to a license page at the Creative Labs website before the file is actually downloaded to your PC. If the links somehow get changed, go to the Creative Labs Support Download Page and select: Video, TV Tuner, Video Blaster Digital VCR, All, English, Windows XP.
You can also click here if you are also asking about making tweaks to your system including how to get Channel 1 on certain basic cable services. Be sure to read Ruel's page on the Creative Video Blaster Digital VCR card including the Ruel's footnotes page because if you are asking about anything else, then the chances are that the answer you are seeking may already be covered on these pages.
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Channel Tuning Problems with the Creative Video Blaster Digital VCR card
Fine Tuning Corrections:
Fine Tuning Registry File If some of your channels have a picture but no audio, loss of color, complete loss of picture and audio, or poor picture quality compared to other channels, you may need to fine tune your channels. Currently, the Digital VCR software does not provide an interface for fine tuning channels. However, frequency overrides can be entered into your computer's registry to define alternate tuning frequencies for those channels that require it. This link will help you make the frequency overrides in your registry.
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Digital Signature file for the Creative Video Blaster Digital VCR card for Windows 2000 and Windows XP (73 KB)
This file is for the Digital VCR under Windows 2000 or Windows XP. This file contains the Digital Signature that identifies the driver as being Microsoft Certified. (Note: This link goes to a Creative Lab's license page before downloading the actual file.)
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Application Update for the Creative Video Blaster Digital VCR Card (2.37 MB)
This is a Application Update for the Video Blaster Digital VCR for users running Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. This update improves exporting files to directories with long filenames This will update the following files: BT1.EXE updated to v1.1.049, MuxWrite.ax updated to v1.1.049, and DVRExport.exe updated to version 1.0.4.7. Note: This file is an application update, only. It requires a previous version of the software to be installed before running this update. (Note: This link goes to a Creative Lab's license page before downloading the actual file.)
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Manual for the Creative Video Blaster Digital VCR Card (1.27 MB)
(Note: This link goes to a Creative Lab's license page before downloading the actual file.)
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DON'T LOSE YOUR INSTALLATION CD
If you are asking where to find the complete original software for the Creative Video Blaster Digital VCR card, you should have it on a CD that should have came with the card. NOTICE: DO NOT LOSE YOUR INSTALLATION CD BECAUSE YOU WILL MOST LIKELY NOT BE ABLE TO FIND THE ORIGINAL SOFTWARE ON THE INTERNET ANYWHERE. FYI, the software on the original installation CD is approximately 41.5 megabytes in total size -- so it's not small particularly for those of you who are using a dial-up internet connection. If you are buying the Creative Video Blaster Digital VCR card as a used card, you should ask for the original installation CD from whomever sold you the card. Specifically, if you are buying the card from anyone, be sure to ask if the card comes with the installation CD because you will not get the installation software on the internet. As far as I know, the original setup installation software is not officially downloadable from anywhere on the internet. You should find the different little UPDATE software files at the Creative Labs website, but you will NOT find the full original installation software package at the Creative Labs website or anywhere else on the internet. If you want the original software, then you will need the original installation CD. So, hang on to your installation CD, keep it in a safe place where you know it will be, and don't ever lose your installation CD. |
A NOTE ABOUT MAKING BACKUPS
You may want to make backup copies of all of
your important installation CDs and if you have a typical PC mini-tower
case then tape your backup CDs to the inside / outside of your PC mini-tower case and so that you
know where they are and that's what I've done with some PCs that I don't
use that often. Or for your important PCs, you may want to make a ghost
image backup (using Norton Ghost) of your C: system drive, put that
system backup on CD-Rs or DVD-Rs, and keep that system backup with your
installation CDs in a safe place where you know it will be. If you do
make ghost image backups, then you can recover quickly from any horrible crashes
or any foul-ups for whenever a windows system restore will not recover
the last point when your system was working okay. I've went through
harddrive crashes over the years on my system and as a result I've set up
my harddrives where the C: harddrive only has system software files like
windows and other installed software, a D: drive has the video and music, and an E: drive and a F: drive for data files like documents, email, work files, pictures, backup files, etc. That way if one harddrive crashes, then the other drives are not affected. Along with that I try to do a Norton Ghost image backup of the C: system harddrive and a backup of the data files every few months. For my music, I have all of my music files backed up to CD-R / DVD-R discs. For my video, I figure if I make the playable DVDs of the TV shows that I want to save, then I'm okay if something happens to the video drive. If you do a lot of intensive video work, you can probably expect to have to replace your video drive every two-to-three years or so. I would suggest for video, that you get a separate harddrive, set up your TV software and any other video software to point to that drive, and devote that harddrive to only video and so if your video drive stops working then you can replace it without any problems affecting your C: system drive. I would not suggest putting everything on one single C: harddrive because if any intensive video work causes the drive to go out, then you may lose everything. Any really intensive video work can make your harddrive very busy and so you can expect any drive that does video to not last as long as other drives.
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