This page provides technical information and answers questions you might have about purchasing a Webbsoft product and what equipment is needed.

These are the minimum system requirements to run Webbsoft applications.

What sort of video camera do I need? • It is recommended that a digital video camera be used with our software applications. • Digital cameras deliver superior image quality to analog cameras. • All Webbsoft products are designed to work well with consumer grade digital video cameras. • We recommend and use Canon, Panasonic or Sony digital video cameras. • Variable shutter speed is important if your subject is moving quickly. Most digital video cameras either allow you to set the the shutter speed for particular values, or set a sports mode which will use as fast a shutter speed as possible.

Firewire is a high-speed digital interface designed to connect peripheral devices to a computer. The formal standard defining firewire is IEEE1394. Devices which can be connected to a computer through this interface include digital video cameras, hard disks, CD burners, and printers. Firewire devices are "hot-plugable", meaning they can be connected and disconnected from the computer without needing to reboot the computer. The advantages of Firewire are that; • Firewire capture of video is effectively a file transfer process. It is therefore lossless. • Firewire hardware is generally cheaper than conventional capture cards. Many new computers have built-in   Firewire. • Windows 98 second edition, Millennium, Windows 2000, and Windows XP (Home and Professional) have   intrinsic firewire drivers. You must be using one of these operating systems to capture video using Firewire. The name and version of the operating system on your computer can be checked on the 'General' page of the 'System' entry in 'Control Panel'.