User guide

Viz Engine Administrator’s Guide

21.4 BlueFish444 Epoch 2K Horizon

The BlueFish444 Epoch 2K Horizon board is intended for character generators such as

Viz Trio, but can also be used as an alternative where only two inputs and outputs are

required. The boards are typically installed on HP Z800 machines.

Configuration History

Use the driver version available on Vizrt’s FTP server to make sure of correct

functionality and ring buffer support.

• 3.6.3 and later, driver version Bluefish444 v5.10.2.18

• 3.6.1 - 3.6.2, driver version Bluefish444 v5.10.2.4

• 3.5.1 - 3.5.4, driver version Bluefish444 v5.10.1.11

• 3.5.0, driver version Bluefish444 v5.9.0.78

21.5 Digital Voodoo D1 Desktop

Digital Voodoo D1 Desktop is an older standard definition card that is rarely used,

but sometimes used with older machines such as IBM Z-Pro 6221, IBM 6223 and HP

xw8200.

IMPORTANT! Viz Engine 3.5 or later no longer officially supports the D1 Desktop

card. For supported versions, see the most recent BlueFish444 cards.

Configuration History

• Driver - VizrtVideo 2.3

• Revision - V1 and V2

Caution: Older card revisions (V1) are incompatible with recent systems like HP

xw8200, xw8400, and IBM Z-Pro 6223. Symptoms are BSOD , machine freeze at

Viz startup or corrupted live-video in Viz.