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The program needs at least a Pentium II processor with 64 MB RAM. A
TWAIN compatible scanner is needed to acquire the film strips (dia module or other light source is required for best results). The screen is optimized for 1024 x 768 resolution.
Conversion of movies requires a lot of hard disk space. Suggested hard disk size is 20 GB.
The program was developed under Windows'98, and successfully tested under Windows'98 and Windows2000.
The program uses the following OCXs:
IMGEDIT.OCX
IMGSCAN.OCX
IMGADMIN.OCX
The OCXs were developed, as part of Imaging for
Windows, originally by Wang Laboratories (OCXs were named Wang Image Edit Control etc.) and distributed free with Windows'95 (starting from Win95-OSR2). Between Win95 and Win98, the imaging application was bought by Kodak who made a newer version. Kodak kept the name of the OCXs (ImgEdit.ocx etc.), but changed the names in Windows' Registry (Kodak Image Edit Control etc.). The ClassID was not changed.
(thanks to Wang and Kodak for their job!)
Imaging for Windows was then acquired by Eastman Software, that is now eiStream inc. Kofile division, and the product is no longer free, it is sold as eiStream Imaging for Windows® Professional Edition (PRO)(current version is 2.6).
OCX limitations
(thanks to Neil H. Gutmacher, Nubs, ngci@adelphia.net, for this paragraph)
There is a limit to the size
of the image that can be scanned with Imaging
for Windows. The largest image that the the Wang distribution package can
handle is 18,000 pixels by 18,000 pixels.
This gives the following values for the maximum strip lengths possible using
the Wang distribution:
Scan Resolution Strip Size, mm
600 dpi
762.0
720 dpi
635.0
800 dpi
571.5
1200 dpi
381.0
2400 dpi
190.5
3200 dpi
142.9
3600 dpi
127.0
4000 dpi
114.3
4800 dpi
95.3
7200 dpi
63.5
9600 dpi
47.6
OCX installation and registering
The OCXs are distributed with 8mm2avi, but it seems this it is not enough, because there are other dependencies that make impossible the OCX to
self-register when Imaging is not present, or present but in the older version.
The fact is that Imaging for Windows is distributed with Windows OS (95, NT, 98 and 2000)(it is optional, therefore you may need to re-install it from the CD), but it disappeared in Windows ME and XP, having been replaced by MS's own
viewer.
There are several releases of the OCXs, dated '96 (Win95 and NT) and dated '98 (Win98 and 2000).
For instance, the imgedit.ocx version Win95 has 30 properties, no event and 16 methods. The upgrade available for Win95
has 44 properties, 19 events and 64 methods. The version on Win98 has 50 properties, 28 events and 84
methods. The latter is the one used by
8mm2avi.
You need to make sure that the appropriate version of Imaging for Windows
(Win98 version) is set up prior to installing 8mm2avi software.
A possible solution is the following:
Copy into the system directory the following files from Windows98 (they are in \Windows\System):
OIUI400.DLL
OITWA400.DLL
OIPRT400.DLL
OISLB400.DLL
OISSQ400.DLL
OIADM400.DLL
OICOM400.DLL
OIDIS400.DLL
OIFIL400.DLL
OIGFS400.DLL
IMGCMN.DLL
IMGEDIT.OCX
IMGSCAN.OCX
IMGSHL.DLL
IMGTHUMB.OCX (not really needed, just for completeness)
IMGADMIN.OCX
IMGOCXD.HLP
If you cannot access a Windows98 PC, you can download them from here:
Download DLLs: DLLS
Download OCXs: OCXS
Register the OCX files in the system. If you have installed XP Powertoys do this by right-clicking the
directory containing the files IN THE LEFT PANE of Explorer. Click 'Open Command Window Here'. If not, then in Start/Run, type 'cmd' and navigate to the
directory. At the prompt type:
regsvr32 imgadmin.ocx
Repeat for:
regsvr32 imgedit.ocx
regsvr32 imgscan.ocx
regsvr32 imgthumb.ocx (not needed by 8mm2avi)
(Unregistering is regsvr32 imgadmin.ocx /u)
Or, simply try to re-install 8mm2avi (it will register the OCXs).
(many thanks to John Hunter for the above solution!)
About WindowsNT (and Windows'95), there are problems. The imgedit.ocx, imgscan.ocx and imgadmin.ocx libraries overwrite the older versions (normally present in \system or \system32 directory) but do not self register.
If you try to save them before installing, and then replace back the installed ones (restoring the Win 95 Imaging version), the program runs, but there may be some strange behaviour. Perhaps it is possible to install Imaging Win98 version on Win95/NT (as described above for WinME and XP), but I couldn't verify.
Moreover, in WindowsNT (and Windows'95) the fonts must be Small Fonts.
As I told, I could only test Windows98, 2000 and XP. I would appreciate reports from users trying the other Windows OS.
Installation notes