@EFDC.ADF - IBM ActionMedia (TM) II Display Adapter/A 
@EFDC.ADF - Intel DS2 Adapter same card / rename to @EFDC.ADF
191-189 PS/2 Actionmedia II Display Adapter/A 2MB, Capture Option
291-594   Actionmedia II Developer's Toolkit ver. 1.0
292-360   Actionmedia II Developer's Toolkit ver. 1.1
192-153   Actionmedia II Upgrade Kits (drivers only)

Action Media II
   Delivery Card 
   Capture Card
    Setting Jumper E1 for Analog Keying
    Upgrade VRAM 
Connectors and Cables
   Audio Signal Cable 
   Auxiliary Video Output Connector 
   Video Cable connector 
   Audio/Video Capture Cable 
   Audio/Video Capture Connector Pinout 
Power Usage
ADF Sections
ActionMedia II From the Intel site. 
Software and Drivers
Application & Technical Notes
ActionMedia® II Resource List

"CS-2" capture board

Jumper Block E1

Jumpered [1 2] 3 An RGB Overlay Cable is installed and connected to the system's primary video source. Analog keying is supported. 

Jumpered 1 [2 3] The Delivery Board is configured for digital keying. A VGA Feature Connector Cable should be connected between the Delivery Board and the VGA connector on a VGA board or motherboard. 

NOTE: Only one type of keying should be used. 

NOTE: The ActionMedia II Display requires a 16 or 32-bit expansion slot with a video expansion 

Upgrade VRAM
VRAM memory that can be used to upgrade your ActionMedia® II 

MANUFACTURER	PART #
Toshiba	524256AZ-10
Samsung	KM424C256Z-80
	KM424C256Z-10
Texas Instruments	TMS44C251ASD-80
	TMS44C251ASD-10

MACHINE REQUIREMENTS:   The ActionMedia II Display Adapter/A 2MB can be installed in PS/2 machine types 8555, 8557, 8565, 8570, 8573*, 8580, 8590, 8595, and the 7546 Industrial Computers.  Use of the ActionMedia II Audio Video Kernel requires a minimum of 4MB of system memory.  If additional OS/2 applications are required to run in the PS/2, then a minimum of 6MB of system memory is recommended. 
* Models 161 and 401 only, and when configured for external display   only. 

Supported graphics adapter and monitor cabling configurations : 
o   A PS/2 color monitor connected to both the AM II display 
    adapter and the host VGA system using the AM II Video Cable. 
o   A PS/2 color monitor connected to both the AM II display 
    adapter and the host XGA system or an XGA graphics adapter using 
    the AM II Video Cable. 
o   A PS/2 color monitor connected directly to an AM II 
    display adapter and a second PS/2 monitor connected directly to 
    the host VGA or XGA output connector. 

PROGRAMMING REQUIREMENTS:  IBM OS/2 Version 1.3 is required for the installation of the Audio Video Kernel Version 1.0 device drivers. 
       The MEDIAscript (3) OS/2 Desktop Edition program product from Network Technology Corporation (NTC) is available from NTC for those customers who require an OS/2-based ActionMedia II application authoring and development environment. 

Connectors and Cables

ActionMedia II Video Cable connector

Audio/Video Capture Connector

Audio Signal output connector
      The Audio Signal output connector is a 3.5mm standard stereo jack output connector. An amplifier, or active speakers can be attached to the ActionMedia II Display Adapter/A. The input impedance of the headphones or speakers should be at least 600 Ohms to match the output impedance. Use of a lower impedance devices may cause a POST error and a reduction in audio quality. 
   If you are going to use sound, a stereo amplifier or self-amplified stereo device that can accept standard LINE-level audio output (0-2.0 Vp-p.) from the Delivery Board. The audio device must have an input impedance level of approximately 10 KOhms or greater. 
   Headphones are generally low-impedance devices. To use headphones, plug them into an audio amplifier rather than directly into the Delivery Board socket. 

AM2 to ACPA Audio Cable

ActionMedia II Video Cable connector
      The ActionMedia II Video Cable connector (15-pin) enables the ActionMedia II Display Adapter/A to take the video signals from a normal PS/2 VGA or XGA display adapter, combine it with ActionMedia II video signals, and send the mixed video signal to a PS/2  display. 
      Depending on the program, the presentation on the PS/2 display is developed from either: 
  o VGA or XGA video signals, 
  o ActionMedia II video signals, or 
  o Mixed ActionMedia II and VGA or XGA  video signals. 
  The default for the ActionMedia is to pass VGA or XGA video signals to the PS/2 display. 

RGB Overlay System (Analog Keying)

 NOTE: Ensure that the connectors (black and grey) are correctly connected. Any other cable connection may cause the adapter to malfunction and cause damage to its internal components. BLACK (short cable) end to ActionMedia II and the (longer cable) end with GRAY connector to VGA (System board) or  XGA adapter. 
 
 
 
 

Video Cable Pinout FRU 69F9737 
    This may not be perfect.  NOTE: The (White) Base Video HDD15 has Pin 9 missing, the (Black) AMII HDD15 has all pins present. 

Base (White)      Monitor        AMII (Black) 
1  - AMII (15)  1  - AMII (1)   1  - Mon 1 
2  - AMII (4)   2  - AMII (2)   2  - Mon 2 
3  - AMII (12)  3  - AMII (3)   3  - Mon 3 
4  - Mon 4      4  - Base 4     4  - Base 2 
5  NC           5  - AMII (10)  5  - Base 6-9,10 
6  - AMII (5)   6  - AMII (7)   6  - Mon 7 
7  - AMII (5)   7  - AMII (7)   7  - Mon 7 
8  - AMII (5)   8  - AMII (8)   8  - Mon 8 
9  NC           9  NC           9  - Base 14 
10 - AMII (5)   10 - AMII (10)  10 - Mon 10
11 - Mon 11     11 - Base 11    11 - Base 13 
12 - Mon 12     12 - Base 12    12 - Base 3 
13 - AMII (11)  13 - AMII (13)  13 - Mon 13 
14 - AMII (9)   14 - AMII (14)  14 - Mon 14 
15 - AMII (15)  15 - Base 15    15 - Base 1 

        Capture cable connector ID 
 

Capture Connector Pinout

Pin	Description
1	Composite Sync Input
2	Blue Video Input
3	Red Video Input
4	Video Ground
5	Left Audio Input
6	Green Video Input
7	Right Audio Input
8	Audio Ground

Audio Source Device that provides data at one of these levels: 
High LINE level output of 6.0 Vp-p. maximum (audio CD interface). 
Low LINE level output of 2.0 Vp-p. maximum (standard LINE interface). 
MIC output of 60 mVp-p. maximum. If your microphone does not meet this specification, a preamp may be necessary. Examples of such devices include CD players , VCRs, and microphones. 

ActionMedia II Board Power Requirements

Voltage	Delivery Board  (2 MBytes VRAM)	CaptureModule	Total Power
+5 V	1200 mA	400 mA	8.0 W
+12 V	140 mA	190 mA	4.0 W
-12 V	60 mA	40 mA	1.2 W

Kevin Laux replied:
        The INDEO drivers are included with Video for Windows.  If you go into the control panel and run the drivers applet, you should see the INDEO driver. Click on setup which will bring up a dialog box that has two checkboxes, one that says Software only, the other says Hardware first, then Software.  If the second checkbox is grayed out, then there are several steps that you must take.
        First of all, you must have AM2MCI\BIN in your PATH.  Then you must have a particular microcode file in this directory that Video for Windows looks for in order to enable the hardware assist.  If you don't have the microcode file, which is KE080201.BIN (I think; maybe it's KE080205.BIN), you must get the files from Intel in Princeton, NJ (609-936-7611 is the Customer Support number - leave a message and they'll call you back).
        Once you have the appropriate key microcode file, run the drivers
applet from the control panel.  Choose Add, then Add updated or unlisted
driver.  Insert the Drivers diskette for Video for Windows and indicate what floppy drive to the Add driver dialog (such as A:\).  Next a list of drivers will be displayed.  Choose the INDEO driver.  You are reinstalling this driver.  If it has already been installed, you will be prompted whether to replace it or not.  Choose New.  The driver will be reinstalled.  You should then see a Message Box saying that the AM2MCI software has been detected and has been updated.  I think you should also see the dialog box I described above concerning the Hardware first, the Software.
        Once, this is complete, you'll be ready to play and capture AVI files
with AM II hardware assist.  Note that you only get the assist on AVI files
that are INDEO files.  Actually they are RTV 2.1 files in an AVI wrapper.
        Lastly, this stuff is NOT documented anywhere that I know of (well,
it is now that I've done this post :-)).
        Oh, and finally, if you don't have the AM2MCI software, you can call
Asymetrix and get into the Beta program - the latest release is Beta 3.  The
phone number is 206-637-1660.

;     Has anyone been able to use the IBM/INTEL ActionMedia 2 card with a  laser disc player? Specifically, I want to use my PS/2 DV M57 486SLC2 to operate a Pioneer LD-V4400 player. IBM's multimedia group in Atlanta says I can't do it ... that I would an M-motion card to do what I want. I'm not sure I believe them. Suggestions as to software which can do what I want are greatly appreciated.

George Mulford 
With an ActionMedia II you can control the videodisc player using the MCI
drivers from Pioneer (bulletin board number recently posted here).  You
can (alternatively) use the MCI drivers included in the most recent
version of the M-Control program from IBM;  that's the only way to control
a Pioneer 6000, as far as I know.  But the M-Control Program is and has
always been a separate product from the M-Motion card...more's the pity,
if you bought an M-Motion and wondered where the drivers were!

You need the capture option on the ActionMediaII in order to do video
overlay.  Now...maybe this is what Atlanta was saying:  there is no MCI
support for the overlay capability of the ActionMediaII.  You have to link
the AVK functions.  Here I get fuzzy:  there exists ToolBook code to do
this, but it was only available in the "DVI ToolBook" that was in beta
test for a bit and has now been withdrawn?  Have I got this right?  Is
anybody bossing the ActionMediaII from ToolBook without using the (now
black-market) beta DVI ToolBook?

Digital Video Arts has operating system support software for Windows 3.1 for the AM II card.  Called the NewWorld Operating Environment, it provides indeo acceleration, WAv driver support, digital video MCI device driver support, AVI and AVS file support and more.  Several utilities are included for capture and coniversion of movies and still images.  Their phone number is (215) 586-7920.

>>We've purchased an IBM Action Media II board a while ago, and we've captured some videos in AVSS format with it. Now that MMPM/2 is available, it would be nice to play these videos without having the board installed. Since AVSS seems not to be supported directly by MMPM/2, the AVSS files probably need to be converted to AVI format. Does anybody know about a converter for doing that or has experience in using AVSS files with MMPM/2?
>>
>AVSS files contain compressed video using either RTV or PLV proprietary Intel algorithms.  These data streams are rather computationaly complex for realtime playback in software.  I understand Intel provides a utility that changes the file format to AVI format and converts the RTV or PLV data to Indeo 2.1. Since the AMII had it's own audio formats, I've heard that audio can be problematic depending on how the original clip was created.

        Well, having done a few....you first of all need to capture using
RTV 2.1, not 2.0. It will take the audio out of the AVS file, an save it
as a Wave file, to be integrated with the AVI file. But this utility is
SLOW! It runs at 1 frame per second...even on a DX2/66 M77 machine!

        There is another utility called "SPLICE". It did faster
conversions...but again, it had to be RTV 2.1 captures. The New Version of
Splice doesn't support AVS/DVI, so it is kinda useless.

IBM PC Server/IBM PS/2 - Automatic configuration problem with
ActionMedia/2 or Image Adapter/A Applicable to: World-Wide

Symptom:
After an Automatic Configuration, the adapter support  drivers for
ActionMedia/2 or Image Adapter/A will indicate the adapter is not
present, or is not functional (No video). 

Details:
The current automatic configuration algorithm will always select the
adapter configuration address option that  occupies the smallest amount
of space in the "adapter ROM area."  Depending on the software set-up
options and application, this may not be adequate.  These address
options are the same choices displayed during the manual "Change
Configuration" function. This will select "NO SPACE USED (DISABLED)" for the ActionMedia/2 or Image Adapter/A  ROM space.

Problem Isolation Aids: None 

Fix:
Use the Reference Diskette (System Partition) "View Configuration,
Change configuration" function, to manually configure the ActionMedia/2
or Image Adapter/ROM address to a selection other than 'DISABLED'. 

Tech notes
ActionMedia® II Resource List
Limitations of Using the ActionMedia® II in Windows 3.x
ActionMedia® II vs. Smart Video Recorder Pro Comparison
ActionMedia® II End Of Life Letter

Adapter I/O Addressing
   This adapter occupies 64 bytes of I/O space which may be located on any of the available 1024 byte boundaries.
  <"I/O Addresses C000 - C03F" >, C400 - C43F, C800 - C83F, CC00 - CC3F, B000 - B03F, B400 - B43F, B800 - B83F, BC00 - BC3F

Extended Memory Window
  The OS/2 and  Windows drivers for this adapter require an 8K window to operate. Some other drivers may require a 32K window - see the information supplied with your driver in this case."
   <"8K  at Address C0000" (C000-C1FF)>, C2000, C4000, C6000,  C8000, CA000, CC000, CE000,  D0000, D2000, D4000, D6000, D8000, DA000, DC000, DE000, "32K  at Address C0000"  (C000-C7FF), D0000, D8000, Disabled

Capture Option Interrupt Level
    You can use interrupt 10 or 11 for the capture Even/Odd interrupts.
      <"Level 11">, Level 10

Video Interrupt Level
     You can use one interrupt from level 9 - 12 for Video interrupts.
     <"Level 10">, Level 11, Level  9, Level 12

Audio Interrupt Level
      You can use level 10 or 11 for Audio interrupts.
     <"Level 10">, Level 11

Adapter Memory Location
   An 8KB block is needed only when the POST prom runs.
        <"C0000-C1FFF">, C2000-C3FFF, C4000-C5FFF, C6000-C7FFF, C8000-C9FFF, CA000-CBFFF, CC000-CDFFF, CE000-CFFFF, D0000-D1FFF, D2000-D3FFF, D4000-D5FFF, D6000-D7FFF, D8000-D9FFF, DA000-DBFFF, DC000-DDFFF, DE000-DFFFF