What software is ZV composed of?
The PCMCIA components are: 1) Socket Services, which is used to manage the mode-switching in the PC Card host adapter; and 2) Card Services, which is used to detect and enable ZV Port PC Cards using the ZV Port interface. A new piece of software is required to control ZV Port. This is the Video Port Manager (VPM) display driver. Conclusion The Zoomed Video Port offers an attractive alternative to traditional video input methods and provides an inexpensive, full frame-rate video display channel for applications like MPEG decoders for movies and games, TV tuners, live video input and video capture. With the ZV Port, the mobile user now has a broad range of options to choose from in adding multimedia to their notebook configuration, and notebook designers can reduce the cost of their notebooks.