Do I need to install WinPcap?
The sniffer technology built into Video Surgeon requires this program to be installed on your computer. The installation of this program is built into the Video Surgeon installer.Â
If you do not have WinpCap installed Video Surgeon's sniffer module, which detects video links, will not work.
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