[comp.sys.amiga] help with digitizer/frame buffer choice

boncelet@ee.udel.edu (Charles Boncelet) (11/16/90)

I am trying to set up a video lab and would like any information
you Gentle Readers of this bboard can provide.  The basic application
is to digitize video sequences, process them in software that we write,
and do frame by frame animation to a VCR or recordable laserdisc. 
My ideal digitizer/frame buffer would do the following: 
	- 24 bits per pixel
	- high resolution (640 x 480 is nice because of the square pixels,
	however other resolutions can be accommodated)
	- NTSC, Y/C, RGB in and out.  (We have a RGB camera and are
	planning to get high quality storage.)
	- Multitasking and ARexx control.  I want to automate the whole
	process.
	- Genlockable.

Are there any products that meet these goals?

I know of the following:
	- Mimetic Framebuffer/grabber.  Everything except Y/C, RGB in
	and out.
	- Digiview.  No frame buffer, no 24 bit out, hard to control.
	- Targa+, Bridgeboard, and ImageLink software.  Should do 
	everything, but kludgy?  Also expensive, but under
	consideration.
	- Toaster.  Unknown.  Can I get RGB in and out?  Can I just use
	it as a frame grabber and display under control of an ARexx
	script? 
	- Impulse Firecracker.  Doesn't digitize, right?  But
	interesting display board.  Has RGB outputs.

Is there anything I have missed? Thanks,

	Charlie <boncelet@udel.edu>