nraoaoc@nmtsun.nmt.edu (NRAO Array Operations Center) (12/10/89)
My kids have been reading about using Amigas for video projects, and it being Christmas, I want to find out how much it costs to get into this. Actually I am neither that wealthy nor that generous: I seem to be one of the last people in the civilized world who doesn't have a VCR (at least that's what my kids tell me), and finally I am giving in. But, if I have to give in about getting a VCR; I might as well make sure there is some interesting use for it. I do not even know what is interesting to do, but two things I can think of is create animations and edit video tapes to add titles and animations. Since I have shamelessly ignored everything about video applications until now - except to tell people what a great machine the Amiga is for video - I need a lot of information to be able to figure out a system that can do interesting things. I have neither the need nor the means to get a full-blown professional system. 1. What kind of VCR do you need to be able to write to it from an Amiga and to edit frames? That is, is the normal 4 head VCR paused on a frame what people use, or do you need still more control? Is a cheap brand like Hitachi good enough, or do you have to buy a Sony? 2. One needs hardware to make the computer talk to the VCR. What systems have people found useful? I looked at the Jan. Amigaworld and at the recent catalog from Computer Discounts, but I am fundamentally unclear about what is needed to do anything interesting. 3. What hardware is necessary to add sound to the tape? 4. There are a number of software packages, but, these must presuppose some hardware. Which packages are useful for the "interesting, but unprofessional" hardware system that I ought to shoot for. 5. Not having a VCR, I do not have a camcorder either. If one were to get a camcorder, what are the requirements so that it can talk to the Amiga. (I am not thinking of buying a camcorder now, but could borrow one to experiment with.) I would especially like to hear from anyone who has put together the sort of system I outlined. (I know the details are vague, but that is because I do not have any requirements except that it be interesting.) Pat Palmer (email: ppalmer@oddjob.uchicago.edu or ppalmer@nrao.edu)
brandonl@amadeus.WR.TEK.COM (Brandon G. Lovested) (12/12/89)
Hey! Please post this info! I need it too! ================================================================================ | Brandon G. Lovested | "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, | indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! brandonl@amadeus.WR.TEK.COM | My life is my own." | ================================================================================