milo@ndmath.UUCP (Greg Corson) (08/03/87)
In "Computer Graphics World" recently they mentioned another recorder that might be able to record a frame at a time for animation. The recorder was the JVC BR-9000U. Supposedly designed for security applications they seemed to think it was stable enough to do one-shot recording of computer animation. If anyone has had any experience with this machine please let me know. I would be very interested in hearing how well it works. They also mentioned the SONY EVC8 8mm editing system as a possibility for single frame recording. It's a double deck 8mm editing system. I also recently got some info (very little) on a machine by Panasomic that is supposed to be able to record a frame at a time. It cost around $2700 I will post the model number when I can find it. Most of the recorders with built-in single frame recording seem to be designed for security applications. Greg Corson 19141 Summers Drive South Bend, IN 46637 (219) 277-5306 (before 6 pm central) {pur-ee,seismo}!iuvax!ndmath!milo
sgf@nancy ( _/**/Sam_Fulcomer ) (08/05/87)
? What is meant here by single frame recording? It would seem to me that the only type of machine that could record a single frame would do it while the tape is stopped. I'm trying to put together an inexpensive animation system (I don't want to waste my money when S-VHS editing decks will be out next year), and have come to realize that I don't need single-frame recording. What I need is frame-accurate editing (so what if you record n>1 frames; you just back up to the end of the first one and record the next image). Something like the Panasonic AG-1950 may be quite adequate (if one can tap into that mysterious TTL control interface that they use with their editing controller). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- BITNET sgf@BROWNCS CSNET sgf@cs.brown.edu ARPANET sgf%cs.brown.edu@relay.cs.net UUCP {ihnp4,allegra,decvax,princeton}!brunix!sgf TELECOM 401-863-3618
king@dciem.UUCP (Stephen King) (08/10/87)
The May 15/87 issue of _Sound & Video Contractor_ has an article on time-lapse VTR's, written by Neil Heller, a video security consultant with Gyyr Products, Anaheim CA. Gyyr manufactures (modifies?) VHS compatible time-lapse VTR's. The article explains the problems associated with noise-free single frame recording and the approach used by Gyyr to overcome these problems. I can't claim to fully understand the process, and the article is too lengthy to include in a news item (especially at the speed I type). However, there it is, and here is Gyyr's address for anyone interested: Gyyr, A Div. of Odetics 1515 S. Manchester Drive Anaheim, CA 982002 714-772-1000 800-854-6845 /* I have no affiliation with this company in any way, shape or form */ ..................sjk -- ------------------------------------------------------------- * Defence & Civil Institute * ...!utzoo!dciem!king * of Environmental Medicine * Stephen J King : Simulation & Training Group : (416) 635-2149 -------------------------------------------------------------