mjn@roz.UUCP (09/30/87)
Those of you who have SONY BV{W,U} decks, such as the Betacam
and want to use them as single-frame animation recorders
connected to your framebuffers have no doubt noted that the
these decks "lose" their auto-editing smarts when they are put
into remote mode. The solutions available include purchasing
a $nK box from Lyon-Lamb (the VAS series), pushing the auto-edit
button by hand, or giving up. There is no fundamental reason
that these decks could not accept an auto-edit command over
the 9-pin port, just like any other command. Sony simply
built it that way either for marketing compatibility or because
of sheer stupidity.
We have discussed this with sony, and they seem to feel that there
is simply not enough demand for this feature to justify them
sending out new prom sets and doc. If you have an interest in this
issue please contact them and request it.
Michael Natkin
mjn@cs.brown.edu