tholland@amy.skidmore.edu (06/18/91)
We need some BASIC help. We have an SGI using TDI software and are trying to figure out how to get our VLAN to control a video tape deck and "automatically" dump our rendered frames to the video. This is our first time in trying to dump frames to video and we need advice as to what to do. All suggestions are welcomed including: what type of hardware should we have in addition to the SGI itself what type of VLAN what type of VIDEO DECK !!! (this one is key I think !) Suppliers for such equipment, especially video. A kind person who has dumped SGI/TDI stuff to video before who can guied our early steps here. **sync signals and SGI/TDI AND Audio Audio/video sync (MIDI etc.) General and specific info welcomed. Many thanks in advance. Anthony G. Holland Associate Professor Skidmore College email to: tholland@pars.skidmore.edu
jeffg@sgi.com (Jeff C. Glover) (06/20/91)
In article <1159.285dfd28@amy.skidmore.edu> tholland@amy.skidmore.edu writes: >We need some BASIC help. We have an SGI using TDI software and are >trying to figure out how to get our VLAN to control a video tape deck >and "automatically" dump our rendered frames to the video. This is our >first time in trying to dump frames to video and we need advice as >to what to do. All suggestions are welcomed including: > >what type of hardware should we have in addition to the SGI itself You'll need some sort of hardware to output the frames. VideoCreator and VideoFramer are both SGI products that accomplish the frame output, as are the BVO and CVG. There are other, outside products, including some by Folsom Research, RGB Technologies as well as Lyon-Lamb. You'll also need a source of stable video signal for Genlock for the system. >what type of VLAN VLAN depends on the deck. >what type of VIDEO DECK !!! (this one is key I think !) You'll need a frame accurate VCR. Which one depends on your needs. Contact Sony, JVC, Panasonic - Industrial equipment, not consumer. Also, a plug here for good tapes! You'll find that the K-Mart variety SVHS tapes don't cut it. You'll have much more consistent results with tapes that the VCR vendor recommends. There wasn't enough info in your post to be more specific. What I use here at SGI for testing VideoFramer software releases includes a JVC BRS-810U S-VHS recorder, a VideoMedia VLAN receiver box for that deck, a Tektronix TSG100 NTSC Television Signal Generator for Genlock, and a Sony PVM-1342Q Video Monitor for watching the action. Your needs may vary, this isn't a recommendation. Jeff jeffg@loki.asd.sgi.com