tciaccio@shamash.cdc.com (Tom Ciaccio) (05/08/89)
I'm currently using the AT&T TRUEVISON line of image processing boards
to display video images from an application on a PC. I need to expand
the application to run in a network'ed environment. Does anyone know
if the same capabilities exist for UNIX workstations? That is, the
capability to take live/taped video input, capture an image, perhaps edit
it, and have it displayed back at a later time from an application?
Furthermore it would be really nice to be able to display the video
image in a window on the main display monitor and not need an additional
video monitor.
Any information would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Thomas R. Ciaccio, Control Data Corporation
2800 E. Old Shakopee Road, m/s HQM234
Bloomington, MN. 55425
EMail address - tciaccio@shamash.cdc.comhart@nova.laic.uucp (Howard C. Hart) (05/10/89)
In article <12516@shamash.cdc.com> tciaccio@shamash.cdc.com (Tom Ciaccio) writes: > >I'm currently using the AT&T TRUEVISON line of image processing boards >to display video images from an application on a PC. I need to expand >the application to run in a network'ed environment. Does anyone know >if the same capabilities exist for UNIX workstations? That is, the >capability to take live/taped video input, capture an image, perhaps edit >it, and have it displayed back at a later time from an application? RGB Technology of Berkeley, CA (415)848-0180 has a box that supposedly works on all major UNIX workstations. I only saw it demoed on a Sun 3/60, but it looked like it was taking regular RGB cables for input and output. The demo I saw was displaying an NTSC movie on a subwindow on the Sun while other Sun demos were running simulataneously on the same 3/60 screen. They've got another box for saving screen images also. Cost was around 16K for the image saver, don't remember what the display box ran. Howard C. Hart UUCP:{sun!sunncal,pyramid}!leadsv!laic!nova!hart Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. Orgn 59-53, Bldg 593 Ph: (408) 743-2253 or -7353 Sunnyvale, CA 94086
mae@vygr.Sun.COM (Mike Ekberg, Sun {GPD-LEGO}) (05/11/89)
Sun Microsystems has announced VME-based video in and out for Sun workstations w/ VME backplanes. Contact a Sun Sales guy for details. # mike (sun!mae), M/S 8-04 "I'd rather sniff French shit for 5 years then eat Chinese shit the rest of my life" -Ho Chi Minh-
gavin@krypton.SGI.COM (Gavin Bell) (05/11/89)
I hate to sound commercial, but... Silicon Graphics announced a real-time video digitizer board at NCGA. It lets you put NTSC or PAL video in a window, and mix graphics in with it to boot. I'm not sure if real-time image processing could work or not; I didn't have time to try. Contact a SG sales rep for info on availability, price, etc. (Sorry, I couldn't resist mentioning this, since I wrote the demos for it...) --gavin
andrew@dgbt.uucp (Andrew Patrick) (05/11/89)
In article <12516@shamash.cdc.com> tciaccio@shamash.cdc.com (Tom Ciaccio) writes: >I'm currently using the AT&T TRUEVISON line of image processing boards >to display video images from an application on a PC. I need to expand >the application to run in a network'ed environment. Does anyone know >if the same capabilities exist for UNIX workstations? That is, the >capability to take live/taped video input, capture an image, perhaps edit >it, and have it displayed back at a later time from an application? > >Furthermore it would be really nice to be able to display the video >image in a window on the main display monitor and not need an additional >video monitor. > >Any information would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Sun Microsystems recently announced a SunVideo product you should look at. Here is the information from the press release (April 18, 1989): - SunVideo is a board that enables Sun workstations to display true-color, full motion video - it is intended to be used with 'the dynamic output of a supercomputer' or a video camera or disk/tape player. - the output is fully integrated with the Sun windowing environment - SunVideo can be used with Sun's _deskside_ workstations (not the small ones like the 3/50 or 3/60). These include members of the Sun 3 and Sun 4 families, as well as the new SPARCstation 330 and 370 workstations. - it will accept virtually any 525-line video signal including NTSC, Super VHS, RGB, & YUV. - the (unofficial) price of the SunVideo board is $18,300CDN. -- Andrew Patrick, Ph.D. Communications Research Centre (613) 990-4675 Department of Communications, Ottawa, Canada UUCP, INTERNET: andrew@dgbt.crc.dnd.ca PATH: utzoo!bnr-vpa!bnr-rsc!dgbt!andrew BITNET: andrew@doccrc (if all else fails)