sqh@dhw68k.cts.com (Steve Hubbell) (11/20/90)
I need some advice from all of you Hypercard/Multi-media gurus out
there.
I am working on a project with an English teacher to help
create some interactive stacks and presentations in the classroom.
What she would like to do is to be able to control the "Pioneer LD-V4200
Laservision Player" interactively from a Hypercard stack. She would
like the ability to have the Mac play a short segment of the laserdisc,
stop, allow her to talk, and then play another section (jumping around
the disk). In the near future, she would also like to create much
more sophistocated stacks with much greater student interaction.
What I could use some help with is the control of the Pioneer.
Unfortunately, I was unable to find any reference materials on
the command format for controlling the laser-disc player. We DO have a
cable and it is hooked up to the Mac, so that is not a problem.
I would love some sample code from anyone who has done something
similar in the past. If anyone has tackled something like this,
I would love to know how you did it from Hypercard! How did you
communicate to the laser-disc player? Even if it wasn't a Pioneer,
it still may be helpful!
Thanks....
sqh@dhw68k.cts.com
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+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+Ed.Estes@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Ed Estes) (11/26/90)
> I need some advice from all of you Hypercard/Multi-media gurus out > there. > > I am working on a project with an English teacher to help > create some interactive stacks and presentations in the classroom. > > What she would like to do is to be able to control the "Pioneer > LD-V4200 Laservision Player" interactively from a Hypercard stack. > She would like the ability to have the Mac play a short segment of the > laserdisc, stop, allow her to talk, and then play another section > (jumping around the disk). In the near future, she would also like to > create much more sophistocated stacks with much greater student > interaction. > What I could use some help with is the control of the Pioneer. > Unfortunately, I was unable to find any reference materials on > the command format for controlling the laser-disc player. We DO have > a cable and it is hooked up to the Mac, so that is not a problem. > > I would love some sample code from anyone who has done something > similar in the past. If anyone has tackled something like this, > I would love to know how you did it from Hypercard! How did you > communicate to the laser-disc player? Even if it wasn't a Pioneer, > it still may be helpful! Steve, Apple has a "HyperCard VideoDisc Toolkit" that has EVERYTHING you'll need. It is available from APDA. Call 1-800-282-2732 to order it. The product id is M6059. It has XCMDS to control the Pioneer 4200, as well as the Pioneer 6000, and others. Good luck! --Ed -- Ed Estes, Ed.Estes@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org via The Black Cat's Shack's FidoNet<->Usenet Gateway blkcat.fidonet.org and Fidonet 1:109/401