louis@deveel.aero.org (Louis McDonald) (06/21/91)
Just want to ask some general NeXT questions. We will be getting into the NeXT world soon with an emphasis in video. 1) Is the NeXTDimension the only one that can record video input? 2) Can any NeXT platform work with the video recorded in step 1? Basically, we would set up the video application (let's say it is a what-if application that uses video to interface with the user). All the frames are stored on the NeXT after recording from an external source. However, most of our users will be on the low-end color NeXTStation. Can they use the application on that platform? -- =============================================================================== Louis McDonald louis@deveel.aero.org| THIS SPACE FOR RENT Phone: 213-336-8914 FAX: 213-336-5827 | ===============================================================================
lacsap@media.mit.edu (Pascal Chesnais) (06/21/91)
In article <1991Jun20.222917.27494@speedy.aero.org> louis@deveel.aero.org (Louis McDonald) writes: > Just want to ask some general NeXT questions. We will be getting into > the NeXT world soon with an emphasis in video. > > 1) Is the NeXTDimension the only one that can record video input? ND *as shipped* does not support the digitizing of video onto hard disk in real time. This is because the JPEG compression *hardware* is not present on the boards. Since NeXT has *not* announced what is happening with JPEG, any comments are rumours at this point. > 2) Can any NeXT platform work with the video recorded in step 1? ND can digitize one frame at a time, you can hack together an app that will output it to whatever format you support. Tiff is probably the way to go, and yes tiff files are viewable on all NeXT 2.x platforms shipped today. pasc -- Pascal Chesnais, Research Specialist, Electronic Publishing Group Media Laboratory, E15-351, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, Ma, 02139 (617) 253-0311 email: lacsap@plethora.media.mit.edu (NeXT)