lcc727@unhd.unh.edu (Layton C Cote) (03/03/91)
does anyone know about the amiga 2300 genlock? specifically, has anyone out there used it a good deal? A friend is getting one, and wants to know how well it works. Does it just allow one video source to be overlayed with amiga graphics? sound mixing, etc? Thanks a million for any help. lcc727@unhd
garyf@wiis.wang.com (Gary Field) (03/06/91)
lcc727@unhd.unh.edu (Layton C Cote) writes: >does anyone know about the amiga 2300 genlock? specifically, has anyone >out there used it a good deal? A friend is getting one, and wants to know >how well it works. Does it just allow one video source to be overlayed >with amiga graphics? sound mixing, etc? >lcc727@unhd I have an A2300 Genlock and have used it a fair bit (but not really heavily). It simply allows synchronizing the A2000's video sync to the NTSC source (camera, VCR etc) that you connect to its video input. It then outputs another composite NTSC signal that is the combination of the amiga video overlayed with the incoming video. Basically any part of the amiga's screen that was color register 0 is made transparent and the incoming video can be seen in those sections. i.e. for the workbench screen, the disk ICONs and menu bar would show up on top of the incoming source. The 2300 doesn't do anything with the audio. That would be a nice feature if it could mix the incoming audio in user specified proportion with the amiga audio. In general though I don't think genlocks usually play with the audio. I'd say the A2300 works just fine for average use, perhaps some of the 3rd party genlocks may be less expensive though. /*=========================================================================== | Gary A. Field - WA1GRC | GGG A RRRR Y Y FFFFF | Wang Labs M/S 019-72B | G G A A R R Y Y F | 1 Industrial Ave | G A A R R Y Y F | Lowell, MA 01851-5161 | G GG AAAAA RRRR Y FFFFF | (508) 967-2514 | G G A A R R Y F | email: garyf@gfield.wiis.wang.com | GGGG A A R R Y F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Anything not worth doing, is not worth doing well. ============================================================================*/