lagaipa@moncol.UUCP (Joseph LaGaipa) (06/28/91)
Specifications:
1) digitize and store about 40 hours of VHS video/sound from a VCR source
2) allow the editing and creating an edited segment from the stored video
and sound.
3) add computer generated text, sound ggraphics, and animations
4) playback on computer monitor or record back to VHS vcr
5) computer control playback on the computer monitor for the purpose
of branching to various segments depending on audience response
Questions:
1) What hardware would be suitable for to meet specs including the
storage requirements? Can this
be accomplished on a 386 AT bus computer?
2) What software? (I've seen MACROMIND Director and Studio, but
that is only available for the MAC)
3) What kind of budget is needed?
Joseph A. LaGaipa, Director of Computer Services
Monmouth College, West Long Branch, N.J. 07764
(908) 571-3551 (work)
UUCP lagaipa@moncol.UUCP
Internet moncol!lagaipa@princeton.eduarctngnt@amiganet.chi.il.us (Bowie J Poag) (06/30/91)
For an application like that, the IBM is the WORST possible choice. Also, ad advise skipping the step of storing >40 hours< of VHS video, and sound. Just have it come off a videdisk, or buy a VHS deck that has remote control inputs for computer controls.. Get yourself an Amiga, a good sized hard drive (80-330 meg or so). From there, your Amiga will comewith a Multimedia package called AmigaVision, and all documentation is included with it. A very VERY smooth, feature-packed easy to use presentation maker. Total budget: I could do it for around $2500-$3000. "Think John Hinkley would be impressed if Reagan shot Jodie Foster?" - Me =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Nothin like a good single-tasking, single-processor based beep-box like an IBM to liven things up 'round the office! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Direct all bomb threats and assorted hate-mail to arctngnt@amiganet.chi.il.us