bengt@fires1 (Bengt A. Palsson) (06/07/91)
We are currently in the process of putting together an interactive/multimedia system to run under Windows 3.0. Among other things we are attempting to incorporate "live video" using a VCR, some sort of hardware that allows us to view the video signal in a window under Windows 3.0. What we want to do is play back a certain section of a video tape at any given time while the system is running. The questions are (maybe a FAQ): Is there a "video viewer" out there that can be controlled either via DDE or as a DLL under Windows 3.0 ? What equipment is necessary to control a VCR in the above described manner (SMPTE box, special VCR etc.) ? Are there any DDE/DLL "viewers" out there that allows you to view (not edit) text documents such as Word Perfect docs or WinWord docs ? If you have any information that can be of help or if you can point to any other source (publication etc) please e-mail me at the address below or post to this newsgroup. Thank You. -- Bengt A. Palsson | "It's not that I'm afraid of FORD Scientific Research Labs | dying, I just don't want to be Internet : bpalsson@smail.srl.ford.com | there when it happens." Compuserve : 70541,3431 | - Woody Allen
tj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones) (06/07/91)
There are a few products that will do the video preview in a Windows WIndow. DVA4000 board and M-Motion board are two of the more common creatures. Both cost around $3000CDN. You need a controlable VCR or LaserDisc player. Many options here. One of the easiest would be an NEC PC-VCR which has an RS232 port to control the VCR. Remember though that tapes are very slow to "seek" to ANYWHERE on the tape accurately. LaserDiscs are much quicker at this. It might be wort making a laser disc (a proof disk is about $400CDN) to do your stuff. tj