norskog@fortune.UUCP (01/22/84)
#N:fortune:12100001:000:892
fortune!norskog Jan 21 13:26:00 1984
Dear Friends:
I would like to know if it is possible to make animated videotapes
using (computer) equipment that is not capable of generating the cell frames
in real time. This is the only scheme that I have been able
to come up with: (please excuse my gross ignorance of videotape technology)
Generate screen.
Start recorder, let it get up to speed.
Lay down special "frame packet" data.
Switch recorder input to generated screen image.
Stop recorder.
Are there services which can accept a tape made this way and build
a continuous videotape from the sequence of screens? What would
it cost? Can the "packet start" data be done machine-readably,
so that the process can be done without a(n expensive) human operator?
Thanks in advance,
Lance C. Norskog
Fortune Systems, 101 Twin Dolphin Drive, Redwood City, CA
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