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- : Ok... This isn't LW related, but here we go. If you look at the card,
- : each of the jacks are labled. I believe that there are R and L audio in
- : and out as well as the Svideo in. Just look at the card and you will see
- : that each one of these is marked with what it is.
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- Wrong! The outputs are not labeled at all! From the S-Video output at the
- top (or side if in a 4000) the outputs are Video out, L-Audio in, R-Audio
- in, L-Audio out, R-Audio out. I had to call Newtek for this because the
- Flyer manual does not even have a picture or diagram of the card in the
- manual.
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- Now for the fun stuff: The S-video in and video out ports are not even
- connected. All video must go through the toaster, whether in or out. So
- much for the hyped Betacam and D2 quality. The only quality settings are
- SP and EP (like in VCR terminology) in the software. There is supposed to
- be an adapter available some time NEXT YEAR that will enable those ports.
- Unless I am mistaken, we are still in January of THIS YEAR
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- So far, the first time I recorded video, the sound played back like it was
- played under water. Since then tho' the problem has not resurfaced. The
- video quality, for all its lack of promised settings, does look good,
- although I have only played around with recording TV shows and practicing
- cut editing by eliminating the commercials for practice
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- The flyer tutorials are a laugh! It starts out with a tut on how to
- record video but doesn't tell you how to get to that screen! The IS a
- better description on how to record video in the switcher section itself,
- which is a walk through on how to do the recording. The manual in general
- is pretty awful. Just a 3.5 manual with the disgraceful tutorials and flyer
- specific pages added, which do not cover everything, and make reference
- to buttons and stuff that aren't there yet. Oh well.
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- Later on.
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- Joe Perez
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