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- From: dgentry@vlsi4.racal.com (Dave Gentry)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
- Subject: Re: Video editing
- Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 20:47:36 GMT
- Organization: InternetMCI
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- anon@anon.no (anonymous) wrote:
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- >In article <farrier-1803961910510001@d65.nnb.interaccess.com>, farrier@equus.com (Jim Woods) wrote:
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- >> I have an Amiga 2000. 50mhz Derringer. Video Blender and software.
- >> Scala,and Amiga Vision. I want to do some very basic video editing. I do
- >> not have a tape deck that will interface with the computer. I have read
- >> that there is equipment that will do simple cuts using an infra red
- >> signal. I saw this in the February Amiga Format. I am very new to this
- >> computer and to video in general. Can anyone help me with references to
- >> books, articles, or equipment that will let me experiment without spending
- >> a large fortune in new video equipment. I want to make an in house
- >> teaching tape and precise frame identification and cuts are not needed.
- >> Thank yopu in advance.
- >> Jim Woods
- >> Jim@ equus.com
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- >There used to be a prodcut called Video Director which did what you described,
- >but they only do PC products now. There is also an ftp archive on aminet called
- >InfraRexx, which, I believe, describes how build your own serial to infra red
- >converter for a fraction of the cost, it includes some shareware vcr controllers
- >too (I think -- I've not downloaded this myself so I'm only peripherally aware
- >of all the archive contains).
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- >Check it out - a good aminet site is ftp.netnet.net. Good luck.
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- Video Director was made by Gold Disk and was adequate from what I
- heard. A better alternative would be MediaPhile by Interactive
- MicroSystems. They were still supporting the Amiga version as of last
- September, who knows now.
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- D. G.
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