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- From: mue@piis10.joanneum.ac.at (Heimo MUELLER (IIS))
- Subject: VIDEO MACHINE
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.085150.2297@news.tu-graz.ac.at>
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- Organization: Technical University of Graz, Austria
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- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 08:51:50 GMT
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- What do you think about the functionality of the "VIDEO MACHINE" ? (compared to
- products like Newteks Video Toaster)
-
- Haimo
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- Functionality of "VIDEO MACHINE" as announced by FAST Electronics
-
-
- Video Machine (VM) is a desktop video controller for the PC/Mac
-
- o on/off line editing for A/B roll editing
-
- o the VM digities 2 input video signals (4:2:2 format) and synchronice these
- with two built in TBC's. The two digital images can be modified by digital
- effects and combined with a digital keyer/mixer/bue-box. Finaly the result is
- converted to an analog video signal again.
-
- +-------------------------------------------+
- | +-----+ +---+ +-------+ +-------------+ |
- IN 1 -----|-| A/D |- |TBC|-|effects|-|frame buffer | |
- | +-----+ +---+ +---+---+ +-------------+ |
- | | |
- | +-----------+----------+ +----+ | S/Video/Composite
- | |digital keyer/mixer/bb|---|D/A |--|-----
- | +-----------+----------+ +----+ | Out
- | | |
- | +-----+ +---+ +---+---+ +-------------+ |
- IN 2 -----|-| A/D |- |TBC|-|effects|-|frame buffer | |
- | +-----+ +---+ +-------+ +-------------+ |
- +-------------------------------------------+
-
- o 2D video effects in software: zomm, slides, curtain-effects, shrink, thumbles,
- etc.
-
- o chroma keying, luminace keying
-
- o antialaising for titles, support for alpha channel
-
- o Input: Composite, S-VHS, YUV (optional)
- PAL,NTSC, SECAM
-
- o Ouput: Composite, S-VHS, YUV (optional), RGB (optional)
- PAL,NTSC, SECAM
-
- o It is possible to combine different video standards in the editing process.
-
- o Supported timecodes: VITC, LTC (read/write)
- RCTC, Rapid Timecode of GSE (read)
-
- o Generates EDT (Edit Descision List) in SMPTE format. Converters to CMX, Sony,
- Ampex systems.
-
- o with an additional digital recorder/player (compression board and xy GByte
- disk) it will be possible to perform non-linear offline cuts. (the output is
- then a EDL for the control of a analog linear online system)
-
- o broadcast (?), commercial video quality
-
- o price: about 6000-.... US$
-
- o VM will be shipped in Sept. 92 in two versions
-
- A. for "video user" with an additional interface box holding
- three RS422 (!!),
- S-VHS/Composite Video Input/Output,
- Sync-Input, etc. connectors, and
-
- B. for "computer users" with only S-VHS/Composite Video Input/Output. In this
- case the VCR controlling is done by PC's/Mac's RS232 interface.
-
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- All of the above statements are extracted from FAST information material about
- the VIDEO MACHINE. Fur further questions please contact FAST Electronic directly
- at
-
- FAST Electronic GmbH.
- Landsberger Str. 76
- D-80000 Muenchen 2
-
- Tel.: ++() 89/50206-0
- Fax.: ++() 89/50206-199
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- --
- Heimo MUELLER-SEELICH | e-mail: mue@piis10.joanneum.ac.at
- Institute for Information Systems | mueller@joanneum.ada.at
- JOANNEUM RESEARCH GRAZ / AUSTRIA | phone: (++43/316) 8020-242
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