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- From: aseem@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Aseem Das)
- Subject: Buying a complete Multimedia PC or MAC
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.203347.27701@kronos.arc.nasa.gov>
- Keywords: Multimedia Authoring Systems, Video/Audio Cards,
- Sender: usenet@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Will Edgington, wedgingt@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov)
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- Organization: NASA/ARC Information Sciences Division
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 20:33:47 GMT
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- I am interested in buying a complete multimedia PC or Mac. I would like
- to be able to grab video/TV, compress the grabbed movie togather with
- sound, save it on the hard disk and then later be able to play it
- as needed.
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- Having very little knowledge of multimedia, I would like to know:
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- 1. What hardware do i need (audio boards, video boards, frame grabbers etc.)
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- 2. What software do i need (compression software, multimedia authoring systems)
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- 3. How is the functionality divided between the hardware/software.
- For example, Is there hardware which does image/sound compression?
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- 4. What is the compatibility between the different hardware/software
- products? Can i use software X with hardware Y?
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- 5. What excatly does a MMedia authoring system allows you to do. Is
- it like a UI builder, lets you incorporate images/sounds etc. into a
- toolkit. What are some of the good MMedia authoring systems?
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- Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks.
-
- - Aseem Das
- aseem@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov
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