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- From: nick+@pitt.edu (Nick C De Mello)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: VCR to Mac?
- Keywords: Movies from a VCR to a MAC?
- Message-ID: <9719@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 14:44:41 GMT
- References: <laug.721891118@sfu.ca>
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- In article <laug.721891118@sfu.ca> laug@fraser.sfu.ca (Christopher Lau) writes:
- >
- > I was at a computer show a while ago and saw a VCR hooked up to a PC which
- >was displaying the movie that was being running in the VCR. I was amazed at
- >the editing capabilities that the program in the PC could do to capture the
- >pictures from the movie. Can this same procedure be done on a Macintosh?
- >What sort of software and hardware do I need if this can be done?
-
- I *think* what you need is a hardware/software combo called "spigot"
- with "framegrabber", you can find out more about them in a MacWarehouse
- or equivalent catalogue. The hardware is a nubus card that attaches to
- your vcr, and I *think* you need a lot of ram and HD space.
-
- Luck,
-
- Nick
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