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- From: bredell@tdb.uu.se (Mats Bredell)
- Subject: Re: VCR to Mac?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.072150.28834@tdb.uu.se>
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- Organization: Uppsala University Computing Center (UDAC)
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 07:21:50 GMT
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- Nick C De Mello (nick+@pitt.edu) wrote:
- : 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.
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- Rumors say that at least one of the new Quadras that will be released on the
- 15th of february has all this built in ... full real time video capturing.
-
- /Mats
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