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- From: grege@chopin.asd.sgi.com (Greg Estes)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: video in & out - crimson
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 19:08:25 GMT
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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- In article <1993Jan21.154310.6741@uc.msc.edu>, wes@uf.msc.edu (Wes Barris) writes:
- |> In article <1jl834INNasn@fido.asd.sgi.com>, grege@chopin.asd.sgi.com (Greg Estes) writes:
- |> |>
- |> |> * VideoLab
- |> |> Real-time video in/out/through. RGB/YUV/D1. Video in a window,
- |> |> video effects, video output, scan conversion, alpha blending,
- |> |> transcoding, etc. Also does some neat-o effects like taking an
- |> |> incoming, say Betacam, signal and pixel replicating it up to
- |> |> HDTV resolution without losing frames. Does *not*, however, have
- |> |> an encoder or decoder built-in, so get your own Faroudja for
- |> |> NTSC/PAL :-)
- |> |> Works on Crimson/VGX or Crimson/VGXT only
- |>
- |> Does the VideoLab have its own frame buffer?
-
- Yes, two of them. An input buffer and an output buffer.
-
- Can it be used to send a
- |> series of image files out its D1 port like the VideoFramer?
-
- Yes.
-
- Or must
- |> this be done using its scan conversion capabilities?
-
- No, but you could if you wanted to.
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- Does it include
- |> an onboard animation controller like the Video Framer?
-
- No, but the V-LAN library is included so it's "software-ready"
- to hook up to an external RS-232 VLAN box.
-
- Greg Estes
-