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- From: chungh@armory.enet.dec.com (Henry Chung)
- Subject: More info on Video Blaster
- Message-ID: <1992Aug15.042205.8458@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
- Sender: news@ryn.mro4.dec.com (USENET News System)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- Date: 14 AUG 92 23:55:42
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- OK, several people sent me E-mail asking for more infomation on Vblaster.
- Here is a brief description of its features.
-
- VIDEO ACQUISITION:
- - software selectable video source from 3 composite video inputs
- -supports NTSC and PAL system
-
- WINDOWS/OVERLAYING:
- -windows positioning and sizing on sigle pixel boundaries
- -VGA graphics and video overlay via graphics color key (256 keys)
-
- MASKS:
- -color keying, luminance and chrominance masking
-
- IMAGE ACQUISITION
- -supports PCX,TIFF,BMP,MMP,GIF,JPEG, and TARGA
- -resolution 640x480 VGA
- -supports up to 2 millions true colors
-
- IMAGE MANIPULATION
- -live and still image zooming and scaling
- -freeze, save and load video images
- -Crop and resize images
- -hue,saturation,brightness and contrast control
- -vertical and horizontal panning
-
- AUDIO MIXING
- -mix amplify stereo sound (0.5W output at 4 ohms load)
- -mix audio sources: stereo line-in, CD audio, stereo FM, microphone
- (note: You can input audio from SoundBlaster with a special cable from
- Creative lab. Vblaster does not come with any audio cables.:( )
- -full software control of fade-in, faade-out,left/right volumes and mcrophone
- mixing
-
- INPUTS:
- -female RCA jacks for 3 video signals (75 ohms impedance)
- -D-15 connector for VGA output
- -Ribbon connection ofr VGA feature connector
- -Mono jack for microphone input
- -female RCA jacks for line input
-
- OUTPUTS
- -stereo jack speaker output
- -D-15 connector to SVGA monitor
-
- I/O memory address
- -software selectable I/O address
- -software selectable frame buffer base address (1-15M)
- -software selectable IRQ (irq 5, 10, 11, 12)
-
- Video frame buffer resolution
- -1024x512
-
- SYSTEM COMPATIBILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS
- -IBM PC-AT and higher compatibles
- -full length 16 bit slot
- -VGA or multisync monitor runnning at 50-70Hz with horizontal scanning
- rate of about 31.5Kz.
- - not more than 15M of system RAM.
-
- The package comes the following software:
- -Video kit software
- -MMPLAY
- -VBDEMO
- -TEMPRA GIF
- -TEMPRA SHOW
- -MACROMIND ACTION!
-
- Hope this infomation can answer some of your questions about vblaster.
- Feel free to post any questions or send me e-mail if you want more information
-
- /Henry
-