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- From: yi@fife.ecn.purdue.edu (Juneho Yi)
- Subject: Re: Recording animations
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- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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- Date: 10 Nov 92 15:23:19 GMT
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- CDO@IB.RL.AC.UK (C D Osland) writes:
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- >On 4 Nov 92 07:30:34 GMT <idpt249@tw.net.seed.tpts1> said:
- >>About recording animations, I got few words to say. We've been using betacam
- >>for a while. But gradually I cannot stand the low speed of pre-roll. To
- >>record 30 frames take at least 5 minutes. At this moment I have 3368 frames
- >>to go, which means 4 days will be gone.
-
- >>My boss told me there might be a solution. If there's a high-end VCR which
- >>can be set to record single frame at certain interval, say 3 seconds, then
- >>we can connect it to audio port and put pictures into frame buffer at that
- >>speed. It seems that JVC has such products. I haven't got any chance to
- >>try. Is there anyone using this method to record animations?
- >>Sorry I don't quote previous opinions because my system is limited.
-
- >I would be very surprised if a VHS editing recorder was any faster
- >(real pre-roll time) than a Betacam. JVC do have edit recorders that
- >can be controlled by RS232, but that is a functional convenience,
- >not a speed-up!
-
- I would like to know the model of this JVC VCR.
- As a matter of fact, I want to edit a VCR tape by my Mac II ci.
- Do you know of anything like this with a nice software for Macintoch
- computer ? A low-end machine is fine with me.
- In addition, any idea of the price ?
-
-
- >>Neil Chou
-
- >Chris Osland
- >Atlas Video Facility, Rutherford Appleton Lab, UK
-
- Thank you.
- -- yi@ecn.purdue.edu
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