Buying a complete Multimedia PC or MAC

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From: Aseem Das
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 20:33

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I am interested in buying a complete multimedia PC or Mac.  I would like
to be able to grab video/TV, compress the grabbed movie togather with
sound, save it on the hard disk and then later be able to play it
as needed. 

Having very little knowledge of multimedia, I would like to know:

1. What hardware do i need (audio boards, video boards, frame grabbers etc.)

2. What software do i need (compression software, multimedia authoring systems)


3. How is the functionality divided between the hardware/software.
For example, Is there hardware which does image/sound compression?

4. What is the compatibility between the different hardware/software
products?  Can i use software X with hardware Y?

5. What excatly does a MMedia authoring system allows you to do.  Is
it like a UI builder, lets you incorporate images/sounds etc. into a
toolkit.  What are some of the good MMedia authoring systems?


Any help would be most appreciated.  Thanks.

- Aseem Das
aseem@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov

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