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Article #46Re: Video Production - Mac x Amiga?
From: SHUK C YIP
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 16:37
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 16:37
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In article <1992Oct30.110722.6355@ludd.luth.se> pjotr@ludd.luth.se (Peter Sj|str|m) writes: > >Digital Editmaster > >- Full-motion JPEG Technology >- Real-time 30fps Video Capture >- Real-time Video Display & Recording >- Frame-by-frame Recording >- Direct 32 bit Pixel Bus >- Full Screen Non-linear Editing >- SMPTE Time Code Read & Write > >The Digital EditMaster system from Digital Micronics, Inc. allows you to >edit and produce professional quality video productions on your Commodore >A2000 or A3000. It is the only video editing system for the Amiga that lets >you capture in real time full-screen NTSC, PAL and SVHS video to a standard >Amiga hard drive at 30 frames per second (25 fps for PAL), edit your >production and then output the final results in real time to a standard >video tape recorder. > >REAL-TIME VIDEO CAPTURE - DMI's Digital EditMaster system records NTSC, PAL >or SVHS from a video camera or VCR directly to the standard hard disk drive >in the Commodore Amiga. The heart of the system is the video compression >board which digitizes, compresses and stores video segments onto the hard >drive in real time. > >REAL-TIME VIDEO DISPLAY AND RECORDING - DMI's video compression board >decompresses the stored video segments from the hard drive in real time, >delivering full screen, broadcast quality video frames to an NTSC, PAL or >SVHS recorder or monitor. Making the final master of the production is as >simple as hooking up a VCR or Laser disk recorder and pressing record. > >COMPUTER ANIMATOR'S DREAM COME TRUE - The Digital EditMaster system is a >Computer Animator's dream come true. Typical animation frames can be >compressed and stored to the hard drive on a frame-by-frame basis. The >animation can then be played back in real time, directly to tape, without >the aid of an expensive frame-by-frame recorder. Video clips and computer >animations can be combined very easily to produce a final production. > >NON-LINEAR EDITING SOFTWARE - Stored video segments can be edited, modified >and played back to tape. DMl's Digital EditMaster software allows instant >access to any number of video segments stored on the hard drive, giving >complete creative freedom and flexibility to the editor. > >THE DMI BUS - Supports the DMI 32-bit pixel bus which allows direct 32-bit >connectivity with DMl's Vivid 24 (TM) graphics co-processor for complete >digital transfer of data to and from the Digital EditMaster compression >board. > >AUDIO - The Digital EditMaster system and sound boards from SunRize >Industries are fully integrated using SMPTE time code for simultaneous >digitizing and editing of both the audio and video tracks. > >Based on full motion JPEG technology, using the LSI Logic chipset, the >Digital EditMaster system works in full screen, real-time NTSC (30 fps), PAL >(25 fps), and SVHS broadcast quality resolutions. The digital video >compression board digitizes the analog video signal, from any standard >NTSC, PAL and SVHS format video device, and then compresses the digital >frames to the hard drive in real time. Video compression ratios are user >selectable, from between 15:1 and 70:1. Editing is done on an NTSC, PAL, or >15kHz-capable RGB monitor. The final edited production is decompressed, >encoded back to a composite signal and recorded to any standard NTSC, PAL or >SVHS format video device. > >Suggested List Price: $2495.00 > >Digital Micronics, Inc. > >2075 Corte del Nogal, Suite 'N' >Carlsbad, CA 92009 >(619)931-8554 FAX: (619)931-8516 > For $2495.00, I think MAC should have some product which is same as or better than this one. MAC users, any suggestion???
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Newsgroups: comp.multimedia Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!torn!newshub.ccs.yorku.ca!newshub.ariel.yorku.ca!cs902125 From: cs902125@ariel.yorku.ca (SHUK C YIP) Subject: Re: Video Production - Mac x Amiga? Message-ID: <1992Oct31.163706.17400@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca> Sender: news@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca (USENET News System) Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada References: <1992Oct24.200440.16355@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> <143430004@hpuerca.atl.hp.com> <1992Oct30.110722.6355@ludd.luth.se> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 16:37:06 GMT Lines: 75