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In article <4iltrr$25o@mserv1.dl.ac.uk>, Robin Hood  <bx@dl.ac.uk> wrote:
>Hi,  I am new to Amiga. 
>I'd like to buy an Amiga for home video titling, Could any one tell
>me what basic amiga hardware and software are required ?

First the software:

If you're going to be playing long timed scripts (like for subtitling
foreign videos), JACOsub is your best bet. It's shareware, but it's a
professional quality package with features rivaling commercial software
costing 10 times as much. If you just want to display an occasional
title now and then on home video, JACOsub will do this also, but you
might find Broadcast Titler or SCALA (>$200) more to your liking.

The current version of JACOsub is 2.4, available at
http://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/gfx/show/jcosub24.lha

Version 2.5 will be released shortly -- it's significantly different from
2.4, giving you smooth scrolling and special transition effects like wipes
and dissolves.

(Of COURSE I will promote JACOsub!  I'm the author.)

Hardware:

For running JACOsub, the minimal practical system is an Amiga with 1.5
megabytes of memory, and two storage devices (like two floppy disks or one
hard disk and a floppy).  You also need a genlock to overlay your graphics
onto video.  I recommend the Supergen, because then JACOsub has direct
control over fades, but other genlocks will work fine.

Any Amiga will do.  But try to find one running AmigaDOS 2.0 or higher.
My recommendation is an A1200.

Of course, you will also need a video source and a video recorder.  For
subtitling, the best combination is a laserdisc with a SuperVHS VCR.

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