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anon@anon.no (anonymous) wrote:

>In article <farrier-1803961910510001@d65.nnb.interaccess.com>, farrier@equus.com (Jim Woods) wrote:

>> I have an Amiga 2000. 50mhz Derringer. Video Blender and software.
>> Scala,and Amiga Vision. I want to do some very basic video editing. I do
>> not have a tape deck that will interface with the computer. I have read
>> that there is equipment that will do simple cuts using an infra red
>> signal. I saw this in the February Amiga Format. I am very new to this
>> computer and to video in general. Can anyone help me with references to
>> books, articles, or equipment that will let me experiment without spending
>> a large fortune in new video equipment. I want to make an in house
>> teaching tape and precise frame identification and cuts are not needed.
>> Thank yopu in advance.
>> Jim Woods
>> Jim@ equus.com

>There used to be a prodcut called Video Director which did what you described, 
>but they only do PC products now.  There is also an ftp archive on aminet called 
>InfraRexx, which, I believe, describes how build your own serial to infra red 
>converter for a fraction of the cost, it includes some shareware vcr controllers 
>too (I think -- I've not downloaded this myself so I'm only peripherally aware 
>of all the archive contains).

>Check it out - a good aminet site is ftp.netnet.net.  Good luck.

Video Director was made by Gold Disk and was adequate from what I
heard.  A better alternative would be MediaPhile by Interactive
MicroSystems.  They were still supporting the Amiga version as of last
September, who knows now.

D. G.