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From: bryanw@rahul.net (Bryan Woodworth)
Subject: QUICKTIME FOR WINDOWS AVAILABLE ON CDROM!!
Organization: a2i network
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 15:35:46 GMT

From COMPUTER CURRENTS, "The Bay Area's Own Computer Newsmagazine 
since 1983," Vol. 10, Numb. 13, November 17, 1992 issue, page 10:
 
---beginning of article--
 
News & Industry:  Silicon Valley News
 
New CD offers QuickTime for Windows, Mac Movies
 
The San Francisco Canyon Company (Pleasanton, Calif.) says it will 
ship Canyon Action!, a CD-ROM of clips for QuickTime for Windows 
that includes the Apple video player software for Windows, 
QuickTime dynamic library links (DLLs) for Windows, and Windows 
Picture Viewer.
 
The company says the CD contains QuickTime movies that can be 
played in Windows or on the Mcintosh.  Two exact copies of each of 
the movies, one in the Macintosh QuickTime format and the other in 
the Windows QuickTime format, are included on the disk and the 
company says the software is smart enough to tell if the CD-ROM 
drive it was inserted in is connected to a Macintosh or a PC.
 
The company says the inclusion of QuickTime for Windows and 
QuickTime DLLs allow the Windows user to play the video clips on 
the disk right out of the box.  An install program is available for 
the PC, but the company says Macintosh users will need to already 
have QuickTime for the Macintosh, as the company does not include 
it on the Canyon Action! CD.
 
Four categories of movie clips and still photos are included on the 
disc, said the disc's creator, Nels Johnson.  They include eight 
three-minute clips ofmusic videos including Lou Reed, Bruce 
Springsteen and others; 27 clips from old movies and cartoons from 
the '30s, '40s, and '50s; and modern clips of computer animation or 
abstract, moving images, some of which are from the works of video 
artist Nick Gorski.  The fourth category is "sond movies" which 
aren't movies at all, just sound.
 
A 20MHz PC and a Windows-compatible sound card such as those from 
Media Vision or Creative Labs is needed to play Canyon Action!, the 
company said.  For the Macintosh, the QuickTime starter kit and 
System 7.0 are required.  Canyon Action! is retail priced at $89.95 
and is available directly from the company by calling 800/227-1817, 
ext. 45.
 
---end of article--
 
I have questions:  I wonder if this company can mail users just the 
viewer and DLL on 3.5" media?  Who the hell wants to buy a CDROM 
drive just to view QuickTime?  It is surely not a requirement for 
mac users, so it shouldn't be forced on Windows users either.  I am 
hoping this company is just queer, and that others will provide 
freeware viewers soon.  But if you want a viewer now this seems 
like the only way.
 
I don't know anything about the company; I am not affiliated with 
the company; and I don't give a damn about their commercial 
interests.  I posted this in its entirety because there are 
doubtless people out there who want this information, and I'd 
rather post it all here then get lots of email asking for the phone 
number and so forth.  Bye for now.

-- 
Bryan Woodworth <bryanw@rahul.net>
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: senseman@ricky.brainlab.utsa.edu (David M. Senseman)
Subject: Re: Computer controlled VCRs
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 19:41:12 GMT

In article <BxwHLJ.DDG@rahul.net> jonathan@rahul.net (Jonathan Heiliger) writes:
>In article <1992Nov18.002305.9971@research.nj.nec.com> zilla@ccrl.nj.nec.com 
>(John Lewis) writes:
>
>>The other model is the EVO-9650 ($6000) has frame-accurate recording
>>and is suitable for animation.  Supposedly Quicktime will sometime support
>>the VISCA control protocol for this deck.
>
>   The dealers will like to tell you that it costs $6,000.  Actually you can 
>easily find the deck for about $4,500.  That is a substantial difference.  I 
>was also told that it could be directly controlled through a serial port, but 
>that is second hand info.
> 

Panasonic sells a PC Machine Control Interface Adaptor (IFP-232CJ) 
that lists for only $300 (street price $230?). It is designed to 
work with Panasonic's AG-7000 and AG-6000 series using the 34-pin
protocol. These are industrial grade machines, not consummer level
so they are not cheap, but less than $5,000 for the S-VHS AG-7750
editor/player. 

I have not had a chance to use the IFP-232CJ but I would be interested
in hearing if anyone has used one. It is suppose to come with
software and basic source code in addition to cables. 

Thanks.
-- 
David M. Senseman, Ph.D.     | A man who has never gone to school may steal 
(senseman@lonestar.utsa.edu) | from a freight car; but if he has a university
Division of Life Sciences    | education, he may steal the whole railroad.
UT San Antonio               |             Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: tater@teal.csn.org (Bill Bond)
Subject: MULTIMEDIA TRAINING
Organization: Colorado SuperNet, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 20:24:57 GMT


I am looking for formal training (beginner to advanced) on multimedia
anywhere in the USA during the period of January through May, 1993.
Please e-mail responses or call William Bond, 303/231-2329
Thanks!
tater@csn.org
From: pickens@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (David B. Pickens)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Intel giving up on DVI
Date: 23 Nov 92 22:55:52 GMT
Organization: Dept. of CS Ball State University Muncie IN

I have heard or read somewhere that Intel has abandoned DVI.  Is this
real?  I am working on putting together a multimedia project and
need to find whether this is true or not.  If anyone knows for
sure or even if you only have heard something, please e-mail me.

I will sort through all the fluff and post the verified facts
to this group.

Thanks in advance.

Dave
From: groverc@gold.gvg.tek.com (Grover Cleveland)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Authorware and Memory Problems under Windows 3.1
Date: 16 Nov 92 19:08:02 GMT
Organization: Grass Valley Group, Grass Valley, CA

Iam having a major problem with Authorware running out of memory
under Windows 3.1, even though I have 6MB of ram in the machine and
nothing else is running under Windows at the time.

The file size is approximately 1MB. Is that too much for APW to
handle? Do I need a router to break the file into smaller pieces?

Any help appreciated since I am in desperation mode here.
The problem also occurs when converting a 900KB Mac file (APM) to APW.

thanks,

Grover Cleveland
Instructional Designer
The Grass Valley Group Inc.

groverc@gold.gvg.tek.com
From: alves@calvin.usc.edu (William Alves)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Computer controlled VCRs
Date: 24 Nov 92 02:04:22 GMT
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: calvin.usc.edu

The "standard" for non-professional Sony equipment is the so-called
LANC protocol used in two incarnations: control-L and control-S. Control-L
is a 3 line wire that provides control from the control source (computer
or edit controller) as well as feedback from the VTR (such as counter
location). Control-S uses a simple 2 conductor mini-plug and provides no
feedback. A few other companies (such as Hitachi, I believe) also use the
Sony LANC protocol. Panasonic invented their own Control-M (similar to
control-L) and control-P (similar to control-S). None of these conform
to any computer serial protocol, though there are cables that convert
from one to the other. Control-S is also capable of transmitting SMPTE
or other time code, though your controller's ability to do frame-accurate
or nearly-frame-accurate edits depends entirely on the hardware that you
have (controller and VTR). Virtually all functions in most equipment are
accessible through these protocols, meaning that, not only can you use
a computer to control the edit, but also zoom or focus on many camcorders.

Bill Alves
From: mpearce@galsci.ogi.edu
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Need training solution
Keywords: digital video
Date: 16 Nov 92 18:11:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: galsci.oDgcuB3w165w
Reply-To: iccdev!galsci!mpearce
Distribution: world
Organization: Galaxy Scientific Corp.

phil@philip.b30.ingr.com (new user) writes:

> My company wants to produce an audio/video package
> for customer training. The ideal system
> would be driven by a CD-I, CD-ROM, or Videodisc type device
> that could access various menus and sections via remote control
> and display the images on a TV. The ability to display
> in the WindowsNT environment would be a plus.

The video standard you pick will depend on two things; the quality
you need and your hardware constraints. If you are just talking about
"talking head" type video, then you can go with one of the software-
only playback standards (like MS's Video for Windows). If you need 
higher quality, say to show a technician fixing some equipment, then 
you need one of the digital video standards with hardware playback;
DVI, JPEG, MPEG, etc. For the highest quality (and cost) you will need
a Videodisc. You probably don't need external TV's to display the 
video; unless you are need to display fine detail an overlay onto a
256 color VGA display will do just fine.


-----------
Mike Pearce, Knowledge/Interface/ToolBook Engineer
Galaxy Scientific Corp., Information Division, Atlanta GA
(404) 491-1100 or mpearce@galsci.uucp
From: ae302@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Peter Haller)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Quicktime for Windows
Date: 17 Nov 1992 04:24:21 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ae302@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Peter Haller)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) says:

>
>That would be interesting. All Apple's CDs are in Macintosh HFS format, which
>means you're going to have an interesting time trying to read them from a
>machine running Windows. So how you're going to get the player software onto
>a Windows machine?
>
>Yeah, I know, copy them onto DOS-format floppies from a Mac running Apple
>File Exchange, or DOS Mounter, or something...

I normally don't say much, but IMHO, your statement is dumb. Don't you
think Apple has enough intelligence to release Quicktime for Windows
on a CD-ROM that can be read on a PC running Windows? Think before
you speak!

Flame off...

PCH

-- 
Peter C. Haller                         |       'If you do what you
Lorain Products                         |       have always done,
ae302@cleveland.Freenet.Edu             |       expect what you have
"Are we having fun yet?"                |       always received.'
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: instruct@tigger.jvnc.net (Instructional Systems)
Subject: Computer controlled VCRs
Originator: instruct@tigger.jvnc.net
Organization: JvNCnet, Princeton University, NJ
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 20:52:27 GMT

Controlling a VCR from a PC.
Can anyone help with how to do this? What are my options? Can I use any VCR?
Or do I need a special machine? If so where do I get it? I'm looking to be
able to perform very simple functions (play, pause, fast forward, rewind...)
on a standard home VHS machine, to the extent possible. I'm also hoping for
a fairly simple solution, to the extent possible. Can a computer read the 
VHS sync track, or do i need a seperate time code on one of the audio tracks?
And as for controlling it, is there a way to do this through the infra red
remote technology already built into the VCR? 
All help in this matter is greatly appreciated.
Thanks, 
Jay

P.S. I have no email address, so either post a message here, give me a call
at 212-627-7238, or leave your # & I'll call you.

Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: jmj5g@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (John M. Jackson)
Subject: Re: Need info on LD-ROM
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:58:22 GMT

phil@philip.b30.ingr.com  writes:
> I recently read an article on Multimedia Productions that briefly discussed LD-ROM(Laserdisc ROM). I am looking for some detailed information on the subject.
> 
> 
> 1. What types of information can be stored on these discs.
> 
> 2. What are the storage capacities for each type of data.
> 
> 3. What is the development process for creating LD-ROM programs?
> 
> 4. Can the user interact with the system?(similar to CD-I)
> 
> any information on the subject would help.
>
The best source of information is Pioneer, since they created
LD-ROM.  Reach them at:

Pioneer Laser Optical prod. div.
Lisa Givson
600 East Crescent Ave.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458-1827
Thomas Mykietyn Eastern sales zone
ext. 208 tech help (Chris Sengos)
ph. 201-327-6400
fax 201-327-9379
AppleLink:  D6272

There also is a good article titled "Stretching your budget:
How to get more out of videodisc" in the Oct. 92 _AV Video_
magazine that covers LV ROM technology.
--
John Jackson                            jmj5g@galen.med.virginia.edu
Office of Medical Education             jmj5g@virginia.edu
University of Virginia                  (804)924-5839
From: ctaylor@desire.wright.edu
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Help convert AVC Images to ToolBook 
Date: 22 Nov 92 20:16:10 EST
Organization:  Wright State University 

I am regularly teaching my classes using Toolbook in a multimedia format. I
started out using Podium [which is built on AVC] and now have the need to
convert AVC images to a format ToolBook can use.  Can anyone tell me how
to make the conversion?  I have tried to export images using the conversion
tool in AVC but without success.  I have also tried *AVC to WIN* which
comes with the Advanced Academic System and it does not work either.  I called
IAT and did not get any help from them.  I need to convert images of paintings
such as Van Gogh's *Peasant Shoes* now in AVC.  Any help would be immensely
appreciated.  

Replies may be sent to:

ctaylor@wsu.bitnet
or
ctaylor@desire.wright.edu

Charles S. Taylor
Department of Philosophy
Wright State University
Dayton, OH 45435
From: ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: MPEG - FAQ   [Version 1.0 - 20. November 1992]
Date: 23 Nov 92 11:29:28 +1300
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Thanks for that summary. Just one irritating little question:

How do you pronounce "Xing"?

Lawrence D'Oliveiro                       fone: +64-7-856-2889
Computer Services Dept                     fax: +64-7-838-4066
University of Waikato            electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz
Hamilton, New Zealand    37^ 47' 26" S, 175^ 19' 7" E, GMT+13:00
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: leo@zelator.in-berlin.de (Stefan Hartmann)
Subject: Re: MPEG for Mac?
Organization: Puplic-Access-Xenix-System
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 18:27:52 GMT

In <1992Nov14.233249.10301@nlm.nih.gov> sandro@lhc.nlm.nih.gov (Michael D'Alessandro) writes:


>I'm interested in obtaining some MPEG movies for my Mac for a demo.

>- Is there a piece of software that will let me convert my QuickTime movies
>  to MPEG movies?
>- Is there an MPEG player for the Mac?

>Failing any of this, does anyone have any MPEG movies on the net that I could
>borrow?

>Michael
>-- 
>  Michael D'Alessandro, M.D.                                           
>  Electric Differential Multimedia Laboratory                          
>  University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Department of Radiology     
>  Email: sandro@lhc.nlm.nih.gov                                        


Hi,
I don't know, if there will be a version of the Xing MPEG player for
MACs, but you can download the MPEG movies I made for Win3.x from:

phoenix.oulu.fi (130.231.240.17)    in   pub/mpeg


Best regards, Stefan Hartmann, c/o Ingenierbuero Gatz & Hartmann.
email to:  leo@zelator.in-berlin.de


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From: barham@qut.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Frequency curve from sound?
Date: 19 Nov 92 09:09:33 EST
Organization: Queensland University of Technology

Gidday,

I hope this is an appropriate place to post this request.  If anyone knows
of any other news groups I could also post it, let me know.

Basically, my situation is this...

At my work (Computer Based Education section of the Queensland University
of Technology) we are starting a project in Language Learning using
Videodiscs as a primary resource.  At some stage in the game we will be
getting students to repeat things that have been said on the videodisk
(or stuff played on a soundblaster card), and they will be able to here
themselves back to compare.

At some point (though this is not planned yet) we may be looking at
displaying some kind of frequency curve (if you know what I mean) of what
they say so they can compare that to what they heard (the frequency curve 
of which would also be displayed).  Note, I am not talking about a graphic
representation of the sound wave as that would appear as just so much
jibberish.

Does anyone know of any software to provide this (of necessity running
under Windows and supporting the SoundBlaster16 card), or any simple way
of getting it done?  I need to know now what is available so when the time
comes to move I can move.

Thanks,

Tim.

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Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: ***WHAT'S A VIDEO SPIGOT????
From: jesse@mars.slu.edu
Date: 23 Nov 92 17:46:59 CST
Organization: Parks College St. Louis Univ.

In article <1992Nov20.172126.12361@waikato.ac.nz>, ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) writes:
> In article <1992Nov20.171403.12360@waikato.ac.nz>, ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) writes:
>> In article <41224@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>, ma168faf@imath8.ucsd.edu (Matthew Guarnotta) writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> WILL SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN IN DETAIL WHAT A VIDEO SPIGOT IS AND HOW IT WORKS
>>>
>>> HOW MUCH DO THEY COST AND WHAT SORT OF HARDWARE DO YOU NEED??????
>>>
>>> DO VIDEO IMAGES 24 BIT TAKE UP A LOT OF HD SPACE....
> 
> Forgot to answer your last question: yes, 24-bit colour images certainly
> can take up lots of space. That's why image compression services are such
> an important part of QuickTime.
> 
> I grabbed a sequence of still images at 384*288 resolution from my Spigot,
> and the PICT files were around 300K each! By using JPEG compression, I was
> able to get these down to 20K or less, with only minor loss of image quality.
> 
> JPEG can't be decompressed fast enough to play back a movie, though (unless
> you've got some hardware help or a really fast CPU). There are other
> compression algorithms provided with QuickTime that are better suited to
> compression of movies.                                 

I dont follow, from what I learned in Image Processing class, and just talking
with the professor, decompression should take no longer than compression (He
thought that decompression should be fractionally faster).

Is this Hardware?  Dr Sherlock said that at 512x512x256 (gray) that a sun-4
was doing an image in ~ 20 seconds (compression, decompression, rms error
check).

> 
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro                       fone: +64-7-856-2889
> Computer Services Dept                     fax: +64-7-838-4066
> University of Waikato            electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz
> Hamilton, New Zealand    37^ 47' 26" S, 175^ 19' 7" E, GMT+13:00
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: fischman@nynexst.com (Gary Fischman)
Subject: Re: Frequency curve from sound?
Reply-To: fischman@nynexst.com
Organization: NYNEX Science & Technology, Inc
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 14:25:31 GMT

When you say "frequency curve", do you mean a frequency spectrum display?  What you
need is a package that allows you to do an FFT on a section of the speech sample, 
and then plot the frequency domain representation of the speech signal.  I am 
working on some similar applications and I use LabWindows from National Instruments,
Austin, TX (1-800-433-3488).  In particular, they have a DSP library that controls
their Digital Signal Processor boards (although I believe they have libraries that
emulate the board - they just take more time.)  

---
	Gary J. Fischman
	NYNEX Science & Technology
	fischman@nynexst.com

Newsgroups: comp.multimedia,comp.graphics,comp.edu,comp.misc,alt.authorwa
From: ajsmith@nyx.cs.du.edu (Aaron Smith)
Subject: Electronic Publishing by College Students
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 03:47:09 GMT



I am looking for other students, college level, who are interested in
the area of electronic publishing and information distribution.  I am
interested in starting a nation-wide student organization (staff) whose
goal would be to publish a monthly periodical, distributed via CD-ROM, 
whose goal would be to increase the exchange of information between the
students and faculty of as many colleges/universities as possible.  

Topics covered will range from local college news to job offerings, from
industry computer news from NEWSBYTES to student research papers, and
would of course include articles concentrating on student interests.  The
essence would be to target subjects that college-age students want to 
read about. 

MULTIMEDIA - I've done a lot of research into the field of multimedia and
try to keep up with the latest and greatest trends.  I believe that we
could effectively implement such sounds, graphics, animation, and digital
video (.avi files) very easily.

COMMUNICATION - How would such a scattered staff maintain efficient 
 communication???  Well...I believe you're using something similar to
 read this very note!  E-mail and ftp to central sites would allow for 
 larger groups at some schools to work on assigned sections.

THIS IS A ROUGH SKETCH - Remember, this is just an idea, made to be 
 modified, and ready to be shaped and molded.  I hope that some of you
 out there are creative enough and ambitious enough to be interested.
 If so, write me a note via E-mail.  DO NOT RESPOND VIA USENET!!!
 My addresses are below.

Aaron J. Smith
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Communications and (soon-to-be) Computer Science Double-Major
Undergraduate

ajsmith@nyx.cs.du.edu                    ugotme@aol.com