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From: dudley@cebaf4.cebaf.gov (John Dudley)
Subject: Re: Buying a multimedia system
Reply-To: dudley@cebaf4.cebaf.gov (John Dudley)
Organization: CEBAF
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 18:38:12 GMT


If your decision is to buy an Amiga, I do warn you again that you may
want to consider (if there is no rush) purchasing it towards the end of
the month.  More information will be available this weekend, but as it
stands now, some new machines (Amiga's) are supposed to be release this
weekend... now wether or not it is a better system or more expensive, as
soon as they come out, prices on the current machines WILL drop. Also,
new versions of Amigavision (AmigaVision Professional 3.0) is suppose to
be announced, and if you wait until after this weekend's show, you'll be
eligible for it for free, even if it is not shipped yet with your machine.
 
I also urge you to get a few Amiga magazines before you go with your
purchase, and see what the machine is like.  See if you can go in to
your dealer for a few hours and "test drive" the system, JUST to make
sure that you are making the right decision...
 
You may also want to look at possibly getting an Amiga 2000.. maybe with
an accelerator... or possibly the 3000T (I haven't heard recent prices
of it in a while).
 
Congratulations on your future purchase of your Amiga, and if you need
ANY help what-so-ever, just leave me E-Mail, and I'll see what I can do.
 
Sincerely,
 
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  \X/   Only AMIGA Makes it Possible!
From: hopper@cs.ucsd.edu (Steve Hopper)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Need Video Teleconferencing h/w for Mac & PC
Date: 11 Sep 92 06:39:31 GMT

Does anyone know of h/w available for the two platforms?  I saw
one advertised recently for the Mac but can't recall which mag
it was in.  I do remember that full screen video and sound were
supported.  It included a v.32 modem and fax capability.


thanks

    -=STeve=-


Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: jguruswa@rucs.faculty.cs.runet.edu (Jay Guruswamy)
Subject: multi-platform authoring system
Organization: Radford University
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 21:19:06 GMT

Hi Folks,
	I am looking for a multimedia authoring system that works in the
Windows environment and the MAC.  I am aware of Authorware and
Spinnaker.  Are there any other systems?

	I would appreciate any comments from people who have used
these authoring systems.

	Thanks.
			      Jay Guruswamy
From: barnhill@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Help: JPEG images in MicroMind Dir.
Date: 11 Sep 92 13:22:29 CDT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

 pai-lin chen <chenp@silver.ucs.indiana.edu> writes:
> Dear netters,
> 	First, I reduced the image size, resolution, so that each image will
> take about 450 K. Then I used QuickTime utility to compress the image, so...
> the size of each image is about 45K...However, when I imported
> the image into MicroMind Dir. 3.1, the size of image turned back to 450K.
> 	It seemed that Director 3.1 decompressed the image; however, this is
> somewhat strange.  If MMD is QuickTime ready, it should be able to read the 
> file in JPEG format with original size.  Could someone out there give me a
> clue?  Thanks in advance.

I hope you don't get flamed too much, Pai-lin Chen, but it's kind of obvious
that you're missing something in the process here.  That is, that you have
compressed the IMAGE AS SAVED.  When the little bugger displays, it's still
going to be the same (+- x%) size it was originally, because you can't compress
the screen image.  At least not without some glass breakage.  Quicktime pro-
duces smaller file sizes for the SAVED image when it's a still, and ONLY the
saved image.  When it's a series of frames, the savings are realized by the
elimination of redundant background components -- in other words, if the 
foreground is all that changes (a person, a car, whatever is "moving") there
is no reason to save the unchanging background (mountain, parking lot, etc.)
for each frame, nor to clear the screen in that area only to re-display the
same image over again.  Make sense?  If not, drop me a line.  Too bad it
doesn't work the way you suggest, that would REALLY be something!  I think
you will find that the images are slightly less, btw, than they would be
without having first performed some sort of JPEG on them.

db

Dave Barnhill
Computing Services
University Of Kansas
Barnhill@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu

> 
> Pai-lin Chen
> chenp@ucs.indiana.edu
From: bell@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Dave Bell)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Multimedia conferencing
Date: 11 Sep 92 10:49:09 GMT
Organization: Queen Mary and Westfield College. London University
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X-Xxdate: Fri, 11 Sep 92 11:33:48 GMT
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In article <1992Sep11.135612.10757@waikato.ac.nz> Lawrence D'Oliveiro,
ldo@waikato.ac.nz writes:
>For most multimedia data, I'd say timeliness of delivery is more
important than reliability of delivery. 
...
>In terms of existing network protocol stacks, that means using a
datagram - oriented protocol (UDP or AppleTalk DDP), rather than a
connection-oriented one (TCP, ADSP)....

Lawrence, I understand what you are getting at, and would like to think
that your reference to "existing network protocol stacks" means that
there are some tools (in HyperCard form) that I could get hold of to set
up UDP or DDP datagrams. If so, are there any public access sites having
such tools that you could point me too, or is this material strictly via
Apple ?

dave
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: cs902125@ariel.yorku.ca (SHUK C YIP)
Subject: Re: Buying a multimedia system
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 01:59:50 GMT

In article <1992Sep7.183146.10658@waikato.ac.nz> ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) writes:
>
>I, too, would like to know for sure. The Mac was built with a hardware-
>independent graphics model from the ground up, whereas the Amiga seems
>highly reliant on the peculiarities of a particular set of graphics chips.
>*Can* you indeed plug a 24-bit display into an Amiga, and immediately run
>all your existing applications on it in 24-bit mode, like you can on the Mac?
>

Some, not all because AmigaDos doesn't support 24 bit directly. eg. DCTV
is supported by most rendering and graphics programs, however, not
application programs.
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: mdicker@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mike Dickerson)
Subject: Re: Buying a multimedia system
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 04:20:18 GMT

dudley@cebaf4.cebaf.gov (John Dudley) writes:


>handle MOD files.. but just remember that they can only be created on
>Amigas, and always have been.

Well, this is getting of the topic of multimedia, but I don't believe
this is true.  I know there are mod creator programs for PCs, for example.

>The Toaster your dealer mentioned was much more expensive than I have
>ever seen(maybe he was talking about some sort of standalone system w/Amiga)

Well, according to an Amiga rag I picked up, the mail order price for a
toaster is $2100.  THe dealers price was a litle higher, but then,
he's a dealer, not a mail order house.

>From what i've seen, the Amiga's animation is much faster and
>less-jagged than the Mac and IBM.... The Mac just seems to be too jerky
>and unstable.

This I agree with you though.  I noticed that too, in comparing the
two systems in the same day.  It wasn't a true side-by-side A/B
comparison, but the difference in speed & smoothness was pretty
noticable.  Still though, one has to be wary of demos of this sort -
they can be made to show anything that you want to show. 

  /M
From: swix@prism.gatech.edu (SWIX,SCOTT R)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Bento
Date: 14 Sep 92 11:51:57 GMT


The Bento file format is a packaging definition, allowing many very
powerful x-ref functions, both internal an external, as well as 
multi-platform support, standard types, etc.  There is really quite 
a bit to it. 

The last I had seen, it did NOT define any formats for media content,
such as the method to encode images, audio, video etc.  Those elements
would be considered the content within a bento component.

Bento has been a joint effort, lead by Apple, with the participation of
various other companies including IBM.  It has not, to my knowledge,
been endorsed by any US or international standards body.

You may be able to request the current Bento specifications from
   Kaleida Labs, Inc
   1945 Charleston Rd
   Mountain View, CA 94043


SCOTT R. SWIX
IBM Multimedia Product Development
and Georgia Tech
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From: maurices@spock.dis.cccd.edu (Maurice Shihadi)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Videovision opinions?
Date: 9 Sep 92 22:19:32 GMT
Organization: Coast Community College District, Costa Mesa, CA

Well,  I read and read and called and read and called but still
nobody will quote me the same spec twice.  Microtimes (periodical)
reviews it as great 24 fps adhearing to NTSC, PAL, SECAM In;
NTSC, PAL Out.  Radius says the above plus $2,399 list, 24 bit conv.
Video/Audio In/Out (audio=stereo); 2 S-Video In, 1 S-Video Out
2 composites in, 2 stereo audio in, 1 stereo audio out, 1 external
audio in, one card, variable window resizing and H-Bus, R-Bus
and external expansion port.

I'm not sure what all that means but what I needed to know is:
1)  Can it import and export 30, 30-drop and 29 frames per 
second?
2)  Can one cut and paste without loosing sync exponentially?
3)  Is it compatable with the new Quicktime out this fall?
4)  Can I display more than a baseball card of landscape without
degrading frames per second (full screen video would be nice)?
5)  Will I still use up approx 1 gig for a 30 min. presentation?
6)  Will compression degrade quality upon decompression?
    a)  Is compression still a dirty word?
7)  Will VideoVision work with Second Wave's  SE/30's expansion
chassis (it turns the PDS slot into 8 nubus slots and accelerates
SCSI)?
 

Well...... Well.............................................



maurices
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: michael.langthorne.1@nd.edu ()
Subject: Re: QuickTime questions
Followup-To: comp.multimedia
Organization: University of Notre Dame
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 21:24:47 GMT

In article <guest.26@dhhalden.no>, guest@dhhalden.no (.GJEST) wrote:
> 

> 7. How large should the harddisk be, and how much RAM ought I have?
> 
QTs are coming out so fast, and we are starting to make so many of our own
that I wish we had more than 200M internal drive on a ci.  I am at least
happy with 32M RAM.
From: trump@qut.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Smart Lecture Theatres
Date: 7 Sep 92 12:39:54 EST
Organization: Queensland University of Technology

QUT is presently investigating installing 'smart lecture theatres'.  
What this means seems to be open largely to interpretation.  I have, 
however, been asked a few questions which I would like to hand over to 
the network for suggestions, comments etc.  Some theatres may seat up 
to 500 students.  Many will be incorporated into new buildings being 
built over the next 5 years as part of a major capital expenditure.
Is in envisaged that these theatres will also be used for multimedia
presentations.

The vision:

A lecturer would be able to walk up to a lecturn (Architech's want 
this lecturn to be very, very small and slimline) which controls A/V 
and computing equipment.

Theatres will typically have a Datashow (Barco, Sony etc) installed to 
project video and computer signals.  The lecturn itself would have a 
'pen-based' or 'touch-screen' system of interaction with users.  For 
example, a small LCD screen might be recessed in the lecturn which has 
icons for the VCR (play, rewind etc), lighting control, computer 
display etc.  

So far, I believe we can find a solution, but what about the next 
request!   Does anything exist which will allow lecturers to use a 
pen based computer as an alternative to using a white-board?  For 
example, the lecturer could write notes on the tablet which would be 
projected onto the screen for all to see.  Furthermore, the computer 
might even recognise handwriting and replace it with easy-to-read, 
appropriately sized text!  Maybe a video can be paused and the 
lecturer superimpose comments and diagrams (like when you watch the 
cricket or football).  

Further controls would be incorporated to cater for audio levels and 
lighting.

Has anyone done anything like this, heard of anything or know who I 
might be able to talk to??   I have made a preliminary contact with 
Microsoft to look at their pen-based computing (windows) gear and its 
possible integration with Visual BASIC.  

I am very keen to hear any comments or suggestions.   

Regards,
Jason
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Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: cgk26737@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (C G Kolar)
Subject: Biology Hypercard stacks wanted.
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 22:17:31 GMT


The Cognitive Flexibility Laboratory at the University of Illinois
  Center for the Study of Reading is beginning work on a three-year
  NSF-sponsored project to enhance the use of multi-media educational
  technology in the teaching of the biological sciences. 

This project, like previous CFL studies, will involve hypertext-
  based instruction using Claris Hypercard v2.1.  We are currently
  in the early design stages and would be interested in seeing any
  existing stacks that are available via Anon FTP or other means.
  Of particular interest would be stacks dealing with the following:
     genetics, microbiology, biotechnology, ecology, and bioethics.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

--Chris

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Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: leo@zelator.in-berlin.de (Stefan Hartmann)
Subject: Re: Any products on voice recognition?
Organization: Puplic-Access-Xenix-System
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 20:57:12 GMT

In <1992Sep8.011453.28917@iti.gov.sg> yklo@iti.gov.sg (Lo Yoong Khong (SE)) writes:

>Hi:

>I would like to find out if there are any products in the market currently on voice
>recognition that runs on Microsoft Windows 3.1?

>-Yoong Khong-

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>Name   : Lo, Yoong-Khong                 
>Company: Information Technology Institute  
>         National Computer Board, Singapore 
>Email  : yklo@iti.gov.sg  or yoongkhong@itivax.bitnet
>Fax    : (65)779-5966
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Hi,
Mickeysoft( oups..Microsoft) will have a new soundcard out that it
seems is abreakthrough in voice recognition !

A friend of mine already saw it working and it is really fascinating !
Just say open File, and it happens !

Watch out for this new about 200 US$ product !
It will be a hit !

Best regards Stefan Hartmann.
email to: leo@zelator.in-berlin.de


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From: rblewitt@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Richard Blewitt)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Buying a multimedia system
Date: 5 Sep 92 06:42:36 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

In article <Bu39Mn.2Gx@news.cso.uiuc.edu> tevonian@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu (Pete Tevonian) writes:
>dudley@cebaf4.cebaf.gov (John Dudley) writes:

>>Amiga was designed from the ground up as a multimedia platform.  That is
>>why with an Amiga, you get direct NTSC video output, nice, smooth
>>animation, and a Multitasking operating system.
>
>I don't believe that you get NTSC output standard in the Amiga 2000 or
>3000 any more. The 1000's had it, but I believe you now need a Toaster
>or DCTV like device to get NTSC. I may be wrong about this (I don't have

The straight composit plug is gone, but since the video frequency
does not need changing, a converter is very cheap, in fact, the 23
pin video connector does have composit signals coming to it.

>The DCTV is 21bit, if I remember correctly and does do a good job of
>rendering NTSC output. The original poster was looking for animation
>straight from Hard Drive. I don't think the DCTVs can do that, at least not
>without some more help (either software or hardware). In my computer
>animation courses last year, we were limted by the 9M RAM in the 3000's we
>were using. 

With the right anim player, I'm certain that it can be done.  One
thing to remember, since the speed of the drive is limiting, the
deltas have to be fairly small (1MB/s drive -> 66K delta at 15fps).
This is of course true of any system.

Rick

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Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: yklo@iti.gov.sg (Lo Yoong Khong (SE))
Subject: Any products on voice recognition?
Reply-To: yklo@iti.gov.sg
Organization: Information Technology Institute, National Computer Board, S'pore
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 01:14:53 GMT

Hi:

I would like to find out if there are any products in the market currently on voice
recognition that runs on Microsoft Windows 3.1?

-Yoong Khong-

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Name   : Lo, Yoong-Khong                 
Company: Information Technology Institute  
         National Computer Board, Singapore 
Email  : yklo@iti.gov.sg  or yoongkhong@itivax.bitnet
Fax    : (65)779-5966
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From: rblewitt@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Richard Blewitt)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Buying a multimedia system
Date: 5 Sep 92 06:26:51 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

In article <1992Sep4.234254.11508@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca> cs902125@ariel.yorku.ca (SHUK C YIP) writes:

>Except Video Toaster, is there any other good video or graphics hardware
>for Amiga? I ask that because people keep repeating again and again. Is
>this the only one for Amiga?

There are about a dozen or so graphics boards for the Amiga, which
all vary in price, preformance, quality, and task they are suited
for.  The Toaster gets mentioned so often because it is not just a
graphics board, but the heart of a TV studio (Switcher, character
generator, etc) and comes with an incredible 3D animation package as
well.  Personally, I have no use for the toaster, but I could find a
use for DMI's Vivid 24 (an accelerated 24 bit board, with
programable resolution, upto at least 1280x1024).  Now if only I
could afford it :)

Rick

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From: lopes@cogsci.ucsd.EDU (alann lopes)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: CD ROM XA -- What is it?
Keywords: CD-ROM XA
Date: 7 Sep 92 19:38:26 GMT
Article-I.D.: cogsci.1566
Organization: University of California, San Diego


   A while back, possibly on this newsgroup, I saw a discussion of
   XA and some other future standards for CD-ROM.  Can someone
   please explain these new standards (or whatever XA is).

   Does the expensive NEC CDR-74,84 come ready for these future
   standards?

                 Thanks very much -- alann

   alann lopes:        alopes@ucsd.edu       -- internet
   (619) 534-7417      ALOPES@UCSD           -- bitnet
From: jmj5g@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (John M. Jackson)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: multi-platform authoring system
Date: 8 Sep 92 12:54:39 GMT
Organization: University of Virginia

jguruswa@rucs.faculty.cs.runet.edu writes:  
> Hi Folks, 
> I am looking for a multimedia authoring system that works in the 
> Windows environment and the MAC.  I am aware of Authorware and
> Spinnaker.  Are there any other systems? 
> 
> I would appreciate any comments from people who have used 
> these authoring systems.  
> 

I've used both of the above systems for a couple of years.
Spinnaker Plus is just too slow for consideration.  (Slow in
the sense of code execution.)  Authorware is great and ports
easily.  Prototyping is fast and the design paradigm is
excellent.  It also uses XCMD's (on the Mac side) so you can
extend the system.

Other options include Macromind Director and Quatrain.  You can
developin in MM Dir. on the Mac and play back on both the Mac
and in Windows.  I've used it quite a bit on the Mac, but have
not ported using their Windows player.  The interface has a
steep learning curve, but it is a powerful system, especially
if you need to do a lot of 2D animation.  

Quatrain is a recent release by Softwords (4252 Commerce
Circle, Victoria, BC, Canada V8Z 4M2, (604)727-6552).  It ports
between Windows, DOS, UNIX, and I believe Mac as well.  I've
not used it, but Softwords will send you a demo disk.
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Office of Medical Education             jmj5g@virginia.edu
University of Virginia                  (804)924-5839
From: Jan-Inge_Flucht@f200.n901.z92.badnet.bad.se (Jan-Inge Flucht)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Quality MEasurements
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 10:10:40 +0000
Reply-To: Jan-Inge_Flucht@f200.n901.z92.badnet.bad.se (Jan-Inge Flucht)
Distribution: world
Organization: Lottas TCL Vasterhaninge Sweden 
OD-Comment-To: Simonofb@wmavm7.vnet.ibm.com

 
 s> I am interested in getting some ideas of how you would measure 
 s> the quality of a multimedia presentation?  What kinds of measurements 
 s> would you gather and how would you gather them? 
 
And who is "You" ??   Is that a open question to ALL or? In that case 
I can try to answer it in 100 lines and this area will die. :-/ Is it 
some kludge "too" I miss here in Sweden? 
 
rgds // 
 
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Ringvagen 67                  memonet  kommun.s12.s12jfl 
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