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From: seanp@sdf.lonestar.org (Sean Peoples)
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster Pro "?"
Organization: sdf public access Unix, Dallas -- 214-436-3281
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 23:03:49 GMT

In article <C0CzME.D4@fs7.ece.cmu.edu> woyansky@flamingo.ece.cmu.edu (George J. Woyansky) writes:
>
>a) The SBPro only can record 8 bits of data, and CDs use 14 or 16 (can't 
>remember, but 14 seems right)
>b) The SBPro can only record stereo at 22.05kH, while CD audio is recorded at
>44.1kHz.

Not neccesarily true...If he has the SB Pro 2.0, it can record 8-bit stereo at
44.1KHz...If he has the SB Pro 16, he can do 16-bit stereo at 44.1KHz...

BTW, CD's use 12-bit digital sound, and 4-bit error-correction...

Later...

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From: duanem@tekig5.pen.tek.com (Duane W Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: ## CD ROM Disks ##
Date: 5 Jan 93 02:30:20 GMT
Distribution: usa

I'd like to know the following:

1. Where are good places to buy CD ROM disks without having to buy a CD ROM
   drive to get the low prices?

2. Who has CD ROMs, possibly bought in a bundle, that they would like to
   sell or trade?

3. Would anyone be interested in bidding on these?

   World Atlas (Software Toolworks)
   USA Atlas (Software Toolworks)
   Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe (George Lucas)

Please email to me and I'll summarize for the first question and personally
respond to the other two questions.  



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From: sn@plato.chemietechnik.uni-dortmund.de (sn)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Questions re: AUDIO record, edit, playback using PC
Date: 11 Jan 93 13:11:11 GMT

More information about PC soundcards can be found in the newsgroup
comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
There are numerous discussions about HardDisk recording etc.

-Sven

Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: bui@berlioz.nsc.com (Cuong Bui)
Subject: Video grabber + video camera = scanner ?
Organization: National Semiconductor
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 02:31:00 GMT

I have a video camera, if I purchase the Video Blaster (?) board,
which can capture the video image, is it as good an image as a scanner?
At least, it's a cheap and easy, not having to develop or blowup
a picture for scanning, and huge source of data from video tape, TV ...
Any pointer is appreciated.

Newsgroups: comp.multimedia,comp.mail.multi-media,comp.ivideodisc,rec.video
From: sparapan@flash.ra.anl.gov (RA Sparapani RA/208/xxx gwing)
Subject: Chicago User's Group?
Organization: Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne IL
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:37:34 GMT

I was just wondering if anyone knew of a PC-based user's
group for multimedia in the Chicago area.  I use the
term 'multimedia' loosely; translation "cd-rom, sound-board,
MIDI, etc.".

Rodney
From: jt34@prism.gatech.EDU (THOMPSON,JOHN C)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Tandy's new multimedia machine
Keywords: VIS, Windows?
Date: 4 Jan 93 14:54:24 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

It is supposed to run a scaled down version of Win 3.1 called Modular
Windows. I am still waiting on info from microsoft concerning the development
kit, but rumor has it that you can develop under standard Win 3.1 with
the right tools. It seems to me that this offers a tremendous advantage over
things like CDi

From: galenr@hpgrla.gr.hp.com (Galen Raben)
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 22:27:26 GMT
Subject: Re: Videospigot for Windows
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Greeley, CO
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia

In comp.multimedia, tlilley@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Tripp Lilley) writes:

>Try MicroWarehouse:

>  P.O Box 3014
>  1720 Oak Street
>  Lakewood, NJ
>  08701-3014

>  (800) 367-7080

An 800 number ain't gonna work in Germany...
Try their inquiry number at 1-908-370-0518
or Fax 1-908-905-5245

- Galen -

Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: rfries@sceng.ub.com (Robert Fries)
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster Pro "?"
Organization: Ungermann Bass
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 00:47:17 GMT

In article <C0IAKK.8LH@sdf.lonestar.org> seanp@sdf.lonestar.org (Sean Peoples) writes:

>The only other problem would be the impedance...On the SB and SB Pro, the 
>input impedance on the mic connector is 4 ohms, normal RCA outputs are 8,
>and headphones are anywhere from 2-8 ohms...You MUST match impedances 

MIC input impedance of 4 ohms. Seems a bit low, though I don't have the
spec sheet for SB Pro. MICs are typically somewhere between 600 and
10,000 ohms.

Robert

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Ungermann-Bass Inc.

DISCLAIMER:
    Opinions contained herein are my own, and are not necessarily those
    of Ungermann-Bass.
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From: darrylo@sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata)
Subject: Re: CD quality audio recording...?
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 22:46:52 GMT
Reply-To: darrylo@sr.hp.com
Organization: Hewlett-Packard / Center for Primal Scream Therapy
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8.1]

x89olarte1@gw.wmich.edu (x89olarte1@gw.wmich.edu) wrote:

> Is there any (<$200) sound card that lets you record CD quality audio??

     I believe most of the 16-bit sound cards can do this.

     However, the problem with recording "CD quality audio" is that
doing so uses up about TEN MEGABYTES of disk space for EACH MINUTE of
recording.  Recording a typical song will require 30-50 MB of disk
space, which most people cannot afford.  Also note that you need a FAST,
UNFRAGMENTED hard disk to do this.

     -- Darryl Okahata
	Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com

DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not
constitute the support, opinion or policy of Hewlett-Packard or of the
little green men that have been following him all day.
From: gksmith@mcl.cc.utexas.edu (Glenn Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: MSCDEX, what do the options mean?
Date: 11 Jan 1993 17:59:16 GMT
Organization: University of Texas Computation Center
NNTP-Posting-Host: corwin.cc.utexas.edu
Keywords: MSCDEX CD ROM SB SOUND BLASTER MULTIMEDIA

I recently got a Soundblaster CD-ROM upgrade and found that the
docs give little information concerning the MSCDEX options.

Basically, I know what /E, /V, /M:, and /D: mean, but what are the
/S and /K for?  I also read there may be a /U option.

Any help would be appreciated.
From: is_d526@ceres (Wlazlo P S)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Multimedia in Retail
Date: 12 Jan 1993 10:14:30 GMT
Organization: Kingston University
NNTP-Posting-Host: ceres.kingston.ac.uk
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

Does anybody have any information on the commercial applications of
multimedia in Retail environments? I'm lokking for things such as
info on POI and POS.

Both factual articles and personal views would be welcomed.


Thanks,
	Phil Wlazlo

	is_d526@ceres.kingston.ac.uk
From: dms@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (David M. Schwartz)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Multimedia Platforms
Keywords: multimedia, pc, windows, mac, amiga, CD-I, video, animation
Date: 8 Jan 93 05:05:04 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Sacramento Public Access Unix

I'm getting into Multimedia and have been exploring different platforms.
My use for now is more of a hobby, experimental, but who knows where it
could lead.  Anyway, I am interested to know what computer platforms
others have chosen and why.  I am currently using a 486/33 PC compatible
but have explored Macs and Amigas and leaning towards the Amiga platform
for a variety of reasons.  I'm interested in animations and ray-tracing
software and looking for recommendations on which ones to use.  Any help
would be appreciated.
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From: neighorn@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Steven C. Neighorn)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: realtime video capture using New Media Graphics
Date: 11 Jan 93 06:41:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: qiclab.1993Jan11.064158.16755
Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon.

I am putting together a complete multimedia system for building interactive
educational programs. Part of what I need to do is capture full-motion
video from video disk and video tape, save it to disk, and display it
from an Authorware Professional application.

I have been looking at the New Media Graphics "Super VideoWindows" board
for passthrough and single frame capture, and the NMG "Super Motion
Compression" board for the full-motion capture part of the project.

Does anyone in netland have experience with the New Media Graphics
products? If so, how did the video capture stuff work for you?

It is important that what ever compression board I get works seemlessly
with MCI and the Authorware Professional program.

Thanks in advance... I would be happy to summarize any email responses I
get.

PS: I have read the New Media Jan/93 review of the SMC board... "Real
    User" information is what I'm looking for...
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From: dlyons@necis.UUCP (Dave Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Help with PAS-16, NEC-84, and Adaptec 1522
Date: 5 Jan 93 17:34:57 GMT
Organization: NEC Information Systems, Acton, MA

In article <29830@ursa.bear.com>, chu@pit.bear.com (Arnold Chu) wrote:
> SCSI devices are designed to be daisy chained on a SINGLE SCSI controller
> within your PC.  Since the PAS-16 seem to have the SCSI controller built in,
> you have to remove the Adaptec controller card and daisy chain the Quantum
> drive to the PAS-16 controller card.  If the NEC-84 has a second SCSI socket,
> you should be able to plug the drive cable from the Quantum drive to the CDROM
> If there is no extra SCSI connector on either the Quantum or NEC-84, you need
> special SCSI cable with multiple connectors.

Well, not really.  There's no reason you cannot have more than one
SCSI adapter in a PC.  The PAS-16 driver may (or may not) support the
Quantum drive so the original poster might just have to keep both
cards.  Sounds to me more like the Adaptec and PAS-16 are interfering
with each other by using the same address or interrupt.  These should
be adjustable via jumper so that each card uses it's own address (I/O
or memory) and interrupt number.

.                                         -- Dave --
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Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: yaturner@dms.agames.com (D'arc Angel)
Subject: AVI format, am I in the right group
Organization: The Houses of the Holy
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 19:36:42 GMT


I am just beginning to learn about AVI format and Video for windows
from CI$, but it's much to expensive to sownload the avi files from there,
is there an archive site on the net for the files? If this is the wrong
newsgroup for this please feel free to redirect me (gently)

thanks

-- 

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Those who feel the breath of sadness, sit down next to me
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: rfries@sceng.ub.com (Robert Fries)
Subject: Re: CD quality audio recording...?
Organization: Ungermann Bass
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:22:13 GMT

In article <1993Jan8.125316.7160@gw.wmich.edu> x89olarte1@gw.wmich.edu writes:


>Is there any (<$200) sound card that lets you record CD quality audio??

>Thnaks a lot

>Enrique

The ProAudio Spectrum 16 (PAS16) has stereo  16 bit ADC's and DAC's, and 
their software supports sampling rates up to 44.1 khz. This would suggest 
that CD quality audio can be done with this device. That's why I bought one,
for $199 (+tax).

But there's more to it than just these figures. I haven't got the equipment 
to determine whether this thing really produces CD quality. Other
things to consider:

	ADC quality
	DAC quality
	supporting analog circuitry (mixer, preamp) quality

Does anyone out there know of any comprehensive test results
of this device (or others like it) in the context of a stereo,
16 bit, 44.1 khz, direct to hard disk recorder?

I plan to use this thing to implement sound processing in a home recording 
studio environment. Which reminds me...

Has anyone out there programmed PAS16 to record and playback
at the same time? I'd like to create, at the very least, a
real-time digital delay/echo system.

Is this even the correct group to discuss implementation of such things
using commercially available sound cards?

Thanks
Robert

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Robert Fries
Ungermann-Bass Inc.

DISCLAIMER:
    Opinions contained herein are my own, and are not necessarily those
    of Ungermann-Bass.
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: "kim lambert" <kim.lambert@canrem.com>
Subject: re:museum on cd-rom
Reply-To: "kim lambert" <kim.lambert@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: comp
Date: 12 Jan 93 08:53:01 EST

Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: RE:Museum on CD-ROM

My daughter Tamara, who works for a natural history museum, is looking for
some advice on developing a CD-ROM.

She was working on a major permanent exhibit on the Arctic.  Due to a
change in requirements, she was asked to stop work on this exhibit, and
instead to develop "outreach" products about the Arctic.  She would like
to develop a CD-ROM about the Arctic, something she feels could have
excellent outreach potential.  She would like this CD-ROM to act like a
highly interactive museum exhibit; users could look at different parts of
an Arctic environment, for example, and ask for more information on things
that interest them.

Her museum does not have much experience with CD-ROM's, so she would like
some advice.  Are there any CD-ROM's on the Arctic that are already
available?  If so, where could she find out about them?  Are there
consulting firms that could advise on the structure of the content?  Are
there books or other written materials that could assist in designing
content suitable for the CD-ROM format?

Any leads, or advice, that any of you can give will be very gratefully
received and appreciated.  Thanks much and take care...

Kim ... Menominee Lake, Muskoka  10:44pm   01-10-93                        
Internet: kim.lambert@canrem.com || FIDO: 1:252/214
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From: jonathan@rahul.net (Jonathan Heiliger)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster Pro "?"
Date: 5 Jan 93 00:05:32 GMT
Reply-To: jonathan@mecca.epri.com
Organization: Electric Power Research Institute
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]

Scott R. Hall (shall@obiwan.nosc.mil) wrote:
> Curious..... How can I use my sound blaster pro board to record music from  
> a boom box? I would like to be able to record samples of music from the  
> radio, and the CD and tape player. Is a MIDI cable neccesary? I am working  
> with no documentation or books at the time, but am knowledgeable enough to  
> get something going if pointed in the right direction. Thanks in advance.

   All you have to do is simply take a cable going out from the headphone jack 
on the boombox, to in the "IN" jack on the SBPro.


-- 
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Telephone <*> [415].855.2888
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: wolfi@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Wolfgang Schwanke)
Subject: Re: Video grabber + video camera = scanner ?
Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:27:02 GMT

bui@berlioz.nsc.com (Cuong Bui) writes:

>I have a video camera, if I purchase the Video Blaster (?) board,
>which can capture the video image, is it as good an image as a scanner?
>At least, it's a cheap and easy, not having to develop or blowup
>a picture for scanning, and huge source of data from video tape, TV ...
>Any pointer is appreciated.

Hi there

On my PC at home I have a Video Blaster (no camera) and a handy scanner,
and at our Computer Vision institute I frequently work with a video camera
that's connected to a frame grabber in a Sparc station. So I feel I can
comment a bit.

First, a home video camera outputs a composite signal whose colour resolution
is far below what a true colour scanner delivers (no RGB). The limitation here
is the television standard, but also home cameras are not as good as ones
used for broadcast. But that might not be important if colour is not of
interest.

The camera/frame grabber setup used at the uni is very high quality (RGB
camera, not composite) and we tried to "scan" maps and drawings with it.
It works, but the resolution of the output image is limited to the size
of a video image which isn't too great. Even my cheapo handy scanner produces
higher resolution.

The advantage of the camera setup is the possibility to make images of real
scenes, not just photos or paper drawings.

So if quality is important and all you want to do is scan from paper,
I think a flatbed scanner is the better option.

If you want to have a fun and cheap way to make images of whatever you like,
get the VB. The VB definitely IS fun :).


Greetings

Wolfgang

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Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: wkmpph@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (W. Keith McManus)
Subject: Re: re:museum on cd-rom
Followup-To: comp.multimedia
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 14:53:15 GMT

In article <1993Jan12.4081.2638@dosgate>, "kim lambert"
<kim.lambert@canrem.com> wrote:
> 
> Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
> Subject: RE:Museum on CD-ROM
> 
> My daughter Tamara, who works for a natural history museum, is looking for
> some advice on developing a CD-ROM.
> 
> She was working on a major permanent exhibit on the Arctic.  Due to a
> change in requirements, she was asked to stop work on this exhibit, and
> instead to develop "outreach" products about the Arctic.  She would like
> to develop a CD-ROM about the Arctic, something she feels could have
> excellent outreach potential.  She would like this CD-ROM to act like a
> highly interactive museum exhibit; users could look at different parts of
> an Arctic environment, for example, and ask for more information on things
> that interest them.


We are a group at Rochester Institute of Technology that have done many 
interactive exhibits for museums. We would be interested in talking with
your daughter Tamara about her project.

716/475.6625
716/475.5904

W. Keith McManus
=================================================
Rochester Institute of Technology
American Video Institute
Interactive Media Laboratory
Rochester, New York

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Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: seanp@sdf.lonestar.org (Sean Peoples)
Subject: Re: Hello
Organization: sdf public access Unix, Dallas -- 214-436-3281
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 23:05:04 GMT


Normally, this kind of thing is done in one of the test groups, such as
alt.test

Later...
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Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Request comments on Image World West Conference
From: jlykset@eis.calstate.edu (Jon D. Lyksett)
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 17:29:58 GMT
Distribution: comp.multimedia
Organization: Calif State Univ/Electronic Information Services

I've found after a few tries, that the best way to attend a Knowledge
Industry Productions trade show is to skip the *expensive* seminars, go to
the *free* general sessions, and spend a lot of time on the exhibit floor,
watching demos, asking questions, and generally absorbing what is going on
with new technology.

The last show I went to (Image World LA) was pretty much an ego showcase
for Quicktime developers and their herky-jerky little films.  When I asked
about DOS platform applications, I was given the brush-off, as if anyone
who didn't have a multi-giga-byte Mac system with Spigots, and every other
bell and whistle, wasn't worth their time.

I would have hated to spend $600+ of my money to go to the seminar series
and get that treatment.  You can generally get a free exhibit hall pass by
sending in the coupon in AV-Video or one of the other trade magazines, but
even if you pay the $25-35 for this pass, you come away with gobs of
literature, demo disks, and a good amount of decision making knowledge.

My 2 cents worth.

Jon Lyksett
Project VISION
Camarillo, CA
jlykset@eis.calstate.edu

Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: Jonathan Rosenberg <jxr@thumper.bellcore.com>
Subject: Re: DEMON Project
Organization: Bellcore
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 93 01:46:32 GMT

> G'Day,
>	I have been reading about a project at Bellcore to investigate the
> Delivery of Electronic Multimedia Over the Network (DEMON) in the May 92
> issue of IEEE Communications.

>	The article was "Multimedia Communications for Users" by Rosenberg, et
> al (for those interested). And I was wondering if anyone has any pointers
> to other references to this project or knows how I could contact the
> Multimedia Communications dept at Bellcore to find out more about DEMON.

Your wish is my command :-)  I am the primary author of that paper & the
manager of the DEMON project.  First of all, here are 3 additional
public references to the project:

	Jonathan Rosenberg, Gil Cruz and Thomas Judd
	"Presenting Multimedia Documents Over a Digital Network"
	Computer Communications, July/August, 1992
	(Also available in Proceedings of Second International Workshop on
	 Network & Operating System Support for Digital Audio & Video,
	 November, 1992, Heidelberg, Germany.
	 Springer-Verlag.)

	Gil Cruz, Tom Judd, Darren New and Jonathan Rosenberg
	"A Real-time Publishing Model: Network Delivery of Multimedia Documents"
	Proceedings of EDD '92: A Vehicle for Change
	October 13-15, 1992, Parsippany, NJ

	Darren New, Jonathan Rosenberg, Gil Cruz and Thomas Judd
	"Requirements for Network Delivery of Stored Interactive Multimedia"
	Proceedings of Third International Workshop on Network & Operating System
		Support for Digital Audio & Video
	November 12-13, 1992, San Diego, CA.
	Springer-Verlag.
	[To appear.]

If you'd like to communicate some, feel free to send me e-mail
(jxr@thumper.bellcore.com).

> thanks for any info.
> Jason.

JR
From: x89olarte1@gw.wmich.edu
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: CD quality audio recording...?
Date: 8 Jan 93 12:53:16 EST
Organization: Western Michigan University


Is there any (<$200) sound card that lets you record CD quality audio??

Thnaks a lot

Enrique
From: 00gwmichelin@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: M-Motion Card
Date: 8 Jan 93 15:54:17 GMT
Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's

Has anyone had any experience grabbing video stills using the M-Motion card? 
How is this done short of writting C code?  We want to take these video files
and convert to formats that could be used with Toolbook or as TIFF files.

Gilbert Michelini, Manager
Faculty Development Multimedia Lab
Ball State University
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