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From: marrevola@iris-dcp.es
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: XGA and DVA-4000.
Date: 26 Aug 92 09:33:37 +0100
Organization: REDIRIS, Red Nacional de I+D

We have had a problem closely related with yours. We wanted to use a DVA-4000
with a Super Vga in 800x600 with 256 colors.
The unique solution is to buy an upgraded version of Videologic's MIC Software
and try... Not all SVGA's are supported and Videologic has all internal and low
level programming info locked. Try to phone Videologic.
Best Regards.

manolo@taf.fundesco.es




Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: etxaek@callisto.ericsson.se ( Anders Ekholm TG/HU)
Subject: VGA -> VCR/TV
Organization: Ericsson Telecom, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 08:29:22 GMT

I'm interested in get my VGA or SuperVGA video output to normal TV or
a VCR. Is there anybody who could suggest which hardware and software I
could use?

Preferably I want the output both on the monitor and the VCR/TV. I normally
use windows at 1024x768 resolution which I would like to continue to do
while using this extra hardware.

Any suggestions /


                      /Anders
From: ag129@cl.cam.ac.uk (Alasdair Grant)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: MPEGXING with Paradise super VGA?
Date: 3 Sep 92 12:41:08 GMT
Reply-To: ag129@cl.cam.ac.uk (Alasdair Grant)
Organization: U of Cambridge Comp Lab, UK


Has anyone got MPEGXING to work with a Paradise (Western Digital) 
super VGA card? It has a WD90C30 chip, which doesn't match any in the
rather brief instructions. I have tried all the DLLs anyway and all
I get (after LOADing the movie) is a grey square window. I am running
Windows 3.1 in 1024x768x256 mode. I have mailed the developer but got
no response. Thanks in advance!
From: Ucheswic@toadnet.org (Chelsea Carlstedt)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Sound Blaster video card info needed
Date: 25 Aug 92 13:43:00 GMT
Organization: Toadnet UUCP Gateway, St. Louis, MO


 > Hello,

 > I saw the the announcement of the Sound Blaster video card in
 > clari news quite a while ago. But until now I haven't seen any ad or
 > discussion about this card. Does anybody know if this card has been released or
 > not? Where can I get more info about it?

I've got one. It is not too bad..Depends on what you want to do with it. If you are hoping it will capture fli files like Computer Eyes..it won't..At least not yet..But it does an excellent job as a screen grabber from VCR or other video source...(up to three inputs to switch from) and really shines when you combine live video from a vcr..overlays from Autodesk or Action! with the MMPLAY utility..

Chels -=-


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Organization: Penn State University
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 14:44:41 EDT
From: <HCM100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Graphic Formats

Hi gang,

I'm doing an independant study/R&D multimedia project here at Penn State
in concert with IBM.  I am researching as many graphic formats on the IBM
(and other systems) that I can find.

Sure, there are the obvious ones, like .GIF and .PCX and such, but what I
would like is input from everyone who knows the history of any of the graphic
formats.  Who devloped them?  How long ago?  How many colors?  VGA?  SVGA?
Do they have 24-bit capacity?  You know the poop.  Please e-mail them to
me (and if enough people are interested I'll be happy to post a summary!)

Thanks in advance!!
| HANS C. MASING                   | A BAD ATTITUDE IS THE      |
| HCM100 @ PSUVM.PSU.EDU           | DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE     |
| MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS   | WAY I THINK AND THE WAY    |
| PENN STATE UNIVERSITY            | YOU THINK I SHOULD THINK.  |
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: wyllie@csri.toronto.edu (Andrew Wyllie)
Subject: Setting up new multimedia facility
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
Date: 26 Aug 92 18:48:39 GMT



I am faced with putting together a video editting/computer
animation suite for a small data visualization lab.  We
would like to be able to combine live video (eg., someone
introducing the video or sitting in front of a computer.),
single frame animation (generated by Alias), and the real
time output of some of our in house software.  The idea
is to generate a promotional video for our lab as well
as videos to complement reports.  I will
need video and audio capabilities as well as a method to
generate titlesi, music, etc.  

Currently, all of our images (except live video) are being
generated on SGI machines.  For our editting suite, I will
more than likely be purchasing a new machine, so I will
basically be starting from scratch.  I'm not sure if going
to a Mac or maybe the Video Toaster would be better than
trying to do everything on a workstation.

I'm sure there are people who have had experiences putting
together similar setups.  I would like to hear about how
you have or would tackle this problem.  I would like to
put together the cheapest setup with the best quality.
(I guess that would go without saying).

thanks in advance
andrew





........................................................................
Andrew Wyllie                               wyllie@burst.civ.utoronto.ca
Data Visualization Labs       voice: (416) 978-5969  fax: (416) 978-8906
Dept Of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto Ontario Canada
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: jeb@planets.risc.rockwell.com (Joseph E. Baker)
Subject: Low end video cameras: Summary
Organization: Rockwell International Science Center
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 15:09:28 GMT

In article <1992Aug28.193033.2475@planets.risc.rockwell.com> I
wrote:
>I am looking for manufacturers or sources of low end video cameras
>(not camcorders).  They will be hung over workstations and plugged
>into video input cards, and used for video conferencing.  I would be
>grateful for any pointers or suggestions.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Joe Baker 
>Rockwell International Science Center
>jeb@planets.rockwell.com

Here is a summary of the responses I received:

From gedye@flagon.Eng.Sun.COM Fri Aug 28 14:01:27 1992

Hi --
...
we're using camcorders (Sony TR6's at $800 a pop) for this purpose.

Dave Gedye
Sun Microsystems Labs

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From: Dave Bell <bell@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>
Subject: Cameras

Joe,

in the hope that you will post or email out the info you gather to
respondees, I'll tell you what I currently intend to buy for the same
job.
I am looking at Panasonic's CCD colour cameras WV-CL310/312/314. They
are
PAL output but I suspect that Panasonic does retail NTSC. The cameras
are
sold at ~ 520. and wide auto iris lenses retail from  115. These
prices may
seem high to you - me too. So If you get info on cheapo items do let
me
know. I would much rather save money on the cameras and more on the
video
digitising hardware!!

Dave

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From: ted@orac.holonet.net (Ted Cohn)

Joe,
At this year's Siggraph I noticed a tiny circuit-board camera by
Phillips.
I think it was only B&W though. No pricing.  Perfect for workstations
and
teleconferencing applications.

-Ted Cohn

*********

Random Information:

Suppliers of Surveillance Cameras:

Damark 1-800-827-6767
	Goldbeam B&W $199

Home Automation Laboratories 1-800-HOME-LAB 1-404-319-6000
	Video Sentry - Ikegami
	NTSC B&W , .5 lux sensitivity, 24VAC, 380 lines
    	$295, Standard lens 3.8mm $48, Zoom 3.5-8 $110

	Color ICD 80, 525 lines, 30 frames/second 250,000 pixels
	 24VAC, NTSC $1200



Herbach and Rademan 1-800-848-8001 215-788-5583
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: red6d@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Robert E. Delzell)
Subject: Touchscreens fot the MAC
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 16:30:35 GMT

I'm currently working on a project that is going to require a
Touchscreen monitor.  In the project we will be using Quick
Time videos and high resolution images so we would prefer a
touchscreen system that didn't obsrure these images. If you
know of any good systems please drop me a line.

Thanks,

Bob Delzell
RED6D@Virginia.edu
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
From: belgrado@mble.philips.be
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re : Philips CD-Recorder
Date: 25 Aug 92 16:24:17 MEWT
Organization: MBLE , Brussels, Belgium

The Philips cdd521 cd-recorder can be used for cd-audio,
cd-rom and cd-i, if you have software on your host that allows you
to write these formats. It writes at double speed, a 60 minutes disc
takes 30 minutes to write.
In the US Philips is located in Knoxville, TN phone : (615) 521-4316
fax (615) 521-3210

The recorder works fine, i'm using it everyday.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Jan Belgrado     belgrado@pcp.philips.be	Philips IMS Belgium

----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: doug@rds.com (Doug Kaye)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Best Audio Compression Algorithm?
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 92 18:29:00 PDT
Distribution: ca
Organization: Rational Data Systems, San Rafael, CA

We're developing a voice annotation application and would like to
stick with just one of the many compression algorithms.  What's *your*
favorite and why?  (I'll compose an article based upon your responses.)

Goal: We'll be sampling at 8kHz and need to reduce the data to 4 bits
per sample.

Possibilities: The "contestants" appear to be "scaled MULAW" and ADPCM.

"Scaled MULAW" is typified by the Artisoft "Sounding Board" hardware
and software.  They start with 13-bit PCM, compand to 8-bit MULAW
(which has the advantage of being in the public domain), then compress
approximately 2:1 again by converting every 32 samples to 4 bits each
plus a "scaling" byte.  (A proprietary but simple algorithm.)

"ADPCM" is typified by Sound Blaster (Creative Labs) and others that
start with either 8- or 12-bit samples then reduce to 4-bit samples
using ADPCM.  The primary disadvantage of this technique (it seems to
us) is the lack of standards for ADPCM.

Given that background, which technique would *you* use?  Do you have an
opinion as to which "sounds better", Scaled MULAW or ADPCM?  What are
your personal experiences either as a user or developer/engineer?

Thanks!      ...doug
 
==================================================
Doug Kaye   Rational Data Systems   San Rafael, CA
doug@rds.com   {moon|uunet}!rds!doug  MHS:doug@rds
==================================================
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: andrew@calvin.dgbt.doc.ca (Andrew Patrick)
Subject: Re: What is DVI, exactly?
Organization: Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 16:49:28 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.084327.25048@cl.cam.ac.uk> ag129@cl.cam.ac.uk (Alasdair Grant) writes:
>
>I always assumed DVI was a particular compression technology developed 
>by RCA (being the first technology that could play FMV from input at   
>CD-ROM speeds) then bought by Intel, who put a couple of chips on a 
>board to implement this algorithm. Then I read
>
>> From: teoallan@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Allan TEO)
>>This chip was supposed to be the successor to the PB/DB silicon on the current
>>AM-II boards, and would have made DVI processing fast and powerful enough to 
>>do real time MPEG decompression, Px64, PLV X.X,,RTV X.X, as well as a whole 
>
>"DVI processing" "doing real time MPEG decompression"??? What exactly does
>this mean? Is DVI now just another name for the ActionMedia II boards, or
>is it some code name for "IBM/Intel's strategic multimedia hardware"?
>Please help...

I'll take a stab at this, and others can correct me later.

You are right in that "DVI" is a label for a particular compression
technology, developed at the Sarnoff lab I believe.  Intel has put that
technology on a chip, the current version called the i750.  Intel and
IBM have mounted that chip on a board set for the PC called
"ActionMedia II".

So, "DVI" is really a label for the technology.  However, it often used
loosely to describe the chip and the boards as well.

The fuss is that Intel was supposed to be working on a new,
super-duper, chip for the next generation of boards, and the plans seem
to have changed.

To end, let me plug my mailing list again:

There is a mailing list for discussions about DVI technology in
general, and ActionMedia in particular.  There is also an associated
anonymous FTP archive site for programs and information from Intel and
other places.

To join the list, send mail to:

	dvi-list-request@calvin.dgbt.doc.ca
	
-- 
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From: barnhill@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: LCD PLATE SURVEY
Date: 1 Sep 92 08:59:23 CDT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

	Our LCD plate projection devices have gotten to be more trouble than
they're worth, and it's time to replace them.  What are people seeing in the
market place at this time?  We haven't bought any new ones for about a year,
and the ones that I've seen lately seem improved over "last year's model."
	Any and all suggestions are welcome, and we are interested in plates
which may be used with either macs or pc's, and if anyone knows of really
high scan frequency models which might be suitable for workstations, this
would also be helpful.  We are examining both color and gray-level plates,
as some budgets are more robust than others...
	Many thanks...
	
	db

Dave Barnhill
ASTUTE
Computing Services
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas 66045
913/864-0458

Barnhill@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
From: drake@drake.almaden.ibm.com (Sam Drake)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Death Knell for DVI?????
Date: 25 Aug 92 21:07:17 GMT
Organization: IBM Almaden Research Center

I have been asked to post the following comment for Jim Ricer.  

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

 FROM: Jim Ricer, Product Manager, Digital Video Interactive, IBM Corporation

 DVI is well and alive.

          Technology selection in the complex area of Video
          compression and decompression algorithms are subject to
          change through the development process. IBM and INTEL are
          committed to a successful set of solutions and have made
          those changes as required. IBM and INTEL continue to make
          substantial investments to assure ongoing solutions including
          todays as well as tomorrows algorithms.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 


Sam Drake / IBM Almaden Research Center 
Internet:  drake@almaden.ibm.com    BITNET:  DRAKE at ALMADEN
From: eletanjm@nuscc.nus.sg (TAN JIN MENG)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Frame Grabbers <-> PC RAM
Date: 26 Aug 92 09:38:11 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: National University of Singapore

jeganath@leland.Stanford.EDU (Muthuveerappan Jeganathan) writes:
: Hi, I hope this is the appropriate news group for the following discussion. I 
: have a question regarding image transfer from frame grabbers to PC RAM. I am 
: interested in capturing a 1k x 1k x 8 (1 MB) image from a CCD using a frame 
: grabber. At what rate can I dump these images from the frame grabber on to the 
: PC RAM or possibly a SCSI hard disk. If the CCD operated at 5Hz frame rate, is 
: it possible to transfer all 5 MB to the RAM in a second? I have been told data 
: transfer is limited by the PC bus. Is this true? How about with a DMA transfer?
: If the answer depends on the system, what are the typical transfer rates for
: a 486 50 MHz PC with 64 MB RAM and 1 GB SCSI HD.
: 
: Any help is appreciated. Thanks. By the way, if this would be more appropriate
: for another group let me know. I cross posted this on sci.image.processing.
: 
: -- Muthu Jeganathan
Well as they say - the mileage varies.

A memory to memory copy (Frame Grabber to PC RAM) would probably
transfer at about 3 to 4 MB per sec max on a 16bit bus and 1.5 to 2MB
per sec max on a 8 bit bus.

A DMA transfer (if available) is not much faster. These movs instructions
for the 486 are pretty efficient.

Unless your app requires very good resolution (and if your CCD camera is
pretty good), one option may be to decimate the image. (ie subsample 
the image). a subsample of 4X may not affect the image by much.

Typical HDD speeds range from 400KB to 4MB/s depending on the HDD
and the access pattern. You may want to preallocate your files to
optimise seeks. (I heard there are new super fast SCSI HDD available so
I added in that upper limit). The best is you test your HDD.

Since you have 64MB RAM, the best alternative maybe to simply stream all
your data out to RAM first then do offline storage. 64MB can store quite
a few seconds of data esp. if you combine it with temporal and spatial
subsampling.

hope this helps

jin meng
From: ag129@cl.cam.ac.uk (Alasdair Grant)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: What is DVI, exactly?
Date: 26 Aug 92 08:43:27 GMT
Reply-To: ag129@cl.cam.ac.uk (Alasdair Grant)
Organization: U of Cambridge Comp Lab, UK


I always assumed DVI was a particular compression technology developed 
by RCA (being the first technology that could play FMV from input at   
CD-ROM speeds) then bought by Intel, who put a couple of chips on a 
board to implement this algorithm. Then I read

> From: teoallan@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Allan TEO)
>This chip was supposed to be the successor to the PB/DB silicon on the current
>AM-II boards, and would have made DVI processing fast and powerful enough to 
>do real time MPEG decompression, Px64, PLV X.X,,RTV X.X, as well as a whole 

"DVI processing" "doing real time MPEG decompression"??? What exactly does
this mean? Is DVI now just another name for the ActionMedia II boards, or
is it some code name for "IBM/Intel's strategic multimedia hardware"?
Please help...
From: grainne@audace (Grainne Ni Choiligh)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: IconAuthor
Date: 3 Sep 92 17:55:21 GMT
Article-I.D.: engage.1992Sep3.175521.9412
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

kpm8447@tesla.njit.edu writes:
: Is IconAuthor for Windows 3.1 the best multimedia program?
: I'm a very lame programmer and need something to make multimedia productions
: as easy as possible.
:  - Any suggestions?
:  - Kirk

I don't have a simple answer to your question, however if 
you can get hold of a copy of the June 29th issue of PC Week,
they have a very good article comparing 6 different multi-media
authoring systems. Their conclusion is that IconAuthor was the
best overall system, but that the choice of an authoring system
is very heavily dependent on the intended use.

The authoring systems surveyed are:

- IconAuthor (Aimtech)
- Multimedia Toolbox (Assymetrix)
- Course Builder for Mac (TeleRobotics)
- Hyperwriter for DOS (Ntergaid)
- Linx Test Factory for Mac (WArren-Forthought)
- Interactive Virtual Video for DOS (V_graph)

However, this is not intended to be an endorsement of IconAuthor -
I haven't personally used it yet.

One authoring system not covered in this review, but which I've heard
good things about, is Authorware Professional from MacroMedia.

The August issue of Datamation, which I haven't read yet, has a
lengthly article on multi-media authoring tools, which a
colleague tells me is excellent. This article has a 2 page
comparison listing of 20+ authoring products.

Hope this helps,

Grainne.

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Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: leo@zelator.in-berlin.de (Stefan Hartmann)
Subject: Re: Where is the FAQ?
Organization: Puplic-Access-Xenix-System
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 22:26:55 GMT

In <1992Aug25.194332.1529@cs.ubc.ca> tessmann@cs.ubc.ca (Markus Tessmann) writes:

>The subject sums it up.  I do not recall seeing a FAQ posted.

>My 3 questions right now are:

>1) Where can a person get a CD mastered?

>2) What is the best authoring software (for the intel based platform)

>3) What is the best source of info about the CDI standard (Sony, Phillips etc.)

>I have been browsing this group for a while now and I know some of this info
>has gone by but I now have a need and would like access to what is known.

>Thanks in advance...

>	Markus


Hi,
I would like to know this as well.

Please email also to me.

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


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From: boiler@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (charles.d.caldwell)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Live video or video capture in window available?
Date: 1 Sep 92 14:38:53 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T

I need to display a video signal (standard NTSC) on a Sun station. I
know how to do this on a pc running Windows (I've seen the Video Blaster
and it works!), but I'm not familiar with the Sun platform and I 
ignored previous postings that mentioned this.

Any suggestions for the necessary equipment?  There will be a couple of
stations, each needing the capability to select channels independently.
I think what I need to do is attach a Video Blaster-like device to
each station.
From: hutching%elan.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Brad Hutchings)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets
Subject: Carver Mead's VLSI Design tools
Date: 4 Sep 92 17:34:28 GMT
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept

Hi,

Can some kind soul tell me where I can download Carver Mead's Analog
VLSI design tools?

Thanks,

Brad

hutching@cs.utah.edu
From: carrasco@bmers52.bnr.ca (Sylvano Carrasco)
Subject: RE: Applying NN to High speed ATM Networks
Keywords: ATM, networks, neural-nets
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd, Ottawa, Canada
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 14:34:05 GMT

Prashant Joshi mentioned that he had found one paper on applying neural-nets to ATM networks.  Could you please post that reference.  I would also appreciate any information on NN ATM applications

Please post via this newsgroup as I do not have Internet mail.

Thanks

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From: adele@tls-cs.cert.fr (Martin Adelantado)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets
Subject: Neural nets on CM2
  
 I am researching applications of neural networks models on
Date: 3 Sep 92 10:41:38 GMT
Organization: CERT Toulouse Dept of Computer Science, FRANCE

the Connection Machine CM-2.
   Information on references, ftp sites, code, etc.. on this
subject would be greatly appreciated.

   Please email to adele@tls-cs.cert.fr

   Thanks,

           Martin ADELANTADO