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From: dak@graphics.rent.com (Dak Productions)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: MULTIMEDIA
Date: 8 Apr 92 11:23:12 GMT
Organization: The Graphics BBS (2D,3D,GIF,Animation) +1 908/469-0049

In regards to two projector slide show programming, we work with a large 
MultiMedia house that produce 3 projector and up using DOVES and 
Gemminie? or some sort of AVL stuff. If you have an Amiga (and you 
probably should get one) consider putiing the AVL brd and a BridgeBoard 
together in the Amiga, you could control the projectors and or R/R as 
well as use the Amiga output indepently thru a video projector. We're 
kicking this idea around and could really produce some interesting 
results.

 The Graphics BBS  908/469-0049  "It's better than a sharp stick in the eye!" 
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                            DAK Productions
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Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: Barco Projector
From: Mike_Diack@kcbbs.gen.nz (Mike Diack)
Date: 16 Apr 92 01:08:26 GMT
Organization: Kappa Crucis Unix BBS, Auckland, New Zealand

I'm in the middle of ressurecting a BarcoVision 2 video projector which 
has suffered a serious EHT meltdown. The parts needed are : EHT transformer,
Quadrupler and Splitter - standard CTV bits WONT work as this puppy 
works at 34.7 Kv . Any suggestions as to where to find parts would be 
appreciated.
Cheers, Mike.
From: PA113718@utkvm1.utk.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: Camcording in Europe
Date: 8 Apr 92 07:17:35 GMT
Organization: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

I have read that certain museums and churches in Europe
do not permit flash photos to be taken (e.g., the Sistine
Chapel), but does anyone here know whether palm-size
video cameras (without lights) are permitted in most such
locations?

If not, what generally is the policy?  That is, do they
confiscate your camera and hold it until you leave the
premises, or do they trust you to keep it without taking
pictures?  I would feel a bit uneasy handing over my new
camcorder to a stranger for safekeeping.

Also, we plan to stay in either a pensione or small
albergo in Rome and Florence, and similar inns at Paris,
London, and Dublin.  One friend of ours has
recommended leaving our passports in the room rather
than risk having them stolen while on our persons.
Generally, do you think it would be safe to leave the
camcorder or other valuables in our room when we aren't
going to use them (say, when dining out)?  Reports of
rampant theft in Italy have me a bit skittish, as you can
tell.

(My apologies if duplicate versions of this message have been posted;  our
net news mailer has been on the blink, and I had to resend it twice.)

Thanks in advance . . .

                        Tom Garritano
From: dtiberio@csws17.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: Re: Toaster Card for Macintosh?
Date: 5 Apr 92 07:01:34 GMT
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook

In article <64738@apple.Apple.COM> antoine@Apple.COM (Antoine Duong) writes:
>
>Hi,
>Anyone knows if NewTek is going to have a Toaster card for 
>the Macintosh? I understand the Mac based Toaster only uses
>the Macintosh to control the Toaster, but you still have  to
>run the Toaster on the Amiga? Is this true?
>
>Thanks,
>Antoine

	The Toaster was developed in about 3 years. They were
VERY strict to keep the project top secret as well as constant.
It is rumored that they did not even have a phone, let alone
leave the building during the development. It is also a seed
project; any further development of the Amiga Toaster will not
be as much of a burden. However, to create a Mac or IBM card would 
require another 3 years of extensive work.

	There are two big differences between a Mac and an Amiga.
First, the Amiga has the cleanest multitasking operating system
for any persoal computer. It has been that way for 7 years now.
And second, it has custom chips. It is kind of like having about
10 coprocessors along with the Motorola 68000 or 68030. Each 
chip has a special function; one is for graphics, one for sound,
one for memory management, etc. The Video Toaster relies on all 
of these chips (except maybe the sound chip) to do the job. In
order for the Toaster hardware to be ported over, the Amiga
chips would have to be too, as with the original Amiga development
system which was in fact an IBM card. 
-- 
      //   David Tiberio  SUNY Stony Brook 2-3662  AMIGA  DDD-MEN   
     //  Not the llama! Come here Earl; I want to tell you something...
   \X/		Liverpool, New York	    Yes, I like 3D.	
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
From: nrossi@jarthur.claremont.edu (Nick Rossi)
Subject: VHS 1/2" editing deck
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 01:46:05 GMT


I'd like to ask a question of the folks who have done a lot of shopping and
comparing of editing systems.  I'm looking to buy a 1/2" VHS editing deck
this summer.  Is there a retail store where I can shop for a deck and then
buy it through mail order?  (A crappy thing to do business-wise, I know, but I
have no more money than the next guy).  Or, is there a catalog I can get my
hands on that contains information about editors of different brands?  For
that matter, should I even bother with 1/2" VHS and go for something better?
My only experience with them is using the old Sony 1/2" editing system at
the public access station, and it doesn't do enough.

Thanks,

Nick
From: yury@bknight.jpr.com (Yury German)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: Re: Multi-media production
Distribution: world
Date: 4 Apr 92 16:28:49 GMT
Organization: Blue-Knight Productions

In article <611.UUL1.3#5131@mvac23.UUCP> thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp) writes:
>Would this be a good place to discuss issues, etc, related to the
>production of multi-media shows.  Specifically, I do two-projector
>slide programs with a stereo audio track.  Any others doing this
>type of work?
>                         - tom
	Tom I am sorry to say... but I do not know if two-projectors are
considered to be multimedia. I think multimedia (at least the way I
preceive it and has been contracted to do ) is interactive presentation
something that can be switched with 2 different endings or paths.
--

    _____________________________________________________________________
   |                                                                     |
   | Yury German                  yury@bknight or yury@bknight.jpr.com   |
   | Blue-Knight Productions      GENIE EMAIL: Blue-Knight               |
   | (212)218-1348                (Graphic Design and Video Productions) |
   | (718)321-0998		  P.O. Box 985, Queens, New York, 11354  |
   |_____________________________________________________________________|

Newsgroups: rec.video.production
From: bladin@wam.umd.edu (Ilana J. Getz)
Subject: Re: Looking for a good single frame recorder
Organization: University of Maryland at College Park
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 02:21:42 GMT

In article <17968@oasys.dt.navy.mil> goldberg@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Mark Goldberg) writes:
>I don't do this type of recording, but I know what a few other use.
>In SVHS, there's the Panasonic AG-7750.  It requires a single frame
>controller.  They als have a new SVHS model out with an RS-232 interface
>that may be what's needed for this work.  JVC has just relesed it BRS-422U,
>which accepts various interface cards and may do the job.  They also
>have a BRS-605U which is an open-architecture machine.  The Sony CVD-1000
>is an open architecture Hi8 machine for around $2000 which is sold by
>their computer peripherals division.
>
>For more serious recording, consider the Betacam SP or M-II format.
>Panasonic has supposedly reduced the price of its M-II line to be in
>line with 3/4" prices.  I have seen several companies using M-II successfully
>for this work.
 Beware of some of the problems of the M-II format...for example, the
tape transports are not as reliable as the Sony Betacam transports.
Perhaps most importantly, hardly anybody out there is using M-II. For
1/2 inch professional formats, Betacam & Beta SP are the standard.
    BTW, Sony just released a new Hi8 VTR that is specifically
designed for single frame recording. It is supposed to be just the thing for
all those folks out there doing computer rendering. I think it is
supposed to come in around $3500-$4000. Call Sony professional and
ask them about it.

Dave Bittner
From: leitzen@plains.NoDak.edu (Russell Leitzen)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: NeXT
Date: 11 Apr 92 19:15:36 GMT
Article-I.D.: plains.16679
Distribution: usa
Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo


	Has anyway any experience or knowledge using the NeXT for
video editting purposes.  How does it compare to other computers for
character generation, graphics, digital efects. In particular how does it compare to the VideoToaster.  Any information would be great!
Thanks!

	Russ Leitzen
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From: rjn@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 15:48:21 GMT
Subject: Re: Video Projector needed
Organization: Hewlett-Packard/WSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
Newsgroups: rec.video.production

In rec.video.production, brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:

> I am in need of obtaining a video projector that will work with the Sun
> SPARCstation video output.  At the end of May, our company will be in
> Washington DC and will be doing a training session for a couple of days.

This is actually several separate questions:

1. What are the video specs for the Sparcstation.
2. Does anyone make a projector compatible with that.
   2a. Is the projector compatible with the venue (brightness, distance, etc)
3. Does anyone in DC rent that projector.
4. Are their prices reasonable? (A Hughes or GE might be VERY high)

Having had many people call me at the last minute with a similar
application, seeking a projector in a panic, I can tell you that the matter
is not trivial.  And no, I don't have the answers to #1-4 above.

Regards,                                              Hewlett-Packard
Bob Niland      Internet: rjn@FC.HP.COM               3404 East Harmony Road
                UUCP: [hplabs|hpfcse]!hpfcrjn!rjn     Ft Collins CO 80525-9599

This article represents only the opinion[s] of its author, and is not an
official or unofficial position of, or statement by, the Hewlett-Packard
Company.  The text is provided for informational purposes only.  It is
supplied without warranty of any kind.
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
From: awerman@panix.com (Aaron Werman)
Subject: How can I capture an IBM PC screen on a Toaster?
Summary: Is it possible to transfer a screen image from a PC to toaster?
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 12:01:17 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

I have a computer program which runs on an IBM PC, and would like to capture 
the screen image (or much better, the screen flow). Being afraid of synch
and clarity problems in taping off the screen, I'm searching for an alternative.
Does anyone know of a means of shipping the current image to an Amiga so the 
Toaster can find it? Is there some more obvious thing I should try?

	Thanks in advance,
		Aaron
-- 
Aaron Werman
awerman@panix.com
{cmcl2,apple}!panix!awerman
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From: lyons@scri.fsu.edu (Jim Lyons)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production,comp.graphics.visualization,comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Code for laserdisc recording?
Date: 13 Apr 92 14:35:39 GMT
Followup-To: rec.video.production
Distribution: usa
Organization: Florida State University

In article <54209@hydra.gatech.EDU> lr27@prism.gatech.EDU (REUTER,LAURIE 
B) writes:
> I'm using a Sony LVR-5000A laser video disc system to record computer
> generated images (from an SGI) and I'm getting pretty tired of
> recording in a manual mode, pressing the record button for each frame.
> Before I leap into hacking driver code to automate this process, I
> thought I'd poll the experts.  Does anyone have some C code to do this
> that they would be willing to share?  Is there some public domain code
> that I am unaware of?

Our SciAn package contains code for driving the LVR-5000 from the SGI. It 
is available, with source, from ftp.scri.fsu.edu in pub/SciAn. It is still 
actually "beta test" software, but is fairly useful as it is. Here is more 
information about the package:

SciAn is a scientific visualization and animation package for Silicon 
Graphics and IBM RS/6000 computers with the gl graphics library.  SciAn is 
a product of research at the Supercomputer Computations Research Institute 
at Florida State University.  We are making it available free to benefit 
other research programs. 

The current version of SciAn is 0.42. It will compile on SGI IRIS 4D 
systems with system software earlier than version 4.0 and on IBM RS/6000 
workstations with GL graphics cards under several system configurations.

We have established a mailing list at scian@scri.fsu.edu, which will be 
used for release notices and general discussion of SciAn.The address to 
subscribe or unsubscribe to the SciAn mailing list is 
scian-info@scri.fsu.edu. The address for reporting bugs to us is 
scian-bugs@scri.fsu.edu.

Jim Lyons                 lyons@scri.fsu.edu
Supercomputer Computations Research Institute
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
From: ac10+@andrew.cmu.edu (Alison Rebecca Colman)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: Employment in the production/post-production field
Date: 8 Apr 92 23:39:53 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Hello everyone,

I am a computer artist and animator, and I am interested in a job in the
production/post-production field. If anyone out there could give me some
helpful advice, suggestions, or leads, it would be most appreciated. 
Thank you very much!

Cheers, 
Alison 
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
From: qala@netcom.com (Stephen Semegran)
Subject: Re: Technical snippet of interest to all Toaster users
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 15:12:07 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

sheasby@dgp.toronto.edu (Michael Sheasby) writes:


>I had a frightening problem with my toaster the other day, and the
>solution was good enough to mention to all:   

>Having used the toaster exclusively as a lightwave dongle up until
>now, I was dismayed to discover that incoming video (which had been
>run through a For-A) suffered from a loss of sync halfway down the
>picture... the top half of the picture was fine, but at the halfway
>mark some weird noise came into the system which made the bottom half
>of the frame jump and jitter. This occurred on all 'safe' signals...
>ie stuff out of a TBC, out of a camera, off cable television, etc.
>Nobody in Toronto had the faintest clue... I was playing with ground
>loops, delay lines, and just about everything.    
>Newtek was incredible about it.. the toll-free tech support number gave
>me a guy who immediately identified the problem and told me exactly what
>to do to fix it. Kudos to NewTek for a job well done.
>The fix involves adjusting a pot accessible from the right side of the
>board... it apparently drives a tuneable oscillator that gets the
>toaster's video in phase with the incoming video. It is located immediately
>above the 'r' in the words 'video toaster'. The problem went away
>immediately.

>I mention this because I noticed that doing fine tweaking on the pot
>improved the image even after sync was found. If you are a tad unhappy
>with your toaster output, try adjusting this pot very slightly.
>Remember where it started from though, since if you get it too far out
>of whack you'll get told 'video toaster not responding' until you get
>it back in line.

>just FYI

>--Mike.
>.


I had a similar problem when using a SONY Hi-8 camera as a video source,
and was lucky enough to have an astute local dealer (HT Electronics) know
about that little pot and tune it for me.

Steve
From: surge@en.ecn.purdue.edu (PhD-in-Training)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: humid weather taping
Date: 9 Apr 92 15:20:38 GMT
Article-I.D.: en.1992Apr9.152038.3141
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

I plan on taking a camcorder to India this summer.  Being a
novice at this, I am wondering whether anyone has experience
taping in hot and humid weather?  What precautions can I take
to protect the camera from humidity?  I don't think I will be
in an air-conditioned enviroment much of the time.

Thanks,
Surge
From: thwang@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Tommy Hwang)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: Re: Toaster Card for Macintosh?
Date: 13 Apr 92 15:57:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: mentor.45116
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center

In article <1992Apr13.050120.23346@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Jeremiah.Blatz@dartmouth.edu (Jeremiah Blatz) writes:
>I can't be totally certain of this, because I can't seem to find the
>magazine it was in, but I swear I read in MacUser that NewTek was
>planning on releasing a Mac Video Toaster. Can anyone confirm this?

     A card or external adaptor?  the adaptor is out already (you
had just missed a discussion over it).  I would like to know if there 
is a board that can fit snuggly (sp?) into the Mac if there is plans.  
Price preferred.

                                                             -TKH '92
From: jd21@prism.gatech.EDU (Jim Demmers)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: video mixers
Keywords: special effects info wanted
Date: 14 Apr 92 13:46:06 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

Hello everyone.  I'm in the market for a video mixer and was wondering if 
anyone out there could comment on the any of the products listed below. I
would also appreciate information on any other mixers/special effects 
generators that you all might have experience with.  (BTW, I'm looking for 
something in the $800-$1500 price range).  I currently have a Panasonic
AG-1960 editing deck and am using an AG-450 as a source.

	Panasonic WJAVE5 S-VHS mixer
 	Panasonic WJ MX-12 mixer
	Panasonic WJAVE3 special effects generator
	JVC SV55 S-VHS processor (is this the JVC JS-XV55?)

Also, does anyone know anything about the Vidicraft Vidimate VDM 3000S 
processor?

Thanks in advance - Jim
From: good@nd.edu (Susan Good)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: Software for Macintoch II for A B roll
Date: 16 Apr 92 14:22:54 GMT
Article-I.D.: nd.good.1
Organization: University of Notre Dame

Is there software available (maybe hardware needed also) for the Mac II 
to do A B roll and special effects switching.
From: nealn@sequent.com (Neal Nghia Huu Nguyen)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: Hi-8 Sony V5000 camcorder.
Date: 14 Apr 92 21:05:26 GMT
Article-I.D.: sequent.1992Apr14.210526.19448
Distribution: usa
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.


	I knew that this camcorder machine is really Pro and Excellent machine.

    But this product was already two years on market. Is any body out there 
 
    know anything about new Sony hi-8 product comming soon ?.



							.... nealn
From: dak@graphics.rent.com (Dak Productions)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: Re: Multi-media production
Date: 8 Apr 92 11:16:20 GMT
Organization: The Graphics BBS (2D,3D,GIF,Animation) +1 908/469-0049

yury@bknight.jpr.com (Yury German) writes:

> In article <611.UUL1.3#5131@mvac23.UUCP> thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp) wri
> >Would this be a good place to discuss issues, etc, related to the
> >production of multi-media shows.  Specifically, I do two-projector
> >slide programs with a stereo audio track.  Any others doing this
> >type of work?
> >                         - tom
> 	Tom I am sorry to say... but I do not know if two-projectors are
> considered to be multimedia. I think multimedia (at least the way I
> preceive it and has been contracted to do ) is interactive presentation
> something that can be switched with 2 different endings or paths.
> --
Sorry, to say but your youth is showing, BEFORE there was affordable 
graphics capable personal computers, MULTIMEDIA was and IS a slide 
projector (even just one) and music or narration! Although these days 
MulitMedia in this context referrs to 3,6,12,24,36 projector 
presentations with CD quality sound and Video or Film, you make a good 
point for all the confusion concerning MultiMe The types of presentations 
produced for this type of multimedia are totally awesome, I have seen 
little on a computer that compares - sound wise, imagery wise or any 
other ways. This type of mulitmedia is also sometimes referred to as AV, 
short for AudioVisual - that pretty much say multimedia to me. Let's not 
be so hasty to condem someone who may just know alittle more then we're 
aware of!.s

 The Graphics BBS  908/469-0049  "It's better than a sharp stick in the eye!" 
============================================================================== 

                            DAK Productions
                New Brunswick, New Jersey (908) 247-4740
                   Video*Graphics*Animation*MultiMedia
         dak@graphics.rent.com   ...rutgers!bobsbox!graphics!dak
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From: rwittick@ibm.cl.msu.edu (Rwittick)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: 27" Sony XBR50 for sale
Date: 14 Apr 92 17:17:05 GMT
Organization: MSU

In article <1992Apr14.124950.16037@osf.org>, kev@osf.org (Kevin Till) writes:
> 
> In article <1992Apr13.144808.1@acad3.alaska.edu>, fsrhd@acad3.alaska.edu writes:
> |> 
> |> 
> |> 	I have a Sony KV27XBR50 27" trinitron monitor with subwoofer for
> |> sale.  I am asking $650 plus shipping.  Interested parties please e-mail.
> |> 
> |> -- 
> |> Bob Devine
> |> fshrd@acad3.alaska.edu
> 
> 	I wonder how much the shipping will cost from *Alaska* to Boston. ;-)

Given the weight of the XBRs (my 32XBR55 weighs 172 lbs.!), it will
probably be a pretty penny.
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From: strong@tc.fluke.COM (Norm Strong)
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.audio
Subject: Ni-Cad memory--does it exist?
Date: 8 Apr 92 15:19:27 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA

This is my first and last posting on the subject of Ni-Cad battery
memory and how to avoid it. 

Is there such a thing as memory?  What should you do to prevent it?
The answer is:  Memory exists, but you probably won't run into it.  And
if you do, you can always eliminate it by discharging and recharging the
pack.  Memory is completely reversible, and does not in any way damage
the battery.  

Reverse charging a cell, however, is permanently destructive and not
reversible.  Every time you discharge a battery you take a chance that
one of the cells will be injured due to reverse charging.  Therefore,
you should never completely discharge a battery unless it's absolutely
necessary.  

As between a problem which may or may not exist, and is innocuous in any
event, and taking a chance on serious damage, I would advise keeping the
cells fully charged and worrying about memory only if it actually shows
up.  
-- 

Norm Strong  (strong@tc.fluke.com)
2528 31st S.   Seattle WA 98144   USA
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: gihan@bcrka473.bnr.ca (Gihan Karunaratne)
Subject: Mail order  LDs in Canada
Originator: gihan@bcrka473
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
Distribution: can
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 14:29:42 GMT


Folks:
   Are there any good LaserDisc mail order houses in Canada?
  
   How do the LD prices here compare with the prices in the U.S.?

   e-mail (gihan@BNR.CA) or post to this group.

   Thanks

      
From: evan@hpscit.sc.hp.com (Evan Whitney)
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 21:56:48 GMT
Subject: Re: Laser disc defect question
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Clara, CA