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From: ccrick@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au (Rick Ernst)
Subject: FLI to PICS conversion??
Keywords: FLI, PICS
Organization: Prentice Centre, University of Queensland
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 23:16:39 GMT

Hi Netters,

I am looking for a Windows Application (Public Domain, Shareware or even
Commercial) that will allow me to convert FLI files (FLICK file) to
PICS files (PIC movie files). Any help in finding such an application would be
greatly appreciated.

If enough interest is shown I will summarise for the net.

Please reply via e-mail.

Cheers,

Rick.


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From: stan.borkowski@thcave.no (Stan Borkowski)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: ADD
Date: 10 Oct 92 03:55:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Thunderball Cave BBS - Oslo, Norway  (47 2) 56 70 18
Reply-To: stan.borkowski@thcave.no (Stan Borkowski)


Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: joe@solomon.technet.sg (Joseph Doo)
Subject: Multimedia sites in Australia
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 13:39:45 GMT


Calling Multimedia sites in Australia:

	I'm going on a 2.5 weeks free-and-easy holiday to Australia
next Wed, 21 Oct and I'll be putting up at Brisbane, Sydney
and Melbourne. Are there any sites where I could visit? I've got
lots of time.

Joseph Doo
From: turletti@jerry.inria.fr (Thierry Turletti)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Videoconferencing over the Internet
Keywords: multimedia, videoconferencing, codec, H.261, p*64 kb/s
Date: 8 Oct 92 14:40:35 GMT
Organization: INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis (Fr)


The INRIA Videoconferencing System IVS is designed with the explicit goal to
demonstrate that it is possible today to use a standard workstation for 
video-/audioconferences. Thus, in order to conduct a videoconference with IVS,
only minimal hardware upgrades are required to a machine commonly found 
today on the desk of an engineer (a Videocamera and a Videocard).

A further design goal of IVS is to allow more than two persons to conduct a
videoconference using IP multicast extensions. Thus, with IVS, a
group of people can participate at a conference at the same time.

IVS allows to use standard Internet technology to transmit 
video/audio-data. This is achieved by implementing a software version of a 
H.261 codec (video codec for audiovisual services at p*64 kb/s) in IVS. 
Furthermore, where conventional H.261 hardware codecs require leased lines or 
switched circuits for data-transmission, the H.261 software codec
of IVS uses 
standard UDP datagrams.

This system has been already tested over many countries including
France, Germany, Sweden, the Nederthlands and the USA.

The following also contributed to the development of IVS:

David Berry <David.Berry@eng.sun.com> (Videopix grabbing improvement)
Jack Jansen <Jack.Jansen@cwi.nl> (ADPCM 32kb/s audio codec)
Guido van Rossum <Guido.van.Rossum@cwi.nl> (SGI Indigo compatibility)
Winston Dang <wkd@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> (speed improvements)

Technical Data
--------------

System requirements: SUN SparcStation or SGI Indigo stations,
          Video grabber (VideoPix Card for SUN stations), Video Camera, 
          X-Windows, Internet-Access.

ftp adress: Version 1.10 of IVS is available for anonymous ftp from 
	avahi.inria.fr in directory "/pub/videoconference/ivs.tar.Z".



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

   Thierry Turletti.

   Project RODEO - INRIA Sophia-Antipolis - FRANCE
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: drapeau@oglala.Stanford.EDU (George Drapeau)
Subject: Re: PC-VCR, SMPTE, Live
Reply-To: drapeau@sioux.stanford.edu
Organization: Libraries and Information Resources, Stanford University
Date: 15 Oct 92 10:49:55

In article <18152@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> jpgorrono@ucdavis.edu (Jon Gorrono) writes:

   Can(and would) someone(PC-VCR owners?) please tell me if while recording
   video using a NEC (or other-- they have stop making them, haven't they)
   PC-VCR, one could poll the VCR to get SMPTE codes "real time?"

   The task is to record video and simultaeously record data into a file
   with the SMPTE codes as markers.

I don't believe that the NEC can respond nearly quickly enough to
satisfy you.  By the way, the NEC doesn't use SMPTE timecode; it has
its own proprietary timecode scheme, but if your concern is
frame-accurate information, then the NEC's timecode is good enough.

The PC-VCR has a command called "RP" that takes one argument.  This
argument tells the NEC whether to report frame numbers once only or
continuously during playback (I'm not sure about whether it'll work
during recording).  However, the manual says that the continuous mode
output will produce information only once a second.  In other words,
the NEC can't seem to produce output 30 times a second, which is what
I would guess you want.

However, from our experience working with the Sony Vdeck (CVD-1000),
it looks like the Vdeck could do the job.  Its response time for
timecode inquiries is pretty darned quick (I don't know how many
decimal places are in "pretty darned quick"), so using the Vdeck might
be a solution.

Another plug for MAEstro here: we have drivers with source code for
both the NEC PC-VCR and the Sony Vdeck, ready to use.  And I expect to
release a new version of the software in the next week or two, if
things continue to go well.  The point is, you can use the software as
a headstart to help you find out what deck might work best for you.

I hope this helped some.

	George
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Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: raist@rmece02.upr.clu.edu (Ricardo Hernandez | 802-36-4453)
Subject: Re: New Developments in Multimedia
Organization: UPR-Mayaguez--ASEL Lab
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 18:30:26 GMT

In article <1992Oct12.171209.3739@walter.bellcore.com>, jxr@thumper.bellcore.com (Jonathan Rosenberg) writes:
|> > I am doing a research on new developments in multimedia in 
|> > relation to home entertainment equipments (TV, VCR, Stereo and Camcorder)
|> > and PC's.  Does anyone know what's HOT in the market right now?
|> 
|> > Are any of the companies in the industry developing anything
|> > new for multimedia.  Please e-mail me asap if you have any info.
|> 
|> Well, the obvious candidates are:
|> 
|> 	. Philips (Sony, others) manufacturing & selling a line of CD-I systems
|> 	. Commodore CDTV
|> 	. Tandy's new VIS (Video Information System)
|> 
|> All of these are consumer devices that to use a standard TV as the
|> display & are based on CD-ROMs (I'm not 100% sure of CDTV, but I think
|> this is correct).

   Yes, CDTV is CD-ROM based.  Has Midi ports and can be expanded into a
full blown Amiga computer (A500).

|> 
|> Personally, I find the VIS to be the most interesting/promising.
|> 
|> >	Thanks in advance. 
|> 
|> JR

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Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Saving presentations to video tape
From: alanb@sdl.mdcbbs.com (Alan Braggins)
Date: 07 Oct 92 10:18:28 GMT
Followup-To: comp.multimedia
Organization: Shape Data (Division of EDS), Cambridge UK
In-reply-to: messina@netcom.com's message of 6 Oct 92 22:07:18 GMT

>>>>> On 6 Oct 92 22:07:18 GMT, messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) said:
> Article-I.D.: netcom.1992Oct6.220718.15978


> I was wondering if there are some either software or hardware products
> (or combination) that would allow saving animation or presentations
> (such as from Power Point) directly to video tape.  Platform would be
> PC (but I would be curious also about Mac).

> I understand that it can be achieved easily on the Amiga using Video
> Toaster.  Any equivalents on the PC side?

The Toaster allows you to do much more, but if that is all you want, there are
much cheaper ways of doing this on an Amiga - indeed the A600 has a built in
modulator for use with a TV instead of a monitor. You probably want better
quality than that though - genlocks and encoders are available over a wide
price range (genlock will allow you to overlay your computer graphics on live
video).

The PC equivalent of a Toaster is a Toaster - the PC version of this is an 
Amiga with the badge covered by a Toaster badge and a serial cable and a
front end running on the PC to control it. The Mac version is similar.
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From: tlilley@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Tripp Lilley)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: PC-VCR, SMPTE, Live
Date: 15 Oct 92 21:30:34 GMT
Organization: The MultiMedia Lab at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

jpgorrono@ucdavis.edu (Jon Gorrono) writes:
> PC-VCR, one could poll the VCR to get SMPTE codes "real time?"

   um... the PC-VCR (PV-S98A) does not use SMPTE. it uses its own proprietary
time-code... and, no, you cannot even read this info in real-time... 
"It is impossible to read frame numbers continuously in real-time play mode"
(p. 103, PV-S98A User's Manual)  --> essentially, the time-code is incremented
by seconds, and you can move to a specified code location (ie: 19876) and then
to a specific frame within that code location (frames: 0-29) ... it is not,
however, exactly frame accurate... it's +/- 1 frame... so, it's essentially
not what you need <grin> ...  

the Panasonic industrial-grade decks do support SMPTE, though, with the 
addition of the SMPTE module... :>  and i have no available info on whether or
not you can read the SMPTE in real-time, but it'd be a good guess that you
could, with a DiaQuest, or ARTi, or similar controller...
> Thanks in advance,
  no problem....  it's what i'm here for :>
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Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: young@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (young.u.huh)
Subject: CD-ROM Changers
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 18:54:26 GMT


Are there any CD-ROM changers, similar in concept to the already-popular
audio CD changers?

Thanks in advance for any information.

Young Huh
yhuh@ihlpe.att.com
From: jt34@prism.gatech.EDU (THOMPSON,JOHN C)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Quadra 950 and VideoSpigot
Date: 9 Oct 92 12:56:23 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

If on needs to convert a video to quicktime is there an automatic non-realtime
method to capture on frame at a time, compress it, and stor it to disk. It seems
to me this would be sufficient for most applications. After all what really want
is realtime playback on the Mac. Any thoughts on this?

Newsgroups: comp.multimedia,comp.misc
From: mikey@netcom.com (Mike Pechner)
Subject: Re: Multi-media object-oriented DBMS wanted...
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 15:59:13 GMT


With Sybase's aquisition of Gain, they might be a source.

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Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: jon_sree@world.std.com (Jon Sreekanth)
Subject: Help finding a VGA --> TV Interface (PAL format) 
Organization: The World
Distribution: comp
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 15:59:46 GMT



Sorry if this is a FAQ. We need a VGA to PAL format video converter.
(Alternately, if you know of VGA to NTSC convertors, I'd appreciate 
hearing about that, so I can ask the companies if they make a PAL version.)

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. I'm looking for company names 
and phone numbers, so I can start making calls. 

Please send email and I'll summarize. 

Thanks,

/ Jon Sreekanth

Assabet Valley Microsystems, Inc.           |  Fax and PC products
5 Walden St #3, Cambridge, MA 02140         |  (617) 876-8019
jon_sree@world.std.com                      |
From: jpgorrono@ucdavis.edu (Jon Gorrono)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: PC-VCR, SMPTE, Live
Date: 15 Oct 92 01:08:32 GMT
Organization: Instruction and Media Support, UC Davis
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1a2

Can(and would) someone(PC-VCR owners?) please tell me if while recording
video using a NEC (or other-- they have stop making them, haven't they)
PC-VCR, one could poll the VCR to get SMPTE codes "real time?"

The task is to record video and simultaeously record data into a file
with the SMPTE codes as markers.

Any ideas, help would be appreciated and posted if appropriate.

Thanks in advance,

______________________________________
Jon Gorrono
Media Integrator
Instruction and Media Support
UC Davis
(916)752-0218
jpgorrono@ucdavis.edu
_______________________________________
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: zilla@ccrl.nj.nec.com (John Lewis)
Subject: Re: Saving presentations to video tape
Organization: C&C Research Labs, NEC USA, Princeton, N.J.
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 00:29:50 GMT

Most mac-II models will record direct to video with the addition of
some init or something, which is available from apda for about $30.
The quadras also have some built-in circuit for de-interlacing video,
so you don't get bouncing 1-pixel lines.

Rasterops 364 and 24stv (roughly $800-$1400) will encode video
and digitize video, though the video cannot be saved to disk at 30fps.  
They will also display a video source in a window.

My impression is that the encoder with these products is not
'broadcast quality' if that is important.  Candidates for this
nebulous quality are the Nuvista and possibly the Radius Videovision.
Alternatively you can probably interface to any external high quality
encoder, once the mac signal is down to ntsc frame rates & resolution.
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: frz@informatik.uni-ulm.de (Konrad Froitzheim)
Subject: Re: SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME!
Followup-To: comp.multimedia
Organization: University of Ulm, Germany
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 11:16:08 GMT

In response to the C/C++ messages:
I think you should add at least basic computer science courses to the
curriculum. Though a course on C/C++ is certainly asking too much, you
should however include 'Basic Programming' (or whatever it is called at
your college). You _will_ use scripting languages and they are nothing else
than retarded programming languages (Even if the manufacturers say their
scripting language is easy and every five year old can use it). Programming
skills and a little algorithmic thinking will certainly help you.

Generally:

Physics, electronics, and computer architecture really set the limits of
Multimedia today. You should try to get some knowledge in these fields.

My recommendations:

Computer Science I/II
Basic Programming (if not included above)

Maybe there is a CS course on Basic Computer Architecture (What is a bus,
what is a hard disk, what is RAM, how do they work together).

A course on audio and video basics (how does a TV work, what is HDTV) from
the EE department would be useful too.

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Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: bcarter@claven.idbsu.edu (Bruce Carter)
Subject: Re: Dual-platform Authoring or Presentation Software info desired
Organization: Boise State University - CBI Product Development
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 22:29:40 GMT

In article <18075@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> jpgorrono@ucdavis.edu (Jon Gorrono)
writes:
>We are currently reviewing cT, developed at Carnegie Mellon and
>distributed by Falcon Software. cT has a learning curve since it is an
>Authoring Language(as is hypercard; but, not Authorware).  The language
>used to create the product can be compiled on PC, Mac, and UNIX machines
>running X11. The graphics(referred to as "icons") can be converted to
>either platform via an intermediate format(".fdb").  I have not seen the
>results of porting, yet.  But, but the end of Wed...  If the target DOS
>machines may not have Windows or even be Windows capable, cT can help...
>
>Also, cT code can be written to allow different screen sizes: the fonts
>and graphics get scaled.
>
>You can reach a Falcon rep. at (617)235-1767
>
>I am not associated with Carnegie Mellon or Falcon Software, Inc.

For those interested, the cT language is a derivative of the TUTOR language
developed for the PLATO system.  If you don't know what TUTOR or PLATO are,
then this information is not of much use.  However, if you have programmed in
TUTOR, or even TenCORE, you'll be able to pick up cT pretty easily.
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Newsgroups: comp.multimedia,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.ibm.pc.misc
From: hanyeu@leland.Stanford.EDU (Han-Yeu Huang)
Subject: New Developments in Multimedia
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 04:14:41 GMT

	
	I am doing a research on new developments in multimedia in 
relation to home entertainment equipments (TV, VCR, Stereo and Camcorder)
and PC's.  Does anyone know what's HOT in the market right now?

	Are any of the companies in the industry developing anything
new for multimedia.  Please e-mail me asap if you have any info.

	Thanks in advance. 


Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: Eva Cheung <eva@next.csc.cuhk.hk>
Subject: Film Recorder & Film Maker
Organization: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 01:50:51 GMT

Are you using Film Recorder or Film Maker?  Any comments on Kodak's
products?  We'll use on both PC and Mac platform.  Do you have any
experience on these products?  Any advises are appreciated.  Thanks.
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: lev@ipxed5.nswses.navy.mil (Lloyd E Vancil)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: hyper sun
Date: 16 Oct 92 21:08:15 GMT
Organization: NSWSES, Port Hueneme, CA



Can someone out there recommend a program to author
hypertext documents on the a sunmicro box under Openwin 3.0?


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From: chim@is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp (IM Chol Hong)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Digital Video Editing Tool
Date: 14 Oct 92 04:35:07 GMT
Distribution: comp.multimedia
Organization: Dept. of Information Science, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan.

I am seeking references and implementations on digital video editing tool
and digital video database. Any help will be appreciated.
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: mac@ur.utk.ed (Richard J. McDougald)
Subject: Re: Film Recorder & Film Maker
Organization: University of Tennessee 
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 17:45:18 GMT

In article <1992Oct9.042204.17897@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca> cs902125@ariel.yorku.ca (SHUK C YIP) writes:

>In article <1992Oct8.015051.2816@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk> eva@next.csc.cuhk.hk (Eva Cheung) writes:
>>Are you using Film Recorder or Film Maker?  Any comments on Kodak's
>>products?  We'll use on both PC and Mac platform.  Do you have any
>>experience on these products?  Any advises are appreciated.  Thanks.

>I recommend Polaroid instead of Kodak. It was awarded by PC Magazine as
>Editor Choice. I use it daily with my Amiga. Certainly, it also supports
>PC and MAC. Two models are CI-3000 and CI-5000.

The Poloroid stuff is pretty good for the money, but because of the not
top of the line "flying spot" they use, they do not render true 4K
resolution.  They do scan 4,000 times all right, but since the flying spot
is physically larger than in the next price range of recorders, you get the
equivelent of something inbetween 2.5 and 3.0K resolution on 35mm.  I have
many critical customers that would notice the difference.

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From: swix@prism.gatech.edu (SWIX,SCOTT R)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re:Motion Video Boards for OS/2 (sorry, wrong newsgroup)
Date: 15 Oct 92 14:13:41 GMT


Sorry.  The info about the IBM M-Motion boards was to go to a
different newsgroup.  
Can anyone tell me how to remove an append from a newsgroup if I
submit the articles as mail to an internet ID that posts it for me?


Scott R. Swix
IBM Visual Subsystems Development
and Georgia Tech
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From: s_furrer@irau28.ira.uka.de (Andreas Furrer)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Sound Blaster 1.5 recording
Date: 13 Oct 92 11:05:26 GMT
Distribution: uka
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
NNTP-Posting-Host: irau28.ira.uka.de

I have got a Sound Blaster 1.5 and I want to record some
songs from a CD player.
The problem is that the SB 1.5 has only an input for
a microphone. If you use tthis input with the line out
of a CD player (or something else) the quality is not good.

The specs of the SB 1.5 input are:

10mV - 100mV, 600 Ohm

and of a normal line out:

-350mV, 30000 Ohm

Now, does anybody know some little electronic circuit diagramm
to convert the line out signal to the microphone specs?

Andreas Furrer
s_furrer@ira.uka.de
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: hcostei@andy.bgsu.edu (Holli Costein)
Subject: DESKTOP
Keywords: DESKTOP
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 17:38:47 GMT


postnews

I am writing a research paper on desktop video, and I am unable to find
any information about the process of morphing.  I have looked in our
library and asked other sources.  However, they have been unable to
provide me with any substantial information. I would appreciate any
suggestions or information that anyone can offer.  Thank
you!HCOSTEI@ANDY.BGSU.EDU