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From: dewolfe@ug.cs.dal.ca (Colin DeWolfe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
Subject: Re: Toaster Output?
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Date: 1 Feb 91 04:35:23 GMT
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In article <4630@mindlink.UUCP> Gord_Wait@mindlink.UUCP (Gord Wait) writes:
>One possible problem with NTSC that is a requirement for Broadcast Quality
>Gear, but is no problem for semi-pro and amateur video gear is the RS170-A NTSC
>spec item which states that the sub-carrier signal must be synchronous with the
>Horizontal Sync signal, and that it is phase aligned so that at the 11th line
>of horizontal sync in color frame 1 the subcarrier signal is zero-crossing, and
>positive going. (This would be at the rising edge of the sync.) Any video
>source that doesn't meet that requirement will look fine and record fine on
>just about every type of video gear except 'true' broadcast tape recorders (ie
>Ampex and Sony 1 inch machines) I don't know what the toaster puts out, but if
>it A: has NTSC out which doesn't meet this spec, then if it has RGB out AND
>genlock, you could use an external broadcast NTSC encoder with a sync-pulse
>generator to obtain broadcast output.
>Hope this helps...
>Gord Wait

The toaster IS RS170-A output.  At least that's what the guys at NetWorx told
me (and was also in the manual) when I went to play with the thing down
at their shop....
 
They were recording to a SONY 1" machine too....

--
Colin DeWolfe
dewolfe@ug.cs.dal.ca