Path: utzoo!utgpu!utorvm!ryerson!acps1072 Date: Friday, 29 Mar 1991 19:41:16 EST From: ACPS1072@RYERSON Message-ID: <91088.194116ACPS1072@Ryerson.CA> Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics Subject: Re: Single Frame recorders Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.graphics References: > I'm not talking about D1 or D2 but direct recording to hard disk as > shown by Super Mac at MacWorld. This method uses high speed hard > drives and JPEG compression to get full-motion video at 24 fps. Of > course this isn't 30 fps, but 24 fps is what the motion picture industry > uses. I remember seeing this Super Mac hardware at the october MacWorld here in Toronto. The person displaying the equipment said it was a prototype and was not available for sale (mind you that was in october, things may have changed). One of the things that bugged me about this particular equipment was that there was a lot of tearing and the image did not fill the entire 13inch screen. The sound being played back along with the scanned images was kind of neat though. Still the harddrive they were using was 600 meg for a few minutes of animation (and the pictures were slightly bigger than a quarter of the screen). This seems kind of expensive compared to tape. Perhaps some sort of LaserDisc media would be a better way to go. I realize I'm probably babbling but thought I'd get my two cents in. Derek Lang<<<<< | ACPS1072@Ryerson | "Get this clown trained. I want him in the games Toronto, ON | until he dies playing. Acknowledge." Canada | - Master Control Program