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From: bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce D. Becker)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.visualization
Subject: Re: Color Compression Software Available
Keywords: video NTSC RGB VCR ; Film Recorders
Message-ID: <96081@becker.UUCP>
Date: 28 Apr 91 22:19:34 GMT
References: <1991Apr24.192242.27346@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <1991Apr24.210116.24904@serval.net.wsu.edu>
Organization: G. T. S., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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In article <1991Apr24.210116.24904@serval.net.wsu.edu> yeidel@tomar.accs.wsu.edu (Joshua Yeidel) writes:
|There are three main approaches to making videotapes from computer screen:
|
|1) point a video camera at the screen.  Eye-boggling problems result, 
|including roll-bars and flicker.
|
|2) Television-standard ("NTSC") video boards in the computer.  May work well
|for particular uses.  Problems include being tied to one computer, and software
|may need to be video-aware. Vendors include:
|[...]
|3) Scan-convert the computer's own video output to NTSC standard.  This can 
|be done by outboard boxes with quite good quality (considering the inherent 
|limitations of NTSC).  A wide range of prices and features are available.

	4) Use a computer whose video system uses NTSC/PAL
	directly, like the Commodore Amiga (and its
	associated peripherals such as the Video Toaster).
	Software for such systems tends to take this
	ability as given, and thus is often more flexible
	and powerful when applied to a given situation.

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