Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!mips!daver!ditka!mcdchg!laidbak!amiganet!arctngnt From: arctngnt@amiganet.chi.il.us (Bowie J Poag) Newsgroups: comp.multimedia Subject: Re: Video Toaster and TBC question Message-ID: Date: 5 Jun 91 21:11:12 GMT References: <1991Jun4.133813.14504@mips2.ma30.bull.com> Organization: Amiga Network Information Systems Lines: 66 > >Hi, > I am new to this newsgroup (and multimedia) so could some kind >patient soul answer what could be a simple question? > > I saw Computer Chronicals on a PBS station demonstrate a >toaster for an Amiga. In my further reading I see that a 'TBC (time >base converter?)' is also needed(?). > I have also heard of a 'Genlock' (for real-time computer to >video tape?) and a 'Frame Grabber' (for computer to video tape stills?). > > I think the TV demo explained what a toaster is used for. > What is the TBC for? > Where does a genlock fit in here? > > Any explanations, any at all (simple or detailed) is appreciated. > Where can I learn more? > > ALSO, if this is the wrong newsgroup, a pointer to the right > place would be helpful too. > >Thanks in advance, > > Dan >-- > Might be to your benefit to hop over to the comp.sys.amiga.multimedia section, and have at it there. First off, Newtek's Video Toaster dosent need a TBC (Time Base Corrector) unless youre going to be manipulating multiple video sources simultaneously.. And if anyone in the video instustry is going to want to do that, usually, they already have a TBC, or their budget will be big enough to get one. A genlock is just a little device that fits on your paticular computer's video output source, that combines that computers signal with ANOTHER video signal, and then outputs it as one signal. For instance. I can have RoboCOp II playing on my VCR... I can run a line from the VCR into the Genlock. From there,I can then input my COMPUTER's video signal into the Genlock too..Say I load up a paint program on the computer, I can then progress to paint a mustache on Robocop. The genlock does NOT convert a video signal to computer graphics. It merely mixes both signals into one, so it can be usually dumped to another VCR or a monitor. Theyre fun little devices.. Genlocks for the IBM and Mac tend to be rather costly. On the Amiga, ive seen them run as low as $90.. There is a genlock on the Toaster....Along with about 30 different other things. Like I said, for more info on the Toaster (I dont even own one, but im fairly literate in discussing it, and Ive sat down and played with the software for a while, too) check out comp.sys.amiga.multimedia....Heh, the Amiga Multimedia newsgroup is running faster than the normal comp.sys.multimedia newsgroup! Tells you whos in charge of Multimedia. Arctangent UUCP: I forgot! BIX : Im not there.. Compuserve : Im not there either.. Prodigy : Im not here..