Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!rutgers!sri-unix!hplabs!felix!trwrb!aero!gillam From: gillam@aero.ARPA (April Gillam) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: workstation --> vcr info Message-ID: <4705@aero.ARPA> Date: Tue, 25-Nov-86 10:21:15 EST Article-I.D.: aero.4705 Posted: Tue Nov 25 10:21:15 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Nov-86 20:49:13 EST References: <13111@glacier.ARPA> <1231@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Reply-To: gillam@aero.UUCP (April Gillam) Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA Lines: 66 I had requested info on how to put the computer animation on tape. Here are the responses. I have not implemented anything yet, but hope, within the next couple months to do so. Thanks to all who responded. From: Glenn Randers-Pehrson (TBD) I'm trying to assemble a similar capability. The workstation to VCR link will consist of a Lenco model CCE-850 converter (converts RGB signals to NTSC) and a BCD Video Link 232 (controls the VCR through an RS232 port). BCD Associates: (405)843-4574 These people are quite helpful and sell a variety of animation software and equipment. Lenco: (314)243-3147 This is not to be considered an endorsement of these products by the US Government. ------------------------------- From: sdcrdcf!hplabs!seismo!enea!luthcad!sow (Sven-Ove Westberg) I colleced most of the dicussion on the net, but I'm not shure that you find a solution in this discussion. Why ? I'm not shure that the sun have genlock capabilitys, I tried to read the VERY bad information on the hardware. So I'm now looking at the Rastertec frambuffer which is a very nice framebuffer wich has a software selectable resulution and genlock for pal or secam. On other flaw with sun is the 8 bit planes I prefer 24 bitplanes. As a note I can mention that we tried to record a 512x512 image (COMTAL) on a VCR but we faild because the linefrequency on the comtal was 5-10% to high . I would be very pleased to know what you found out. Yours Sven-Ove Westberg. ----------------------------------- I also spoke to Sylvia Ruff at JPL who is a fountain of knowledge and very kindly told a lot about the problems and what they have used and tried there. She mentioned using a Lyon Lam switcher (~$4300 ??). I have not found a phone# for them yet. Another way she mentioned was using a single frame VCR with a frame buffer. Then need to get NTSC & have gen lock(to sync up time code). (which I gather the sun 160/C doesn't have) Apparently there is broadcast quality or TV quality. For our purposes we only are looking at TV quality -- which I assume means that we don't need the top end VCR. Sylvia recommended the new BetaCam which is supposed to be excellent, has a high resolution, is 3/4" & has smaller cassettes. Recommended book: INTERACTIVE VIDEO by Eric Parsloe, Signa Technical Press. Some of this may be relevent, tho' the impression I got from Sylvia is that it does NOT directly address our problem. These are the notes I took from talking to Sylvia, so I may have gotten some of this wrong. I am new to this & have not heard of almost any of this before. (Arrgh!) Good luck all. When (& if) we get something working I'll post what we did. -- April Gillam