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From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Wanted: Single Frame Recording VCR
Summary: Be prepared to spend *bucks*.
Message-ID: <6190@well.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jun 88 09:06:51 GMT
References: <3077@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
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In article <3077@crash.cts.com> steelie@pro-charlotte.cts.com (Jim Howard) writes:
>I'm looking for any kind of VCR (preferably VHS) that will allow me 
>to record one frame of video at a time.

	NFW.  Standard VHS format can't handle frame-accurate video insert.
You'll have to go with S-VHS or three-quarter inch.

	I have heard rumors that the new 8mm editing deck from Sony will be
able to do it.  So far, I have been unable to verify this.  My attempts at
getting frame-accurate video insert on the new 8mm Sony deck were
unsuccessful.  A Sony rep suggested that if I hooked up their external
editing control panel, that it may work, but I don't have much faith.

>I heard that the new version of VideoScape
>has an option for controlling a VCR through the serial port for recording
>animations to video tape,

	This is true.  VideoScape can control external VCR's or, if you're
lucky, videodisk recorders.  However, the thing VideoScape talks to has to
be intelligent enough to do frame-accurate video insert, which generally
require a VCR controller interface.  Allen Hastings or Stuart Ferguson
(Happy Birthday!) may be able to provide more details.

>I can spend up to a maximum of about 700 dollars.. Any help?
> 
	Sorry, but the minimum buy-in for known working equipment is about
$5000 (S-VHS deck).  You might be able to fake it by getting a 14 MHz 68020
instead, and playing ANIM scenes directly out of RAM onto videotape in real
time, but that will cost you a minimum of $800 or so.

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