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This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.

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#5331 Word Message #5341
From: Timothy Liebe Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools May 15, 1995 11:43 AM
Tom: >Can anyone help me set up Word 5.0 to do a side by side A/V Script format?< Don't know Word 5 offhand, but it occurs to me that Word/Mac has a "column" option on the toolbar. Try clicking on that and set it up for 2 columns, and if…
#Word Message #5331
Hi, Can anyone help me set up Word 5.0 to do a side by side A/V Script format? Thanks! TP
#5149 Converting to AVI Message #5242
From: BRIAN SNELSON Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools May 7, 1995 1:34 PM
Nels, Thanks once again for the help!
#5146 #Converting to AVI Message #5149
From: Nels Johnson Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools May 2, 1995 1:51 AM
Brian, The default extension for a QuickTime movie playable under Windows is ".MOV". Movies so named will be seen by the basic player app that comes with QTW as playable QTW movies, and it is also a good way of marking them as being "flattened" — having their data forks…
#5077 #Converting to AVI Message #5146
From: BRIAN SNELSON Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools May 1, 1995 9:40 PM
Nels, Thanks for the tips. I got that copy of DV magazine you mentioned. I can save a movie as a Quicktime for Windows movie, but I dont know which three letter ext. to give it.
#5068 #Converting to AVI Message #5077
From: Nels Johnson Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools April 28, 1995 9:48 AM
Brian, For conversion between AVI and MOV you could get a copy of the book "How to Digitize Video" which has a CD attached containing a Windows app called TRMOOV.EXE. This app converts in either direction as long as the source and target codecs are the same (such as Cinepak…
#Converting to AVI Message #5068
From: BRIAN SNELSON Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools April 27, 1995 8:52 PM
Hello All! I just invested several thousand bucks into a power mac and guess what. I need to convert Quick time to AVI. Is there any good software out there? Please E-mail or post for all.
From: Daniel L. Eckert Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools April 23, 1995 10:05 PM
Steve Giberson In reply to your sync issue with VVS and AP. Before I even get into what might be the problem – update your machine to Premiere 4.01T, QT 2.0 and VVS software 2.02. If you are having problems after this, drop me a line and I'll give you…
Media 100 now utilizes a media 100/Quicktime codec. So your media100 files are not QT files, but can be access by QT applications via the codec bypassing a true file export. so you can take your footage and fairly seamlessly work with it in Premiere, CoSa Etc. The import/export time…
From: Guy-B/Specialized Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools April 4, 1995 1:10 PM
Daniel, Any help would be appreciated. 🙂 What I'm having trouble with is the audio/video synch. It's noticeable after 2-3 minutes, and gets downright bad-kung-foo-movieish in about the five minute range. So far I'm still using Premiere 4.0 (awaiting 4.0.1), QT 1.6.2, and QT PowerPlug 1.0…also system 7.5. Hardware goes…
From: Daniel L. Eckert Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools April 2, 1995 9:28 AM
John; I would love to hear more about the improvements Media 100 has have made with their new v2.0 system. Is the Media 100 now truly QT2.0 native or do they still use an import/export type of solution – what most companies call Quicktime Compatible. danman
From: Daniel L. Eckert Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools April 2, 1995 9:28 AM
Guy; I would love to help you with your problem, but I seemed to have jumped into this thread – regarding your sync problem – in the middle. Since most of the folks from Radius hang out at AOL, I thought I'd start a little support here on CIS. If…
From: Guy-B/Specialized Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools March 10, 1995 11:05 AM
John, >>The Telecast unit will have hardware locked audio/video and 16bit audio. No sync problems. The upgrade will cost you.>Its likely that sometime afterward the improved studioplayer will be available.>Having said that, I have seen many state they were able to A/V sync for 10min with highly tuned setups. However,…
Steve- The Radius folks should probably answer this, but since I'm on I'll try. [Please no flaming-I'm just trying to help] I've followed this issue for a long time because of my need to produce long projects. This is an area that VVS has problems. (also 16bit audio on PPC…
From: Guy-B/Specialized Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools March 8, 1995 7:39 PM
Howdy, gang… I know I've seen threads on this topic before, but I never paid much attention to them before, since I wasn't suffering from this problem. Well, I am now…bigtime. (I also reset the message date back to as far as Jan 1 '94), and still didn't find any…
From: Power of seven,inc Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools February 25, 1995 5:51 PM
If you are looking for really hip,cutting edge ROYALTY-FREE music tracks for your DTV productions, check out the Hip Clip Music cdrom demos for Mac or Windows in the Macromedia forum libray #3 (3rd party library) paul sebastien
From: Roger Myers Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools February 24, 1995 2:17 AM
Sysop: Does anyone make a video conferenceing system (hw/sw) for the Mac that can interface with a Windows based system from PictureTel called the PCS100. The PCS100 is H.320 compatible, so any MAC system using H.320 and ISDN theoretically could do this. PictureTel is working on this. I seem to…
#1116 SpigotPower Av Message #2505
From: William C. Lee Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools February 2, 1995 5:56 AM
hello, i unfortunatly don't have much info on the card but i would like to get some if you have any tips or sugestions. i'm kinda new to the service and could use a friend into dtv…names chris and i'm a design student at CalArts in valencia california…really into the…
#1952 IMAX???? Message #2461
From: Ken Eber Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools January 31, 1995 3:34 PM
"I also have heard rumors that ImMIX will come out with an add-on 3-D DVE effects unit (similar to Alladin) in the future." I don't see it as an add on, more of an upgrade. It would make more sense to change the video effects processor card (one of the…
Editing with Mac? Message #1960
From: DAVID McNALLY Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools January 13, 1995 10:59 PM
I know it is kind of late to be replying to this message, as it is probably scrolled off, but I really like Video Toolkit by Abbate Video David
From: Power of seven,inc Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools January 13, 1995 9:47 PM
Power of Seven has just released Hip Clip Music volume 1, which is a cdrom for Windows and Mac that contains tons of cutting-edge royalty-free music tracks for use in games,multimedia,videos,demos,anything. The music tracks focus on such 'new music' styles as Techno,Industrial,Dance/rave,alternative,and some great Ambient tracks too. This is the…
#1952 IMAX???? Message #1957
From: Mitchell Hill Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools January 13, 1995 9:21 PM
Eric, Avid reports that they will interface with Aladin for true 3D DVE effects. -Mitch Hill/Hill Creative Services
#1945 #IMAX???? Message #1952
From: Eric Temple Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools January 13, 1995 6:48 PM
John: Theoretically, yes. ImMIX is a Unix-based computer, from what I understand. I also have heard rumors that ImMIX will come out with an add-on 3-D DVE effects unit (similar to Alladin) in the future. Probably a SCSI interface as well. Eric Temple
#1901 #IMAX???? Message #1945
From: Steve Bennett/SYSOP Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools January 13, 1995 3:18 PM
That is interesting, Eric. So if someone wanted to and InMIX would release the spec, they could write an Amiga based front end, or IBM Compatible, Unix, NT, etal.? I have been wondering if anyone was going to do this with the Pinnacle Alladin, which is also _just_ a SCSI…
#1852- IMAX???? Message #1901
From: Eric Temple Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools January 12, 1995 8:03 PM
John: The ImMIX VideoCube uses the SCSI chain to interface with the Mac that controls it. The additional storage modules (hard drives) and archiving tape devices are also in the SCSI chain. Right now, there is no way to hook up an independent device to the best of my knowledge.…
#1654 NTSC Monitor Recom? Message #1718
From: Guy-B/Specialized Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools January 9, 1995 10:11 AM
Bob, >>You may consider going to your local consumer electronics store and buying a 14" color TV with a composite input.
#1593 NTSC Monitor Recom? Message #1654
From: Bob Roitblat Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools January 6, 1995 11:20 PM
You may consider going to your local consumer electronics store and buying a 14" color TV with a composite input. This way you can use it as a monitor and playback the tapes you create through it too. You'll see your tapes like everyone else will. The 14" Sony monitor…
From: Guy-B/Specialized Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools January 5, 1995 6:25 PM
Howdy, gang. I'm lucky enough to have some budget to play with here at work, and I've got an 8100/VideoVision/Premiere setup on order. What I could use a little help with is in recommendations for an NTSC monitor. At MacWorld yesterday, most exhibitors who were showing off Premiere were using…
#1499 Mac Video Message #1501
From: Bob Roitblat Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools January 3, 1995 8:53 PM
Maybe from your perspective there are more people using PCs to do video. Avid and Media Composer, two of the best selling Digital Video edit stations are Mac based. And I believe VideoVision outsells all other video capture boards. I suspect most people who now use their PCs for digital…
#1479 #Mac Video Message #1499
From: Tim Brill Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools January 3, 1995 7:50 PM
There seems to be more people who us PCs for video capture, editing, etc… but if you ask any serious user they will tell you the Mac is the best. Why don't you see more people using Mac? Is it because of the price?
#1450 #Mac Video Message #1479
From: Bob Roitblat Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools January 3, 1995 4:36 PM
There is a two to five minute limit becuase of the lack of adequate compression. The AV does not come with any edit software, such as Adobe Premiere. I have a PowerMac 8100 with 72MB of RAM, a 1GB internal drive and a 3GB external. I use a Radius VideoVision…
#1438 #Mac Video Message #1450
From: Tim Brill Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools January 2, 1995 2:48 PM
Why only 2-5 minute pieces? Is that just because of disk space? What software comes with the AV model, is it Adobe? What type of system do you have? Thanks for your help! Tim
#1288 #Mac Video Message #1438
From: Bob Roitblat Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools January 2, 1995 9:01 AM
The AV model is capable of Video and Audio capture. It does not use as good of a compression routine as the Radius VideoVision Studio board. If all you are doing is 2 to 5 minute pieces, the AV would probably work. -Bob
#1288 Mac Video Message #1387
From: Steve Bennett/SYSOP Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools December 31, 1994 7:03 PM
Tim, While I am not familiar with that particular equipment, I would have to say that for $200 youu could hardly go wrong. Worst case you will be able to learn what you do want out of a real video production system. -John
Mac Video Message #1288
From: Tim Brill Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools December 29, 1994 7:43 PM
I recently received a catelog in the mail called MacMall. In it they have a Power Mac 8100/80 AV. It states that the AV version comes with video capture and the ability to record video out to video tape. The AV version is only about $200 more than the Mac…
From: Craig Swanson Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools December 29, 1994 1:26 PM
An update on my experiences with the VVS system: It turns out that the Disk Array was missing one part. After we had the time to tune up the system and software, I am happy to report that we are now able to capture at rates up to 5.1mb/s. The…
#1116 SpigotPower Av Message #1187
From: Linda Edelen Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools December 28, 1994 1:26 PM
Sorry no hands on but there is a good review in the new edition of New Media magazine. Check it out. Bill Napper
From: Richard Jenkins Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools December 27, 1994 3:09 PM
We use a Sledge with Premiere 4.0 and VVS 2.0. I get around 3.7 to 4.0 MBs on average for a 640×480 picture. By the way, we experienced that if you digitize at 640 x480 with the VVS card you will get a small black stripe down the right side…
From: Karolyn Sewell Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools December 27, 1994 2:11 PM
I have been having the same problem with capture rates stating 1.6 megs/s for my sledgehammer fast and wide 4.1 drive. The news I have heard is that full motion, full frame video requires at least 4 megs/s, which should be possible with the array. The strange thing I notice…
#SpigotPower Av Message #1116
From: Edward J. Guerin Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools December 27, 1994 11:22 AM
Hi, does anybody have experience with the SpigotPower Av (especially on PowerMacs 7100/66 AV, System 7.5)? Ed
#567 performa 638cdtv Message #599
From: Steve Bennett/SYSOP Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools December 21, 1994 7:11 PM
Jamie, I am not all that familiar with that particular model, but I believe what you will find is that it has a video in/out as well as audio in/out and an editing package, something like Adobe Premiere. This can be a neat, fun, and informative combination, by the way…
#performa 638cdtv Message #567
From: Jamie Folsom Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools December 21, 1994 4:18 PM
I am a novice in this area, and I have been interested in using DTV in teaching my language classes. I have just bought Performa 638 cdtv, and I am wondering if anyone could help me understand what exactly I will be able to accomplish given the capabilities of this…
From: Craig Swanson Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools December 19, 1994 7:39 PM
>>QuickTime data rates (what you see in the Premiere quality settings) don't reflect raw drive transfer rates (say, using FWB's utilities) much at all.
#108 Editing with Mac? Message #228
From: Michael Levin Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools December 19, 1994 1:05 PM
Hi Mark, Videomedia offers the OZ editing system for Macintosh. V-LAN hardware is used to connect the Mac with the video devices. The Hardware is also compatible with other software applications including Adobe Premiere, Topas, Macromedia and MacAnimatorPro. The V-LAN hardware for Macintosh is external and does not use any…
From: A.J. Lahosky Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools December 19, 1994 12:57 PM
Ah, this question 🙂 QuickTime data rates (what you see in the Premiere quality settings) don't reflect raw drive transfer rates (say, using FWB's utilities) much at all. Those raw rates are for uncompressed data, which the hardware can compress as it's transferring to yield really impressive numbers. The video…
From: Craig Swanson Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools December 15, 1994 4:41 PM
>>Typical numbers that I have seen from professional non-linear products range from 3MB/s to 8MB/s. It sounds like you are getting a decent quality for that low a rate
From: Steve Bennett/SYSOP Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools December 15, 1994 1:28 PM
Craig, Ok. Typical numbers that I have seen from professional non-linear products range from 3MB/s to 8MB/s. It sounds like you are getting a decent quality for that low a rate, however, I will be interested in hearing your conclusions after Friday. Good Luck! -John
From: Craig Swanson Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools December 15, 1994 12:04 AM
>>I thought I might say that the 1.7MB/sec rate does sound kind of low to me too. I am not familiar with HDT, when it says a 7.1 rating, is that saying that your drive should be able to do 7.1MB/sec, or is that just a scalar measurement?
From: Steve Bennett/SYSOP Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools December 14, 1994 4:12 PM
Hi Craig, I haven't used the Radius Video Vision Studiio 2.0 system you have so I can't help you with your comparison numbers, but I thought I might say that the 1.7MB/sec rate does sound kind of low to me too. I am not familiar with HDT, when it says…
From: Craig Swanson Desktop Video Forum · Mac Tools December 13, 1994 7:27 PM
What type of capture rates are other users getting with Premiere 4.0 and the Radius Video Vision Studio 2.0? When you get ready to capture a new movie, under the Video Options dialog box, you can set the data-rate for your captures. In the Compression section, hold down the COMMAND…

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