This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Patrick: >Our continuing dialogue re. Luther inspires me to send you a piece I recently wrote.< Thanks! I'll let you know what I think once I've read it… Best, Tim
Patrick: >In fact there is a very cool bit of product called "Creative Parnter" by emotion (Palo Alto, CA) (415) 812-9001, that allows the multimedia equivalent of groupware…the fascile dissemination of media files (QT video, audio, still PICT files, etc) from one Mac computer to another,without the need for hardware…
Arnie: >I've had the unpleasant experience of doing a bunch of video work thinking it would stay just on the computer and then finding out I needed to lay it off to tape. I suspect I'm not alone. What are my options????< Jeez, I'm not sure myself–which is why I'm…
Ed: >I highly recommend you include the Vlab Motion system from MacroSystems. Incredible power and quality for the price.< Thanks for the tip! I'll look into it… Best, Tim
Hank: >Thought I'd jump in with a quick answer. A scan converter is a device to convert one scan rate to another. Very often used with PC and Mac video devices, since the scan rate of PC and Mac video signals (i.e. their monitor output) is usually atleast twice that…
Harry: >I am comparing the price/performance/features of the Sony XV-D1000 SEG to the Videonics MX1.< I looked at both briefly for an article on DTV that I wrote for VIDEO about a year or so ago. Frankly, I was underwhelmed by the Sony–while it had a few interesting wipe patterns,…
Paul: >Turns out they sit in front of a camera by Ikegami Electronics that slightly blurs the complexion while keeping everything else in the picture razor-sharp. Sort of like putting the burlap bag over the subject's face instead of the camera's lens. Has anyone heard of this camera? I guess…
Brandon: >Actually, I haven't done desktoop video before, but I have been looking into it for a while. I want to find the best hardware and software to purchase for my PC. < That all depends on what you want to do–are you looking for total non- linear editing capability,…
Gary: >I find that many people are helped through dialog with our staff about questions they need answered before buy a product. As marketing director I see this activity as crucial to TAO's sales work, although it would not be fair to call it advertising–its just good business releations and…
Paul: >Ah, the vast chasm between can't and won't. If something's impossible, then all the good reasons in the world don't really matter .< Well, yeah… I *am* intrigured by online magazines, but unfortunately my boss' company is a small and VERY thinly capitalized one (and he's the cheapest bas***d…
John: > In one to two weeks when the dust clears from NAB then we should have a batch of new PCI full screen capture cards bundled with presumably Premiere or Ulead's MediaSudio. < Thanks! Tim
Arnie: >Hey Tim how about some reviews on scan converters and devices to make what's on your computer screen turn into something that will play on your tape machine??< That's a good one–now, do we have some names? I assume you're referring to genlocks/encoders… BTW, what's a "scan converter"? Best,…
Dan: >Question – why is there tons of shareware available for Mac, but I can't find any for Windows? I would like to use QuickTime, but I cannot find a runtime viewer thats shareware (matter of fact, I can't find ANY runtime viewer thats shareware).< The EDRIVE multimedia viewer that…
#NLE Editor Suggestions?
Message #4446
Hi! I've just been asked to recommend some potential NLE setups for possible review in the video consumer marketplace (one of the editors at the new VIDEO called and asked me for some article/review ideas–YAY!!). I'd like your feedback on which ones I should be looking at (price range for…
David: >One last thing. Several people have told me that when you buy consumer-level equipment, you always end up "paying for it" at some point. Is this true? Are there things about the pro (or prosumer) equipment that make it worth sticking with somehow?< Well, yes & no. The biggest…
Paul: >>you're certainly protected under "satire" from trademark/copyright infringement or libel.>> >You are just a wealth of info. I feel that nobody at Colgate-Palmolive really cares. We're talking about a negligible infraction.< Bingo! It's not worth it to them… >And I think I remember that HUSTLER ad . Get it…
Paul: >>would you have known the original STAR WARS movie's setting…without that lengthy crawl that recedes into the horizon? I hated that. I remember sitting there thinking "Lucas, this sucks! Is this what they teach in film school?" THEN, from the moment that huge Imperial cruiser thundered over my head,…
Paul: >One weird thing, could I e-mail a person such a clip for the purposes of comentary? Like, "Tim, I saw the funniest thing…" Would that still fall into personal (and fair) use?< I don't know the law for sure, but my guess would be "no"–not that it *doesn't* happen…
Steve: >Thanks for the insights. My informal survey of nearby camera/video shops supports your claim — one sales person claimed S/VHS-C was to camcorders what Beta is to VCR's…< Well, not *quite* that bad–though VHS-C & S-VHS-C never caught on like the 8mm video formats did… (probably has something to…
Gary: >I've recently looked into Fair Use laws at the local library. Seems like what you're describing falls within fair use based on allowance for parody, even if you didn't alter the logo. However, the parody sections are written specifically in relation to musical works. < The same type of…
>My question: is this enough alteration to satisfy the parody? I'm not selling this video, nor am I producing it for money, but it will see limited distribution to certain members of the wedding party. Does this still fall in 'personal domain'?< Maybe not under "personal domain", but you're certainly…
Paul: >For example, I saw 'Tank Girl' this weekend. The director went to some considerable trouble to execute nice matte 'establishing shots'; dramatic vistas of a world where fresh water suddenly dried up decades ago. A little film schoolish in style, but convincing. Then comes the 'tap on the screen';…
Paul: >To be fair, I honestly don't think distribution houses (Paramount, Disney, Columbia, et al) are interested in my 4 second sample of Derrick Flint saying 'an actor as president?' from one of the In Like Flint movies. You can legitimately copy stuff you've purchased (or was distributed to you)…
Paul: >Already been done. We're just waiting for him to pass, now.< If you're talking about me, you'll have a long wait (w/any luck)… >Kinda like S. Dali. Hated those paintings. But the minute I heard on the news that he was dead; I whipped those babies out from under…
Patrick: >But as with all starving radicals… would Luther, et. al. have had sufficient computer equipment/resources/capital to afford to be on the Internet.< Ahem–hardly a "starving radical", according to James Burke (THE DAY THE UNIVERSE CHANGED). He was, if I remember the episode properly, a professor of theology–which means he'd…
Steve: >Should we get an S-VHS-C or a Hi-8 model? (More fundamentally, does it make a difference for the type of work we'll be doing?)< Not really–both utilize S-Video, and a good camcorder for either will give you good results. OTOH, if you're shooting footage for digitization, there are more…
Stephen: I won't be making it to NAB, but I'd love to get on your information mailing list. I'm a freelance video/computer writer (VIDEO Magazine, MULTIMEDIA PRODUCER, etc.). Send to: Tim Liebe 2531 Broadway, #130 New York, NY 10025 Best, Tim Liebe
Keith: >3/4" decks have had flying erase heads for 10 -15 years or more.< Further to this post, which 3/4" decks are currently available which have it? I'd be interested in purchasing one for my job, Best, Tim
Keith: >Your assumption is incorrect. 3/4" decks have had flying erase heads for 10 -15 years or more.< Really? All the ones *I've* ever dealt w/didn't–of course, that was mostly at educational institutions & nonprofit organizations, so they didn't tend to have the most up-to-date equipment… >This statement is also…
John: > I recall at one point 4mb was getting down to about $125 or so. That's when market intervention occurred.< Actually, what happened about two years ago was that a big chip mfgr. in Japan's factory had a big fire, so there was a six-eight month period where we…
John: >I only wish the memory prices would drop too.< Geez–next to what it used to cost, I figure $50/meg DRAM ain't bad! >I keep thinking of our precious government's market intervention two years ago and how this is probably keeping DRAM prices up at our expense (I've always got…
Gary: >Yes, I agree the quality is certainly happening for many users. Next on the chopping block–the price of hard drives.< Further to that–I happened by The Wiz (a NYC area electronics store) the other day and saw 850 meg Enhanced IDE hard drives on sale for $299… Too bad…
Jeff: >horrors stories of D/Vision may be justified, but the software is really pretty good. AND, there are those strong rumors that new hardware is on the way to support the software. < From what I heard about Cliff Roth's hassles (& I heard them second-hand from Brent Butterworth), it…
John: >Rendering is making a computer graphic composite with two or more sources and outputting that to video while video overlay can accomplish this realtime without making a composite first?< Not quite–"rendering" is simply any graphics activity that the computer can't do in real time (like generating a series of…
#GENLOCK?????
Message #4291
Peter: >Could someone please explain or point me to literature that explains terms like: GENLOCK, L-Control, M-Control?????< Well, magazines like VIDEOMAKER, VIDEO PRO, VIDEOGRAPHY and DIGITAL VIDEO are good sources for that sort of information. However, to cover the terms you've already asked about: Genlock–is a box/card that enables your…
Paul: >>"Spielbergian narrative overdeterminist"…>> >I like it. Hey, I admit there are times when you just have stop the film, tap on the screen and ask, "are you getting this?" < I was always taught that, if you have to do that, you're not telling your story effectively–and I guess…
Paul: >The camcorder manufacturers seem to be using the same marketing technique that the computer makers tried. That is, instead of making it cheaper; you hold the price break but make the product faster and more feature-laden. So, perhaps they need to address a broader type of consumer.< Actually, not…
Hank: >with recent hands-on demos of Media Suite Pro and Media 100, I found two examples of transitional rendering. Media Suite Pro even had to render text keyed over video as it has no realtime overlay capabilities.< *Gevult*! That's worse than I thought… render text over video???? Can you say…
Paul: >Read in USA Today that the number one demand job in this decade is "Multimedia programmer/producer'. Salaries can run to $100,000, and the estimated current demand is around 39,000 people world wide and climbing.< Well, then–I guess I'd better start fiddling around w/all the multimedia software I've got on…
Don: >As for whether I'm using NTSC or the other thing, pardon my stupidity, but DUH?< Sorry–it's not stupidity, it's just having to deal w/overseas folks sometimes. NTSC is the video system we use in the US and they use in Japan (broadcasting at 30 fps), whereas PAL is used…
Mike: >But there is also quite a few diferent protocalls for RS-422, what we realy need is some standarization for edit control. But of course if the manufaturers did that then we all might run a Panisonic with a Sony and throw in a JVC, and then the rotation of…
Mike: >Well I tell ya what…I will write them and tell them what a great guy you are and how I miss all the wounderfull information I get from your articles. Then I will treaten them with bad publicity and all that stuff. Then shurly after a guy with my…
Hank: >Thanks for the review. It's always helpful to put products in perspective, since the term "Broadcast Quality" is as worn out as "user friendly" was when software companies started programming for the general public.< Ain't it just, though? I've found that a *lot* of products referred to as "broadcast…
Bill: >Thanks Tim (not allen), next time I'm in a Doom mood, I'll try it. I really don't care if I hear them coming though, I just want to hear MY bullets blasting the bad guys away. What fun is a silent machine gun?< Oh, but you *do* want to…
Don: >The problem is as follows: I hook up the camcorder to video 1. VCR to Video out. When I attempt to overlay titles or graphics, the television goes nuts. (i.e., colors skew, video (horizontal & vertical) scrambles.)< Before I suggest you send the card back to Studio Magic (or…
Mike: >And all these years I thought theye were looking out for my best interest. ( PBS that is, not Newt:-) Oh well I guess it all boils down to the old frog pelts eh Tim :-)))< Just remember what Mr. LeTourneau, my World History teacher, used to say, "The…
Paul: >Well, that's the advantage of having a fertile period that expires at 9:30pm — you always get to watch Unsolved Mysteries. < ROFL! Unfortunately, my wife is *frowning* at me big-time…oops… 😉 >Many times, tho, it's just those instances that push the technology forward. It seems that an important…
Tom: >I'm going to wait to see whether Miro DC20 is optimized for SCSI!! DC1tv with SCSI is a real pain, though those with EIDE really get good results and setup is simple.. Are you SCSI or EIDE??< I'm having one of those "I could kick myself" moments–when I bought…
John: Thanks for letting me know what Miro says! Frankly, after reading what they said, I'm sorta going "Er?". >The really interesting new is that they are introducing a separate product, the DC20. It will capture 640×480 and said to be 'broadcast quality'. It will be a PCI board and…
John: >Ok, how about GVP (now defunct) G-Lock VGA+ card that has S-Video in and out connectors. Uses the ET4000 video chip and replaces your video card. Will this also lower resolution to composite? It uses Curtain Call and PrimeTime for titles, transitions and effects.< Don't know it offhand–but, since…
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