Brainstorming
Charlie:
Hmm – mind telling us what you need to do this capture for? At any
rate, this is how I would do it on an Amiga:
First, I would get a suitable framegrabber – the upcoming PVA from GVP
looks like it would do the trick nicely. I am *assuming* something that
could be controlled by AREXX. I would then hook the thing up to a video
disc, which could be controlled by the RS-232 port. Under AREXX control, I
would:
1. Advance the frame 2. Grab it 3. Pass it to ADPro, and make the necessary
resolution adjustments 4. Pack it into an anim (assuming an AREXX aware
animation program).
The resulting animation would be 900 frames, but it would fit into the
ram capacities either offered by a fully stocked 3000, or by a fully
stocked accelerator (CSA's upcoming '040 offers up to 64megs of ram, I
believe – GVP has boards that hold either 16 or 32 megs). You could have
the unit load the resulting anim into ram, and play it will with a simple
control program.
Anyone have any better ideas?
Jonathan
Jonathan – from Albany, NY, via whap!