#Miro DC1????
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As i browse the different Dig. video forums it has become obvious
there is no substitute for experience so HEELLPP!! I am a beginer so
please bear with me. I know some upgrading will be necessary,
currently running 486DX266 VLB, 8meg ram, SS Pro 64 1meg, 1.28 gig WD
Eide. I want to generate training VHS tapes, prox. 15-25 min. using
Video from camcorder (no more than 50% of length will be motion),
Stills & Graphic images. I will be using S-VHS camcorder, Capturing
using Miro DC1 tv?????, editing using Premier 4.0, output to S-VHS VCR
for mastering, copying to VHS for distribution & viewing. Goal is as
close to VHS quality as possible. I am looking for suggestions: am i
on the right track, comments, problems re: Miro DC1 or Premier? How
much more ram is adequate? Upgrade SS Pro? Options?
I would like to get by on 1.2gig HD.
any comments would be appreciated.
Ron:
I'd say you're on the right track.
>>Goal is as close to VHS quality as possible.
I am looking for suggestions: am i on the right track, comments, problems re:
Miro DC1 or Premier?
How much more ram is adequate? Upgrade SS Pro? Options?
I would like to get by on 1.2gig HD.<<
You may be able to use just what you say you have. A faster CPU, more
RAM, and a bigger hard drive are all good things for video, but if I
were you'd I create my own experience with my own system. If you
have that system already, try to use it. You may be comfortable with
your system as is.
Your hard disk will fill up very fast, especially if you're thinking about an
S-VHS picture quality. I would ask what you mean by distribution? Is this for
wide distribution, internal corporate use, family videos? If it is the former,
I might suggest that your final output quality may disappoint you. If you'll
be selling these tapes, you'll really need a higher end editing system. For
industrial and corporate videos where the message is more important, the video
quality is good enough to not distract. If you're distributing to aunts and
uncles, you'll be a hero.
Jeff
PMJI with a question rather than an answer. Do you or anyone know if
it is possible to get reasonable quality video output(say S-VHS/HI-8
quality) from a PC for non-video information. I am thinking here of
graphics, moving, fancy text and the type of presentations that one
might use programs such as Corel, Photoshop, Fractal, Harvard
Graphics, Premiere paint in order to create and sequence the elements.
Do Boards such as Miro or Movie Machine allow quality output for
these type of graphics? Or would a simple VGA to NTSC encoder be
required? Are there any problems with digitizing this output into a
Fast or Flyer.
Any help with this issue would be appreciated.
Michael
Michael,
Why not take the images in digital format (floppy disk, syquest, etc.) over to
the Flyer/Fast for editing? Save the whole digital to analog conversion
process for your final output to tape.
-John
Thanks for the comments, it helps.
Ron