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#.tga to YUV

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#118027From: Mike LesterAug 12, 1994 5:05 PM
After much difficulty, and assistance from a number of good folks here, we have finallu been able to render 3DS3 directly to our A-66. However, it is far from perfect. We are dumping component into our Composium first. We obviously do not want to tie-up our $250 K box for such purposes. Apparently, what we need now is a utility to convert .tga files to YUV so we can squirt them directly to the A-66. Do you know of such a beast? If so, we would love to know about it. Rendering directly to disk recorder is a wonderful thing. As a test, we rendered an animation to a Betacam BVW-75. It took 20 minutes from our machine. We then rendered the same animation to the A-66 and it took 6 minutes. Any info will be greatly appreciated. Once we finally get all of this resolved, we will post appropriate info here.
#118048From: John EllisAug 12, 1994 8:30 PM
Mike, Did you ever check out the ASDG Exabyte to Abacus program. It converts images from a variety of formats to YUV and then you can stream them from an Exabtye 8505 to your A66. You'd have to buy an Exabyte but its also great for storage. The interface runs under Windows as 32bit app. SCSI controlled. -JE
#118371From: Mike LesterAug 15, 1994 3:03 PM
Thanks, John…I was hoping to avoid buying the Exabyte. I'm starting to waver, though…
#119272From: bruce gorenAug 19, 1994 2:06 PM
Mike, ASDG is definitly the way to go. If you don't want to invest in an Exabyte tape drive (and I don't see why not) use the ASDG software to convert to YUV and then transfer the files to the A-66 via Ethernet. Bruce
#118096From: Yost GroupAug 13, 1994 12:35 PM
ASDG (now called Elastic Reality) has just what you need. Their phone number is 608/273/6585. – G
#118372From: Mike LesterAug 15, 1994 3:04 PM
Thanks! We'll give 'em a call.