#VIDEO DECK SANYO GVR-950
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I'm interested in using SANYO GVR-950 s-vhs video deck in single
frame animation from 3D Studio. Any comments on this particular set
up wou would be appreciated.
I'm assuming you don't have the deck — because then you'd know what
to do (the Sanyo comes with the drivers for 3DStudio). All you
really need is a framebuffer — like a Targa+ or that low-priced
imitator. You hook the serial port from the computer to the Sanyo,
you hook the output of the framebuffer to the Sanyo, you run the
software, you have rendered.
I have a much different setup for my "framebuffer", but I've been rendering
with the Sanyo for a few weeks now, and think it's very neat (and you
pros are free to take your shots…)
Mike,
I LOVE my SANYO too………………………………
Let's start a "Defense of the Sanyo" club!
I just know I shouldn't have written this!@#@$!
Suresh and Mike Kelley,
I don't think anyone is saying the Sanyo is useless. I think they are
saying that, for the price nothing can touch it, _BUT_ if you have
more money then a higher grade deck would be more durable. For the
price the Sanyo stands on it's own, NO DOUBT. I don't even have the
money for that, I'm so broke right now. However, my choice for that
kind of money is the DPS Personal Animation Recorder and a consumer
SVHS deck (which I already own). This is because I've had nothing but
headaches from frame-by-frame output, mostly due to dropouts, missed
frames, and various inexplicable glitches. Realtime (hopefully) is
going to save me from just in time, from a life of stress and
premature hair-loss <g>.
>This is because I've had nothing but headaches from frame-by-frame output,
>mostly due to dropouts, missed frames, and various inexplicable glitches
Hey, I do understand, although with around 6000 frames laid down I've
yet to see a missed frame or a dropout (although I admit that my
tolerance for what some of you pros call "dropouts" is probably a lot
higher than most I HAVE seen dropouts that I couldn't tolerate on my
Hi-8 original footage shot with my three-chip Sony, but for
animations laid down I can't see anything but good stuff. Just
lucky, I guess).
Actually, the only glitch I've had so far with my Sanyo is running it
in sync with my Video Machine — my VB program has no real
intelligence so it relies a lot on timing. I, too, would not mind
having a PAR but because I needed single frame accuracy in video
editing as well it's not a total solution for me (I may still look at
it after all you guys have gotten the various bugs out — for once I
won't be on the bleeding edge).
Broke? I thought you guys made the BIG bucks.
you are lucky if you haven't had any dropouts. I do suspect, as you
hinted, that you may be lenient on your judgement of tape flaws. Most
the Hollyweird crowd are very picky. Plus, human error, if you made a
mistake or have a corrupted frame, you have to lay the whole sequence
again to avoid causing a dropout on the existing footage.
Big bucks? Hardly. More like a labour of love. I think if anyone is
in animation for money, above all else, then they're in the wrong
business.
Hey, no problem. It was one of your original messages that gave me
the courage to face animation with the Sanyo. Now, a few thousand
frames down the road (and, I understand, this ain't much yet) I'm
very happy.
My defense of the unit lies strictly on output — and I've seen
output like the Siggraph demo tape (I have a copy) so I can at least
be satisfied that I'm getting that quality down. Maybe it will
totally break down on me — but all the knock on it reminds me of the
rap the original VW beetle took — and some of those cars are STILL
running.