#Greetings
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Glad to see the new forum – a welcome addition.
I am a physician-owner of a company about to begin the production of
some multimedia education programs for physicians and technicians. I
am in the equipment acquisition phase and would appreciate any input
regarding video acquisition hardware and software. The product does
not have to be broadcast quality. I need to incorporate some audio
and some very short video clips of 8-bit or less color images. I
would like to use 1-2 second clips wherever possible and have them
run in a cine mode (endless loop) controlled by the viewer.
I am not sure if I should be looking at a professional system or if I would be
just as well served by a less expensive setup. Since these are essentially
training tapes, I do not necessarily need a large number of special effects
but, on the other hand, I do not want them to appear amateurish.
I have a Pentium system with 1.5 GB of memory, full page HP Scanjet for static
images, but the video part of this setup seems to be a moving target. Every
month, the literature seems to change drastically in terms of what is available
and what is recommended.
I am sure I will pick up a lot of information just by browsing but if anyone
has a particular interest or experience in this type of project please feel
free to drop a line.
Joe Abate
Oh Oh – a Pentium – watch out that isn't 7.9992725 bit color!
Bob
Joe,
One thing that I think is of high importance in this type of product is what do
you want to market to whom? Do you want to market a super-high quality product
to those that can afford it or do you want to market a good quality product to
more people to use.
If it is the latter, then you need to go after a "mass market"
distribution medium. This could be based on VHS Video Tape with an index, well
planned "linear" training plan, or it could be based on using computer hardware
and/or software (or multi-media distribution systems like CD-I or CD32) for a
"non-linear" approach. Do you have some ideas here… about which way you
would prefer to go?
-John