3 May
2016
3 May
'16
1:36 p.m.
Was I right? Did that thing actually digitize video?
Once you had it could
you use it as a source for A/B rolls and the like that the regular
Toaster functions covered?
From what I know the flyer boards had their own scsi
bus or something for
dedicated video disks? I could be wrong, I worked for an ISP
and one of
our customers had an Amiga with one and I talked to him briefly about it.
I didn't realize the Avid stuff was as popular and
well-used as you guys
are saying. Back in the day, I was under the impression that Avid
equipment was just for hobbyists, but it seems not. Sounds like it was
well used in professional broadcast apps, also.
Media 100 was another company that came on the scene later on the Mac
side.
What about titlers? I'm under the impression that,
until the mid-90's or
so, titlers were totally dedicated bits of hardware. Then came a lot of
packages for the PC and Amiga to do it in software and overlay it with a
genlock. I also remember that switchers and time base correctors were
needed for video back in the day. I understand the concept of a switcher
(easy) but a TBC? Was that because you had to have video timings exactly
matching before you could successfully show bits from both at the same
time (ie.. in an A/B roll) or was it for a completely different purpose ?
You got it!
Modern stuff sure fixes a lot!
--
Ethan O'Toole