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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Sandman on November 20, 2009, 03:07:11 PM

Title: Help with VT Flyer
Post by: Sandman on November 20, 2009, 03:07:11 PM

Hi,

I have an A4000 with a video toaster 4000 and 2 tbc cards.  I have recently picked up a flyer card on ebay minus the octopus cable and software.  

Do I need that cable to hook the hard drives to the flyer. Is there a 'Dummies Guide' for this somewhere?  I have yet to find much in my Google searches.

Thanks!
Tim

Title: Re: Help with VT Flyer
Post by: T3000 on November 21, 2009, 10:41:37 PM

I assume you have an A4000D. Unfortunately you'll have to remove one of the TBCs cards as the Flyer card takes up two slots worth of space. You'll need the Octupus cable if you set up some kind of seperate SCSI box. Would recommend this route as the 3 extra HDs would put too much strain on the stock powersupply. Not to mention the heat generated by the Flyer, TBC and extra drives will cause problems.

Title: Re: Help with VT Flyer
Post by: Pyromania on November 21, 2009, 11:02:22 PM

In this situation the Flyer Mastery Guide is your friend.

http://www.softhut.com/cgi-bin/test/Web_store/web_store.cgi?page=catalog/other/books/FlyermasGui.html&cart_id=52674

If you stick will digital sources, MiniDV video camera, hard drive based video camera,  memory card based video camera, you will not even need TBC's.

Also, I would recommend you use Compact Flash cards instead of real hard drives if possible. You will of course need adapters to do that.

Title: Re: Help with VT Flyer
Post by: Crom00 on November 22, 2009, 12:05:36 AM

You might want to try Newtek. They actually have Video Toaster Flyers there and am told that the owner of the company belives in supporting even DIGI VIEW users if they call in with Amiga questions. Pretty cool!

You can also capture the video out from a calbe box, digital tv tuner, Sat reciever, Xbox, or game console without TBC's. Capture from a DVD player will require use of a TBC due to the Macrovision protection.

Hope all this helps and I've never configured a flyer using this updated tech. I  sold mine in 2004 or so. Should be fun. If you get a hold of Aura from newtek it will load flyer clips into a very Amiga like Paint program. You can paint directly on video frames with it.