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Offline Ilwrath

Re: emualate from which program?
« on: June 10, 2004, 01:29:46 AM »
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Hrm. That might be the case, but wasn't it the poster's original intention to use that emulated Amiga for heavy duty stuff like graphics and video editing? Methinks it is a waste of time and resources to emulate another computer first then, especially if the platform already natively supports such applications.


Yeah... It doesn't make a lot of sense.  What the Amiga did really well video-wise was real-time editing, compositing, switching, etc.  But that's not something you can emulate, as you need the hardware, such as a Video Toaster, or even a genlock, etc.  You can't really emulate yourself a clean 15khz analog signal output.  ;-)
 

Offline Ilwrath

Re: emualate from which program?
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2004, 05:46:56 AM »
As far as I know, the AmigaOne isn't going to have this capability, either.  (Basically, the AmigaOne is just PowerPC reference board with a custom UBoot -- it doesn't have any on-board video, and uses standard PCI/AGP cards, like you'd find in any PC.)  Essentially, it would be the same as doing the editing on your regular PC.  (Provided you could even find the software to do it on an A1.)

If you want to do analog-type video effects / live switching / etc, the Video Toaster is about the most common solution.    This is why you still see them a lot in local cable studios.  Especially ones that use older cameras, or do live broadcasts.  They either have one of the Video Toaster cards for an original Amiga, or one of NewTek's newer PC/Windows-based VT cards.

But, if there isn't a specific reason you need analog video...  I'd recommend just handling it all 100% digital on a newer PC or Macintosh.  It's a hell of a lot easier (and cheaper) than messing around with time-base correcting various analog signals and such...  Burning digital video straight to DVD gives a lot nicer end product than sending 15khz analog video to tape.  (And if you need a tape, just make it from the DVD!  ;-) )
 

Offline Ilwrath

Re: emualate from which program?
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2004, 06:28:34 AM »
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Are there any way for a VTCard Amiga version(Zorro) of the toaster to run/compatible with the new Amiga1 baord


Nope.  No provision for Zorro or Video-slot cards on the AmigaOne.  (The video toaster is actually a video slot card, not a Zorro.)

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LightWave?


A cracked lightwave may run.  The original requires a dongle, and hence wouldn't run on AmigaOne.

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If not, would NewTek have any plans to build one?


NewTek currently has no plans for any Amiga products.  A PCI toaster would fit on an AmigaOne, but no software, means it wouldn't be usable.
 

Offline Ilwrath

Re: emualate from which program?
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2004, 11:12:20 PM »
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Did the Lightwave dongle use the parallel port like AutoCad on the PC used to?


I think it was a joystick port one, like Scala... But I'm not sure.  It's been quite a while since I used a stand-alone LightWave Amiga.