Question from another list, Video Editing and the C-64
I had a question come through my OLD VTR's list that i do not know a definitive answer to, so i figured i would ask here. "Was the Commodore 64 ever used for video editing like the Amiga Was" Of course I know that the Amiga with a VideoToaster and its video switching and generation capability is NOT going to happen with a C-64 but, what about something with just simple machine control running the VTR/VCR through either an IR signal or conversion of the commodore's RS-232 serial into RS-422? Looking for something commercial or an easy to build project form the C-64's heyday. -- Matt Patoray Owner, MSP Productions KD8AMG
I had a question come through my OLD VTR's list that i do not know a definitive answer to, so i figured i would ask here.
"Was the Commodore 64 ever used for video editing like the Amiga Was"
Same question was on cctalk just now.
Of course I know that the Amiga with a VideoToaster and its video switching and generation capability is NOT going to happen with a C-64 but, what about something with just simple machine control running the VTR/VCR through either an IR signal or conversion of the commodore's RS-232 serial into RS-422?
Looking for something commercial or an easy to build project form the C-64's heyday.
VCF East exhibit?
Not sure about the C64, but back In the day we used an Atari 800 as a character generator for our high school local cable access channel. It output a pretty stable colorburst frequency so you could connect it to broadcast equipment without genlocking it unless you wanted to overlay it with another video source. Maybe you could do the same with the C64. On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 4:53 PM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I I had a question come through my OLD VTR's list that i do not know a
definitive answer to, so i figured i would ask here.
"Was the Commodore 64 ever used for video editing like the Amiga Was"
Same question was on cctalk just now.
Of course I know that the Amiga with a VideoToaster and its video switching
and generation capability is NOT going to happen with a C-64 but, what
about something with just simple machine control running the VTR/VCR
through either an IR signal or conversion of the commodore's RS-232 serial
into RS-422?
Looking for something commercial or an easy to build project form the
C-64's heyday.
VCF East exhibit?
On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I had a question come through my OLD VTR's list that i do not know a
definitive answer to, so i figured i would ask here.
"Was the Commodore 64 ever used for video editing like the Amiga Was"
Same question was on cctalk just now.
Of course I know that the Amiga with a VideoToaster and its video switching
and generation capability is NOT going to happen with a C-64 but, what about something with just simple machine control running the VTR/VCR through either an IR signal or conversion of the commodore's RS-232 serial into RS-422?
Looking for something commercial or an easy to build project form the C-64's heyday.
VCF East exhibit?
No just looking for the info regarding a commercial product or a magazine project not something that was one off and only that person ever used. -- Matt Patoray Owner, MSP Productions KD8AMG
On 1/11/2017 4:50 PM, Matt Patoray via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I had a question come through my OLD VTR's list that i do not know a definitive answer to, so i figured i would ask here.
"Was the Commodore 64 ever used for video editing like the Amiga Was"
Of course I know that the Amiga with a VideoToaster and its video switching and generation capability is NOT going to happen with a C-64 but, what about something with just simple machine control running the VTR/VCR through either an IR signal or conversion of the commodore's RS-232 serial into RS-422?
Looking for something commercial or an easy to build project form the C-64's heyday.
Just when I was about to say no cause I recall never seeing something back in the day... Dangit. The key was to search for genlock. Took a while to find. http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59920&sid=75bee10619a2b1ab1e756... http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/verry-genbox-genlock-scanntronic-23819... http://retroport.de/C64_C128_Scanntronik.html and some inspiration of C64 over other stuff, probably mixed on later video gear, right? https://www.facebook.com/LiquidLightLab/videos/10152466343616557/
On 1/11/2017 4:50 PM, Matt Patoray via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I had a question come through my OLD VTR's list that i do not know a definitive answer to, so i figured i would ask here.
"Was the Commodore 64 ever used for video editing like the Amiga Was"
Of course I know that the Amiga with a VideoToaster and its video switching and generation capability is NOT going to happen with a C-64 but, what about something with just simple machine control running the VTR/VCR through either an IR signal or conversion of the commodore's RS-232 serial into RS-422?
Looking for something commercial or an easy to build project form the C-64's heyday.
Just when I was about to say there weren't any video tools like the Amiga (Newtek ish?) because I don't recall seeing them I find these.. http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59920&sid=75bee10619a2b1ab1e756... http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/verry-genbox-genlock-scanntronic-23819... http://retroport.de/C64_C128_Scanntronik.html Dangit. The key was to search for genlock. Took a while to find.
What I remember from back in the day was Video Title Shop or Home Video producer. They just put titles and characters on the screen. On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Matt Patoray via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I had a question come through my OLD VTR's list that i do not know a definitive answer to, so i figured i would ask here.
"Was the Commodore 64 ever used for video editing like the Amiga Was"
Of course I know that the Amiga with a VideoToaster and its video switching and generation capability is NOT going to happen with a C-64 but, what about something with just simple machine control running the VTR/VCR through either an IR signal or conversion of the commodore's RS-232 serial into RS-422?
Looking for something commercial or an easy to build project form the C-64's heyday.
-- Matt Patoray Owner, MSP Productions KD8AMG
-- Jeff Brace - ark72axow@gmail.com
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