Matt's Macs

At the Movies, Act 2

- 2001.03.29 - Tip Jar

This column was first published in the MUGOO Newsletter in October 2000.

Don't touch that mouse! Let's jump in. Several movies (well, snips from movies) can be found at http://home.att.net/~myperforma. Performa 635In order to view or hear the movies, either Movie Player 2.5.1, SimpleText 1.4, or QuickTime 2.5 software must be installed as a minimum!

There are several choices for creating movie files on my Performa. My choices are limited by the type of digitizing hardware used to convert data received from a device which is the source that generates or stores the audio/video data. The two parts must be compatible in order to create a readable file.

The table below matches digitizing hardware with the data source, whose output can be saved as a file that can be played by an appropriate application such as QuickTime.

Digitizing Hardware or Medium
Serial Port
Microphone Jack
TV Tuner
Video Card
CD-ROM
MPEG Card

Recording or Storage Device

QuickCam
X
Video Camera
X
X
TV
X
X
Microphone
X
CD-ROM
X
X
X
X
VCR/VHS Tape
X
X

The Connectix QuickCam is connected by a serial cable to the motherboard via the serial port. An Apple TV/Tuner Card is not required. The output is audio/video recorded as a "Quick Movie" file. Note that my QuickCam records in black and white as well as shades of gray.

Several different ways to record or retrieve video and/or sound are possible using the Apple TV/Tuner Card. Movies are recorded in millions of color by using a VHS video camera. I use a Panasonic PV-320D (circa 1987) video camera to either record video or as a VCR on the fly to play back previously recorded movies. I then hook the camera to the video card input ports using cables with RCA jacks. The output is a SimpleText movie file.

By hooking up a TV antenna, hooked into the TV card, which in turn, is installed directly onto the motherboard, my Performa can be used as a VCR to record a TV show, let's say M*A*S*H. The output again is a SimpleText movie file, albeit quite large. The same is true of audio files generated from using a plain talk microphone or CD-ROM the device to generate data that is then digitized. The files saved are large files.

Reading and playing back files is a matter of hardware and software. And fun to use!

Next Time: Software and editing movies.

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