Video capturing from different video sources (Sun, SGI, etc)

[JP Hindin]

On Wed, 5 Nov 2008, Jason McBrien wrote:
> If you have a sun or SGI that outputs somewhat normal VGA, you could use
> something like an Avermedia Quickplay to convert it to SVHS and record from
> there.

If they outputted standard SVGA I'd just use a standard LCD panel ;)

Alas, no, the machines in question can only be relied upon to output
standard SGI and standard Sun video.

Thanks;

 - JP

> On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 11:11 AM, JP Hindin <jplist2008 at kiwigeek.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hey all;
> >
> > I've been wanting to do some video capturing from an SGI and have been
> > trying to work out the 'best way' (or, perhaps, the EASIEST way) of doing
> > it. The video I'm capturing is prior to the OS coming up (waffling around
> > the Command Monitor, etc), so I can't have the system itself help me out.
> >
> > If I had some LCD panels which spoke SGI I would simply sit a DV cam in
> > front of the LCD and record it - the quality should be acceptable - but I
> > don't (LCD since CRTs would have flicker, of course, when recorded). Plus,
> > I'd quite like to source video from Suns and other machinery.
> >
> > I imagine there really -isn't- a catch-all solution, but I'd love to have
> > the thoughts of the Geek Masses. I've never done video capture before in
> > any form, and have little experience with working with video at all to be
> > honest, so anything would help.
> >
> > Many thanks;
> >
> >  - JP
> >
> >
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