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Date:         Sat, 25 Jan 97 19:52 PST
From:      Denis DeLaRoca                       <CSP1DWD@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU>
To:        Amancio Hasty <hasty@RAH.STAR-GATE.COM>
Cc:        multimedia@FREEBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Multimedia usage on FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <199701260353.TAA14461@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Sat, 25 Jan 1997 18:57:39 -0800,
   Amancio Hasty <hasty@RAH.STAR-GATE.COM> said:
>
> Video capture:
>   Hardware : Matrox Meteor PCI, Intel Smart Video Recorder III PCI,
> 	     Talisman MPEG Player.
> 	
>
>   Applications:
> 	o Save live images akeen to taking a picture.
> 	o Watch tv with the "tv"
> 	o audio/video conferencing with vic/vat using at ISDN speed
> 	o Play back CDI or VIDEOCD at 30fps with the Talisman MPEG Player.
> 	o metgrab -- only with the Matrox Meteor -- real time special
> 	  effects while capturing live video on PPRO 200MHz.

Re Metgrab, I thought the Matrox Meteor and PPRO 200Mhz combo was
a no-no, ie., would lock the system in question. Has that been fixed?

Re the Matrox and Intel cards, besides the better price are there
compelling technicals reason to choose the Intel card over the
Matrox?

I recall your mentioning the DMA programmable feature of the Intel
card, was it fun programming that, did you get to do anything clever
to optimize dma transfers?

-- Denis



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