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From: jdm@gryphon.COM (John Mesiavech)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: LIVE! digitizer
Message-ID: <18946@gryphon.COM>
Date: 17 Aug 89 10:21:16 GMT
References: <18622@gryphon.COM> <[24e38c6a:1063.1]un.amiga;1@tronsbox.UUCP> <13156@well.UUCP>
Reply-To: jdm@gryphon.COM (John Mesiavech)
Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA
Lines: 58
Summary:PP&S Frame Grabber is the one to get!

In article <13156@well.UUCP> shf@well.UUCP (Stuart H. Ferguson) writes:
>+-- tron1@tronsbox.UUCP (HIM) writes:
>|  [...] the Progressive
>| Peripherials frameGrabber is (IMHO) the best one on the market. While a bit
>| more expensive , the quality is well worth it!
>
>Question:  Can it be controlled from user software like Live! can?  A^2
>provided a shared library for getting at the Live! board.  Does PP do
>something similar with FG or can it only be accessed through the shrink-wrap
>software?  If it can't be controlled then it's almost useless for IP and
>video effects work.
>-- 
>		Stuart Ferguson		(shf@well.UUCP)
>		Action by HAVOC		(ferguson@metaphor.com)

 Stuart;
 
THe answer to your question about the PP&S FrameGrabber is an unqualified
yes.  The way to do it and what codes to send are in the FrameGrabber manual.
An excerpt:
 
(retyped without permission...so sue me!)
 
Lines used by the Parallel Port:
 
D0-D7, paper out, strobe.
 
D7 = Reset (0=reset,1=operate)
D6 = Digitize (transition from 0 to 1 triggers digitization)
D5 = Horiz. Lines Resolution (0=320,1=640)
D4 = Color Select (0=color, 1=B&W)
D3 = Overscan (0=normal,1=overscan)
D2 = Switch (0=Amiga,1=FrameGrabber) (this controls video output)
D1, D0 = Color Select for download (00=Off,01=Red,02=Green,03=Blue)
 
When Paper Out is high, commands are sent from the Amiga to the FG.
When paper Out is low, data is downloaded.  This automagically
generates a STROBE from the FG software, preparing the FG for the next
command.
 
Also in the manual are troubleshooting, information on the file formats that
the FG software currently understands (IFF,IMG8, IP, RAW).
 
All this is copyright PP&S, for the legal types.
 
John

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