Amiga Hardware DatabaseManufacturer Hama, Germany | Date 1994 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port, joystick port |
- video edit controller
- receives commands from the Amiga through the parallel port and converts them to serial data for the 7 pin mini-DIN player and recorder remote ports
- the video player must have an edit terminal, either 5 pin Edit (Panasonic), Control-L, Remote or LANC (Sony)
- the video recorder is controlled through its infra-red port, meaning:
- it cannot be connected in the same manner as the player
- single-frame accuracy can never be achieved, just &plusminus;4 frames
- the communication is one way, the Amiga does not receive any feedback from the recorder - any fluctuation in the deck's mechanism or skipping of the control track is not compensated for or spotted by the Amiga
- to keep frame drifting to a minimum, the software offers an auxiliary frame counter which lets the user compensate for the pre-roll and post-roll of both decks
- jog shuttle control - the start of cut-ins and finishing of cut-outs can be easily and accurately located
- cuts are added to and stored in an edit decision list (EDL)
- ARexx port
- takes power from the joystick port
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