Quadra 660AV AV software? — #9

Post #9 by CelGen

Source Forum	Quadra 660AV AV software? — #9
Category	Hardware
Post Date	Thu, 4 Apr 2013 - 04:49
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/quadra-660av-av-software.27759/

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I'll say it again, since you didn't bother to read what was said first time:
Even the 840av with twice the vram and at nearly double the speed of the 660av is very poor at capturing video, stock. There were, however, Nubus cards that did compression in conjunction with the DSP, and together this allowed 30fps capture in the 840av. Stock, you are limited essentially to badly stuttering video or, in effect, to capturing stills well. Performance in the 660av will be even worse, though it will do audio well.

He didn't say if he wanted full-frame capture. He just wanted to know how to view and record video. I'm quite aware that all the 68K and early PPC macs sucked at proper video capture.

Where did I say that Premiere can't use the hardware in the machine?

Other products such as Adobe Premiere can be used, but note that you are not going to be able to capture much in the way of video without an additional Nubus card made specifically for the AV machines, especially with a 660av.

Sounds to me like "it won't work unless you get a NuBus card first.", which if taken too seriously means locating two hard to find and very expensive parts.

What I'm trying to say is IT WILL WORK, I HAVE DONE IT, BUT DON'T EXPECT MIRACLES.