RE: AppleScript and Video Capture?
RE: AppleScript and Video Capture?
- Subject: RE: AppleScript and Video Capture?
- From: Hellum Timothy <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 12:38:28 -0400
Hi,
We use for Formac ProTV (www.formac.com) card and software here on a beige
G3, but I suppose the card would work in a G4 as well. It was fairly cheap,
roughly $100, I think (US) and does reasonable videograbs. The software is
somewhat Applescriptable, and I have included the dictionary below to give
you an idea.
HTH,
Timothy
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From: Robert B. Parker
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Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 9:56 AM
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To: applescript users
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Subject: AppleScript and Video Capture?
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I've researched this issue with little luck, so here goes...
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I'm very familiar with Apple's Video Player application that allows
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certain
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S-Video enabled Macs (7500/8500, etc) to display and even capture images
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as
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stills or QuickTime movies. It's a great little app and it's also
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AppleScriptable. I'm currently working with a client that's using it to
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capture images from his microscope (which has an S-Video output) and then
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place the images into a FileMaker DB.
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The problem is that this same person wants to replace their aging 7500
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with
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a newer, shinier Mac (model to be determined). The second he does that,
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his
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nifty solution using Apple's Video Player/AppleScript/FileMaker breaks.
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I've already found several external boxes that can take the S-Video signal
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and convert it into something (FireWire???) that a newer Mac can deal
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with.
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Now all I then need to find an application which is AppleScriptable and
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allows image capture to occur. BTW, iMovie is NOT AppleScriptable.
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So...Anyone got any ideas on the hardware/software just described??? I'd
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love to hear about the solutions others are using and will summarize.
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Thanks!
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Robert B. Parker, Inc.
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email@hidden
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3809 N. LakeGrove Way cell: (208)
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866-1547
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Boise, ID 83713 FileMaker Pro Solutions
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Developer
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