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From: jkrutz@meta.burner.com (Jamie Krutz) ()
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Subject: Broadcaster Elite (was: speed??razor)
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In article <199604051834.NAA09677@norden1.com> Tim Krego <tkrego@norden1.com> writes:
> I'm starting to forget all that old Amiga hardware. Was the Broadcaster from
> DMI or something like that? Their first board was based on the TI 34010 chip
> I think?
Yep DMI did have a high res display card. I forget what it was called.
> I think I have a picture of their Broadcaster board, it had all
> kinds of cool ram and video options.
The Broadcaster (now called the Broadcaster Elite) is a motion jpeg
card based on an LSI Logic chipset. It was begun by DMI but is now
made by Applied Magic, Inc. I wrote a manual for the Elite and
Producer (the editing software) a while ago. They added on to what I
wrote and made it into an AmigaGuide document (lost all my cool
formatting, but nice to have in online interactive form).
> What kind of quality does it have?
Similar to other high-end motion jpeg boards on other platforms.
4-6 megs/sec. They also have an external array solution
that lets it chug along at 8 megs/sec (looks very good, also supposed
to work with the Flyer, BTW). They also have a new digital audio
card with digital i/o, 4 way panning to four analog outputs, automated
mixing/panning, and effects rendering acceleration.
The editing software has really become useful in the last year. Lots
of new features.
There's a web site run by one of the programmers. You can see screen
shots and read specifications:
ftp://ftp.cts.com/pub/dan/index.html
This site is also accessible from the Amiga Web Directory: