[MacDV] Re: Premier... I think; Targa Cards, etc

[Mark M. Florida]

> on 4/9/03 8:49 AM, Mark M. Florida at markflo at mac.com wrote:
> 
>> This will happen if the capture system used a proprietary MJPEG card like
>> Media100, Targa2000 (old school?), etc.  If possible, you should have the
>> person who captured the video convert it into a non-proprietary CODEC like
>> Photo-JPEG (highest quality) or *Apple* MJPEGA or B.
>> 
>> Otherwise, if you can just find out what system was used to capture the
>> clip, you may be able to download a control panel or extension (for Mac OS
>> 9) that will allow you to work with the clip you already have.  That used to
>> be the case when I worked with Media100 and Targa2000 systems.
> 
> Can you share more about the Targa 2000 set up?  I just got one to play
> with, along with a Radius Telecast set up, and want to have fun with these
> legacy set ups

Just make sure you have some *FAST* drives (usually Ultra or Ultra Wide with
RAID-0), and you should do alright.  The old NuBus Targa2000 system I used
to use was *really* picky about drive speed -- would drop frames pretty
easily, but this was 7 years ago when drives weren't nearly as fast as they
are now.

- Mark