Richard Brooks wrote:

> I'm using POV animation features MUCH more than in the past and want to
> be able to render to directly to DV tape.
>
> In RENDER OPTIONS, provide RENDER TO DV option. Allowing user to select DV
> device (ieee 1394 connection), select format (NTSC, PAL, etc), and number of
> tape
> frames per renedered image).
>
> Image (or animation) would be rendered normally with resulting window output
> to
> DV device upon completion.
>
> There are several programs out for 3D Studio Max that do this (although they
> use LANC
> or RS-232 controlled frame accurate VCRs). The programming should not be too
> difficult
> if the Windows 2000 DirectShow APIs are used.
>
> This would yield crisp, clean, uncompressed animations without the need for
> CMPEG,
> Priemere, etc.
>
> Any ideas? Foreseeable problems? Comments?
>
> PS: Source code help would be a great boost! Iv'e been out of C programming
> for a while!!

Maybe an external program. A post-render step thing, or such.

Send me a DV output device and I'll help.  :-)

(Seriously, I've programmed this in the past with different pro hardware, but
that was at the time that 3DS was still R3, and not Max)


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But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.

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