Details For Tech-Savvys
By
Uwe Scheffel,
published on July 30, 2001
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: digital, video, editing
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: digital, video, editing
Contents
- 1. Analog Technology Is A Dead-end
- 2. The RT2500 Card Up Close And Personal
- 3. Hardware Installation
- 4. Hardware Installation (Cont'd)
- 5. Monitors And Breakout-Box
- 6. Connecting IEEE1394/FireWire Cameras
- 7. Details For Tech-Savvys
- 8. Lessons In Patience: Software Installation
- 9. Hard Drive Storage Space And Transfer Rates Requirements
- 10. Video Editing With Adobe Premiere
- 11. Converting Raw Material
- 12. Timeline
- 13. Realtime Effects (Cont'd)
- 14. Realtime Effects(Cont'd)
- 15. Realtime Effects (Cont'd)
- 16. Adding Text And Credits Using The Inscriber
- 17. Inscriber (Adding Text And Closing Credits)
- 18. Export Formats For Finished Video Productions
- 19. RealPlayer
- 20. Windows Mediaplayer
- 21. Ligos MPEG-2 Encoder
- 22. Ligos MPEG-2 Encoder (Cont'd)
- 23. Cleaner
- 24. Sound And DVD Authoring
- 25. Conclusion - Low Price, Complicated Installation
7. Details For Tech-Savvys
The following information will probably be more interesting for tech-savvy users.
These two chips from Texas Instruments (TI) ensure IEEE1394/FireWire functionality.
The heart of the RT2500 card is the C-Cube DV Xpress MX. This chip plays video streams and effectively takes up some of the processing load away from the CPU. The Flex 3D is responsible for effects.
You see in this screenshot that, in addition to the C-Cube chip, Matrox's G400 graphics chip lurks just under the heat sink. This chip provides TV-out features for the television monitor. It is not, however, used as a standard graphics chip.
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