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bearhugs28
Junior Member
USA
117 Posts |
 Posted - 01 Dec 2002 : 08:13:51
Driving home from work i saw this performa standing on it's side next to a carbagecan ! Took i home and fired it up, the thing works CD, floppy everything, it's got 7.5 installed on it. It has the tv tuner, the video in/out and everything.
Bert
Total 68K Macs liberated 3 Quadra 610
Centris 650 running OS 8.1
Performa 638CD running System 7.5 |
G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - 01 Dec 2002 : 11:20:48
Cool liberation!  Congratulations. Hmmm... I wonder if the TV Tuner and Apple Video Recorder are scriptable? If so, you could stuff in a big IDE drive, write a bit of Applescript, and the build your own TiVo box. It would be the perfect way to record, watch, and archive all of Apple's "Switching Over" TV ads. Cheers, G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist
by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way
Reserve Officer in 68kMLA Cantankerous Coot Contingent
& User of the Hockey Puck Mouse of Radial Symmetry |
jruschme
Junior Member
USA
196 Posts |
Posted - 03 Dec 2002 : 15:17:02
quote:
Hmmm... I wonder if the TV Tuner and Apple Video Recorder are scriptable? If so, you could stuff in a big IDE drive, write a bit of Applescript, and the build your own TiVo box.
It is... I was fooling around with a similar idea a while back and got far enough to determine that scripted recording was possible. A few potential issues, though: 1) How to set up timed execution (need something ala Unix's cron)
2) Can you pass parameters to an AppleScript? Ideally, you'd want a single script that could have start time/channel/duration sent to it. It'd never be TiVo, but could still be a cool hack. <<<john>>> |
thelip
Full Member
USA
729 Posts |
Posted - 03 Dec 2002 : 15:24:19
write something like sherlock to read tvguide.com and bam, you've got it made_______________________
Sgt. Thelip
Heavy Weapons Specialist - 950 division
Keeper of the MLA Tracker - mlatracker.dyndns.org |
alcoa
Full Member
Albania
543 Posts |
Posted - 03 Dec 2002 : 15:31:51
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It is... I was fooling around with a similar idea a while back and got far enough to determine that scripted recording was possible. A few potential issues, though:1) How to set up timed execution (need something ala Unix's cron)
2) Can you pass parameters to an AppleScript? Ideally, you'd want a single script that could have start time/channel/duration sent to it. It'd never be TiVo, but could still be a cool hack.
3) VidCap frame rates (even at resolutions smaller than 320x240) on this POS hardware (for VicCap, PlayThru is KILLER! ) makes archetypic flipbook animation (done on slate tablets in burnt stick by a Neanderthaler ) seem glassy smooth in comparison.  jt 
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 09 Dec 2002 : 06:04:45
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3) VidCap frame rates (even at resolutions smaller than 320x240) on this POS hardware (for VicCap, PlayThru is KILLER! ) makes archetypic flipbook animation (done on slate tablets in burnt stick by a Neanderthaler) seem glassy smooth in comparison.
Exactly. According to my experience, the Apple TV/Video System absolutely SUCKS for VidCap, (well at least on the LC040, anyway. I'm yet to try it on my shiny new full '040), but on my AppleVision 1710, playthrough absolutely ROCKS. Great liberation though! -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
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Performa 638CD
68k of the Week: kastegir's PowerBook 180.