[Fmpro] Canopus Box

[jon j kirch]

G,
If the movie is on a dvd it has been digitized. You would need a utility 
installed on your computer to lift or 'demux' the movie from the dvd to 
your computer. I use a free utility/application from squared5   
www.squared5.com  which is excellent.
Once the movie is in the computer you can use quicktime to view the 
movie. If you are using a scoring program ( finale) etc. The movie 
should lock to
the program and your ready to go.
If you want to output the movie to a tv monitor ( the one that has been 
lifted/demuxed), rather than have it play on your desktop, you will 
probably need an in/out box hooked up to your computer to drive the 
television monitor. I use an old miromotion card for this. There are 
many available including ones from Canopus. ( I've read many complaints 
about canopus but I can't speak to the complaints because I don't use one )
 If you have a digital video camera, you can put it between
your computer (via firewire) and your T V monitor ( via a cable which 
usually comes with the camera ) and be good.
For a dvd player, there are many inexpensive players that will work just 
fine. I use one from Coby which cost about $40.00 and has never let me down.

Good luck,
I'm sure others on the list will have recommendations as well.

jjk


Gaili Schoen wrote:

>Composers:
>To digitize movies from a DVD I've been told to buy a Canopus Box along with an external DVD player so that picture stays off the desktop. I'm not sure which Canopus Box to buy -- this is a pretty simple function. Or which DVD player to buy-- nto sure where the firewire connection should be-- between the canopus and the computer I'm assuming. Can anyone further advise me on this? Thanks, g
>
>Gaili Schoen
>Doubting Thomas Music
>www.gailischoen.com
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