Computer Concepts Eagle M2, Руководство пользователя

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1. Introduction
What Eagle can do...
It can receive video signals from a wide variety of sources (from,
for example, a camcorder or VCR) and then:
• Display the moving image in a window on-screen. (You
can watch TV on your computer monitor.)
• Grab a single frame of the video.
• Record the moving image to disc for later replay to create a `
movie'. (You can save the image in raw, uncompressed
format or, if you have the Eidos extension software, in a
compressed format.)
When saving the movie, you can also save:
• the audio input associated with the video source,
• audio signals from an external source (such as a hi-fi
amplifier).
Eagle calls this the 'soundtrack'. (You can also save movies
without a soundtrack.)
You can play movies from disc, pausing and frame advancing as
required. Eagle is fully compatible with the Acorn Replay movie
format. (Eagle includes the Replay applications, licensed from
Acorn Computers Ltd.)
Using a different application, you can record sound samples from an
external source and manipulate them in a wide variety of ways. You
can save the samples to disc in any of several different
formats, some suitable for use on other types of computer.
Eagle provides a high-quality stereo sound output. Using this, you
can output sound samples to, for example, a hi-fi system.
Eagle also includes a MIDI interface. This lets you interface third
party software on the computer to MIDI-compatible peripherals
such as keyboards.
As with all new software, the best way to gain an appreciation of
the capabilities of these programs is to experiment. If you have any
problems, refer first to the troubleshooting sections of your
manuals. Remember that there are also separate ScanLight, Audio
Works and MIDI manuals.
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