[geeks] digicam envy

[Bill Bradford]

On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 11:50:00AM -0400, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> Really, I always thought it was pathetic for such a problem to exist
> in the first place.  If a glitch causes a performance drop, then why
> not just resend that frame rather than drop it?  But no, they had to
> act like it was real video rather than just a data stream fron another
> digital device.

Because its streaming (non-stoppable) from the camera.  If you miss a frame,
resend (from buffer, possibly), you're already behind...

A DV camera in "play" mode is not exactly random-access data..
Bill

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Bill Bradford     
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Austin, TX