[Ham-Mac] New NBTV Software (Tiger version)

[Sergei Ludanov]

Playing with new 10.4 APIs for image and video processing I rewrote  
NBTV programs that I released a while ago to take advantages of those  
APIs.

NBTVSource is used to generate NBTV video. It can use various sources  
for input: video from iSight camera, still images (need to be in  
folder ~/Pictures/NBTV Images) and QuickTime movies (need to be in  
folder ~/Movies/NBTV Movies). Also it generates test patterns and  
produces slide show from still images. Now program supports 22, 32,  
44 and 64 line video in monochrome and 3 color formats. Output is  
transmitted through audio port.

NBTVMonitor is a companion application to NBTVSource is used to  
display video received from audio port. Supports all formats that  
NBTVSource generates.

Both programs use CoreImage framework and QuartzComposer compositions  
to process and render video, so they will run on OS X 10.4 only.
I am not sure if they will run on machines that do not support  
CoreImage and Quartz Extreme. My PowerBook happens to support them,  
so I have not try on Mac that does not.

Both programs are freeware and available for download from http:// 
homepage.mac.com/kd6cji
File names are NBTV Monitor Tiger.zip and NBTV Source Tiger.zip

Questions, comments, complaints, feedback will be greatly  
appreciated: kd6cji at mac.com

Thanks for reading.

73 de Sergei KD6CJI