VCF Southwest 2026, but Edited on Silicon Graphics for '90s TV [video]
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JDjdboydvor 17 Stunden
The video editing software in the video is SGO Jaleo. I've read about its existence, but I don't think I've ever been able to find a demo of someone using it before, so that was really cool to see. With regard to how the video was captured, there was a Firewire card option for the O2. I believe a number of cheap cards were compatible with the official one. I suspect it would have made capturing harder, not easier, given that they had a VTR with SDI output though.
ZDzdwvor 14 Stunden
The nVME kernel module and stack of adapters to go from PCI -> PCIe -> m2 was one of the most impressive hacks in this video.
It's kinda amazing how many older OS's are getting drivers and patches for newer hardware - Windows 98 and NT got newer USB revisions and nVME in the last few years as well.
CHChuckMcMvor 14 Stunden
Something that I appreciated was that when you had a setup for a particular task, all of the knobs and controls were in service of that task (for the most part). So you could put together a video editing station (which an acquaintance of mine did) but the extravagance was that it was this expensive gear that really did one thing well. While today you could put together a Raspberry Pi 5 setup to do video editing with all the knobs and controls of the switchers and editors back in the day, and it would be very affordable and just as functional.
T1t1234svor 9 Stunden
Anyone here lucky enough to have an SGI workstation as their daily driver in the 90's?
EXExoristosvor 16 Stunden
I have an SGI O2 sitting in my closet. Unfortunately, I gutted the case with the idea of inserting a micro-PC, but I kept all the parts and hope to restore it to original state some day.
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The video editing software in the video is SGO Jaleo. I've read about its existence, but I don't think I've ever been able to find a demo of someone using it before, so that was really cool to see. With regard to how the video was captured, there was a Firewire card option for the O2. I believe a number of cheap cards were compatible with the official one. I suspect it would have made capturing harder, not easier, given that they had a VTR with SDI output though.
The nVME kernel module and stack of adapters to go from PCI -> PCIe -> m2 was one of the most impressive hacks in this video. It's kinda amazing how many older OS's are getting drivers and patches for newer hardware - Windows 98 and NT got newer USB revisions and nVME in the last few years as well.
Something that I appreciated was that when you had a setup for a particular task, all of the knobs and controls were in service of that task (for the most part). So you could put together a video editing station (which an acquaintance of mine did) but the extravagance was that it was this expensive gear that really did one thing well. While today you could put together a Raspberry Pi 5 setup to do video editing with all the knobs and controls of the switchers and editors back in the day, and it would be very affordable and just as functional.
Anyone here lucky enough to have an SGI workstation as their daily driver in the 90's?
I have an SGI O2 sitting in my closet. Unfortunately, I gutted the case with the idea of inserting a micro-PC, but I kept all the parts and hope to restore it to original state some day.