Video window

The Video window (see Figure 1.18) is a simple window that allows you to monitor (preview) the video component of a project. With the appropriate hardware, the ontpnt from this window can be sent to another television monitor. There are no editing controls in this window. 

The Video window is the simplest window in ACID, having only a few buttons. The window is used only to preview the video from the timeline and cannot he used to preview video from the Explorer window. The Video window can be made visible from the View menu by clicking Video or by pressing Alt-I-4 on your keyboard. The Video window can he set to any size and can he resized by dragging the edges.. The video inside the window is locked into specific aspect ratios relative to the original source video to prevent distortion and improve playback performance. 

There should be a short pause before the video is displayed on your television. You can hide or minimize the Video window in ACID to regain workspace area and use the television exclusively for previewing. Figure 11.3 summarizes the configuration. 

In some cases, due to hardware issues, the video on the External Monitor might not be synchronized with the audio, which is obviously a critical issue in ACID. You should be very wary of this potential problem. If you notice that the video in the Video window in AQD is precisely synced with your audio, but the video on the external monitor is not, you can change the Sync offset to bring the video back in line. 

An X-ray image of a test object is converted by a X-ray TV unit (4), and complete video-signal from it is supplied to specialized computer (5). For conversion of X-ray images series X-ray vidicons LI-444 and LI-473 can be used or experimental X-ray vidicons of the same dimensions with a Be input window [2] sensitive to soft X-radiation developed in Introscopy Institute. >. ... 

While some video display screens such as liquid crystal, gas plasma or vacuum fluorescent displays do not present the same charged screen hazards as CRTs, this does not imply that they are safe for use in hazardous locations. This requires special design and certification for use with a given flammable atmosphere. Non-certified equipment used in locations classified as hazardous under Article 500 of NFPA 70 National Electrical Code require a purged or pressurized enclosure to control ignition hazards as described in NFPA 496 Standard for Purged and Pressurized Enclosures for Electrical Equipment. The screen in this case is located behind a window in the enclosure. 

Toxic operations must be supported by a good communications system. In laboratories where communications are inadequate, workers will naturally use "runners" for communication needs. This practice results in avoidable traffic in and out of toxic areas which increases the opportunities for contamination to spread. In emergencies, a phone or intercom can help ensure that assistance is tailored to the actual need. An "all purpose" response to an alarm will normally be less rapid at a time when speed may be of the essence. Video cameras trained on critical operations add a measure of safety, but annoy the workers who may feel that the purpose of the system is to "spy" on them. As a minimum, the laboratory doors should have windows so that entering personnel don t blunder into a rapidly developing scenario. 

The Website http //jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/Issues/1997/Aug/abs962.html explores simple laboratory demonstrations of electrochromism, whereas the commercial sites http //www.refr-spd.com/hgi-window.html, http //www.ntera.com/nano.pdf and http //www.saint-gobain-recherche.com/pages/angl/materia/mtintell.htm are more product oriented. Some contain pictures and video sequences. 

The components we use are made from other components. Figure 11.3 illustrates how a larger component (a video rental system) might be assembled by assembling components for membership, reservations, and stock management. We think of this as the upper interface it is the direct and visible connecting of parts that provide well-defined services. Examples of such upper interfaces are the public operations of a class, APIs of databases, windows systems, and, of course, the primary services offered by the membership, reservations, and stock management components. 

For visual observation of the cell interior through the sapphire windows a lamp mounted behind one end is used. A mirror and stereo microscope at the other end facilitate the observation. The microscope is equipped with a normal camera or a video camera. Normally the phenomena within the cell are continuously observed and controlled with video camera and colour monitor. A video recorder serves for documentation, for inspection of short time processes and for the production of standing flame pictures for size and shape determination. Instead of the microscope a Jarrell-Ash diode array rapid scan spectrometer can be attached to the cell to obtain flame spectra in the visible and UV-regions. 

Polyacetals and other engineering plastics cost about half that of cast metals, and are therefore used as replacements for cast metal-intense applications. They have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for contact with foods. Some of the uses of molded polyacetals are as valves, faucets, bearings, appliance parts, springs, automotive window brackets, hose clamps, hinges, video cassettes, tea kettles, chains, flush toilet float arms, gears, shower heads, pipe fittings, pasta machines, desktop staplers, and air gun parts. 

The last ATR cell described here in detail was designed for the study of catalytic reactions at high pressures and in particular in supercritical fluids. A schematic representation of the design is shown in Fig. 17 (76). An important issue in this type of reaction is the phase behavior of the system, which can have a large influence on the catalytic reaction 77,IS). The cell consists of a horizontal stainless-steel cylinder. It is designed to allow monitoring of the phase behavior via a video camera. For this purpose, one end of the cylinder is sealed with a sapphire window, behind... 

Windows 95, 98, or NT 4.0 Minimum Video 640x480 256 color display Recommended Video 800x600 l6-bit or higher color display Free Disk Space 12 Mb... 

This type of sensor utilizes a drastic increase in resistance at the point of dew condensation, since water absorption swells the polymers to counteract ohmic contact between carbon particles. This type sensor is now widely applied to humidity controling systems of video tape recorders or car windows. 

He had come downstairs for a break to watch Aphex Twin videos with a joint on the couch by the window. Tired and hungry after a four hour session ears still hot from the headphones, he waited smoking for the Professor to bring home pizza. Holmes was coming over later then they would go to Cake Cave. James wanted them all to join forces and put on a party called Shameless. A knock at the door, he must have left without his key. James went over and opened it to find two uniformed police officers standing there. The male one spoke first. 

Taking advantage of new technology by NetBlender, Physical Chemistry in Practice is an enhanced DVD that allows for standard video playback in a DVD player but also has an enhanced interface when used with a Microsoft Windows computer (Fig. 13.1). While any DVD player can play the video contained within, the enhanced interface provides access to the same video while adding flexibility of access and supporting content in other formats. The content of the enhanced interface is summarized in Table 13.1, and the major content sections are described in detail below. 

While the overall development used a Windows application programming interface, incompatibilities exist across platforms (Microsoft Windows, Apple OS X). For this reason, we opted to use a more standardized interface using HTML that would be more accessible, at the cost of a few features (pairing text to certain times in the videos and full-screen video). Aside from these two features, the HTML interface is identical to the enhanced interface, using the same color scheme and layout and containing the same content. 

Figure 3 shows video images of fiber growth made through a window at the top of the growth tube each dark circle defines the inner wall of the tube at a different time. Figure 3a was made after the growth tube had been exposed to the experimental conditions cited above for 9.5 h. Very thin fibers first became visible within 30 minutes (Figure 3b). These fibers continued to thicken with time and thus became more visible as the experiment was concluded.

Fig. 2, Laboratory setup for combustion synthesis. 1-reaction chamber 2-sample 3-base 4-quartz window 5-tungsten coil 6-power supply 7-video camera 8-video cassette recorder 9-video monitor 10-computer with data acquisition board 11-thermocouple 12-vacuum pump ...

The software will run on Windows-compatible PCs, under Windows 95, 98, or NT 4.0. Recommended configuration is 486 DX 66, 16 MB RAM (64 MB RAM for NT), SVGA monitor (16-bit colors with 640x480 minimum resolution), 4X CD-ROM, video card, sound card, and speakers. A Web browser (Netscape Navigator 4.0 or Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0) must be available to access the Index of Learning Styles component. 

This 80-column chip is for text only—it does not support bitmapped graphics or sprites. You can redefine the character set, though, and set up a small 640 X 48 simulated bitmapped window. The 80-column video chip uses 16K of dedicated screen memory, but none of the 128K memory is used for 80... 

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