Editing Video Toaster (section)

== Video Toaster Flyer ==
For the second generation NewTek introduced the '''Video Toaster Flyer'''. The Flyer is a much more capable [[non-linear editing system]]. In addition to just processing live video signals, the Flyer makes use of [[hard drive]]s to store video clips as well as audio and allow complex scripted playback. The Flyer is capable of simultaneous dual-channel playback, which allows the Toaster's [[vision mixer|video switcher]] to perform transitions and other effects on [[digital video|video clips]] without the need for [[rendering (computer graphics)|rendering]].

The hardware component is again a card designed for the Amiga's [[Amiga Zorro II|Zorro II]] expansion slot, and was primarily designed by Charles Steinkuehler. The Flyer portion of the Video Toaster/Flyer combination is a complete computer of its own, having its own [[microprocessor]] and [[embedded software]], which was written by Marty Flickinger. Its hardware includes three embedded [[SCSI]] controllers. Two of these SCSI buses are used to store video data, and the third to store audio. The hard drives are thus connected to the Flyer directly and use a proprietary [[filesystem]] layout, rather than being connected to the Amiga's buses and were available as regular devices using the included [[DOS]] driver. The Flyer uses a proprietary [[wavelet transform#Wavelet compression|Wavelet compression]] [[algorithm]] known as VTASC, which was well-regarded at the time for offering better visual quality than comparable [[motion JPEG|motion-JPEG]]-based nonlinear editing systems.

One of the card's primary uses is for playing back [[LightWave 3D]] animations created in the Toaster.