• Blackmagic Design

  Closed Captioning & Timecode

  Posted by Chase Maser on September 30, 2009 at 5:39 pm

  Spoke to B&H photo about getting a black magic card. They gave me an option between a.

  Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro HDMI and Analog Editing Card w/ Breakout Cable.

  – This will work with the deck that we have, but will not send timecode.

  &

  Blackmagic Design DeckLink HD Extreme

  -This will send timecode.

  The intensity pro is closer to our budget. The reason we need a card is we will be sending out Beta sp tapes to broadcast networks and satellite distributors. The tape will include a television show (720×486) with closed captioning. I’m trying to figure out if the extra money is necessary. We’re a small production company, and some features of the HD extreme are overkill for our needs.

  P.S. Our deck

  Sony BETACAM SP #UVW-1800

  Kristian Lam replied 16 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Kristian Lam

  September 30, 2009 at 11:15 pm

  Hi,

  You’re better off with the DeckLink Studio card for US$695 RRP if you can stretch your budget a bit more. For output to a BetaSP deck to broadcast networks, you really want something with RS422 deck control for frame accurate layback to tape.

  regards

  Kristian Lam
  Blackmagic Design

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