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OpenGear UpDownCross converter — Closed Captions
Here’s a question: we just received four of the OpenGear UpDownCross converters, and have discovered that captions pass properly in some combinations of input and output formats, but not all. Setting aside PAL, here’s what we find:
1080i in, any format out: OK
720p in, 720p out: OK
720p in, NTSC or 1080i out: no captions
NTSC in, NTSC out: OK
NTSC in, 720p or 1080i out: no captionsIs this a known issue, and is there a fix in the works? We are legally required to broadcast captions, so this is unacceptable; if there isn’t a solution forthcoming very soon, we will need to return these and buy FS1s (which I would prefer not to do).
One other FYI: as of this morning, there is no documentation on the web site that includes this product, and the most recent software doesn’t recognize it… so we’re rather in the dark here.
Thanks,
Jeff Hartman
Engineering Project Manager
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Ouch! As it is, we have a rack and a half filled with FS1s (we’re a regional centralcasting hub, so we’re both sending and receiving every format short of PAL. It’s funny you say this, though: I’ve been wondering if they will wind up swallowing Evertz.
— Jeff
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Hey All,
Just wanted to let you know we have confirmed this behavior in our QA labs. We are working on determining how long it will take to fix. It will likely not be in the next release, but the one after. I don’t have any firm dates on that yet.
Sincerely,
Joshua
Director of Support
Blackmagic Design Inc. -
Glad you were able to confirm our findings.
While you’re looking at this particular card, how about also adding some control over the reference: in particular, the ability to explicitly choose frame 1, frame 2, or the card’s direct BNC input? And second, to be able to control the output timing? As a practical matter, a synchronizer is much more useful if you can actually set it to be in a particular phase relationship to other sources.
Thanks,
Jeff
Jeff Hartman
Engineering Project Manager
Newport Television, Northeast -
I think that has been logged as a feature request already. Obviously the bug fix is our top concern currently.
Sincerely,
Joshua
Director of Support
Blackmagic Design Inc. -
Excellent. Thanks!
— Jeff
Jeff Hartman
Engineering Project Manager
Newport Television, Northeast -
I found this thread from 2011 and chose to reply to it to illustrate the likelihood of Blackmagic fixing this closed caption bug ever.
I ran into the problem of 720P to NTSC captions not converting. Blackmagic phone support told me today that has already been reported and they are working on a fix. Yes, for about 5 years…
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