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  • Noah Kadner

    December 1, 2011 at 11:39 pm

    What do you mean- to which device and from which device? Generally speaking you need specific hardware to capture and record an HDMI signal.

    Noah

    Call Box Training.
    Featuring the Panasonic GH2 and GoPro HD Hero.

  • Richard Cardonna

    December 2, 2011 at 1:34 am

    FRom a af100 to pc with app with hdmi capture capabilities. If the signal leaves the camera through as 422 then the ccapture app material would be 422. So no ninja or similar.

    Of course you will have to record tehhered to laptop. Imagine if adobe encore could do this or a similar product.

    Richard

  • Brent Dunn

    December 5, 2011 at 7:29 pm

    If you recorded in 4.2.0 it doesn’t matter which out you use, it’s still 4.2.0. Just use your media card reader, copy the footage over and import to your software.

    You can set your software such as Final Cut Pro to 4.2.2, but your source footage is still 4.2.0 that has been upconverted. It doesn’t improve your footage.

    You need an external recorder tethered to the camera while recording to get true 4.2.2 recording into that recorder.

    Brent Dunn
    Owner / Director / Editor
    DunnRight Films
    DunnRight Video.com
    Video Marketing Toolbox.net

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    with Final Cut Studio

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  • Richard Cardonna

    December 12, 2011 at 1:38 am

    I understand that the signal comming out through the hdmi or sdi does not go through the cameras compresion system thus comes out with a higher quality, The recorder just transcode to another codec.

    rc

  • Noah Kadner

    December 13, 2011 at 3:19 am

    Only the live signal- once it’s recording onto a card- doesn’t make a difference.

    Noah

    Call Box Training.
    Featuring the Panasonic GH2 and GoPro HD Hero.

  • Richard Cardonna

    December 13, 2011 at 11:03 am

    If I record from the live signal to the computer via hdmi then I should have at least a 4.2.2 signal right?

    So nnow all I need is a program that can capture through the hdmi interface.

    Does anyone know of such a program?

    Richarrd

  • Jeff Pulera

    December 13, 2011 at 6:50 pm

    Hi Richard,

    I believe the way your question is phrased may be causing some confusion – a software app has nothing to do with HDMI capture – you need specialized hardware for that. Some people assume that if their computer graphics card has an HDMI port, that it can somehow be used for recording, but those are output only, not sure if that was your angle?

    There are HDMI capture cards from Matrox, BlackMagic, AJA, MOTU, but most are PCI-e cards that do not connect to a laptop. Matrox and MOTU have the option to use an ExpressCard34 adapter, and BlackMagic has the Intensity Shuttle with USB 3.0, though that can be finicky about which USB 3.0 chipset it works well with.

    But you are correct in theory – with an MXO2 Mini for instance connected to laptop, you CAN take the HDMI out from camera during a live shoot and record direct to the computer with 4:2:2 using a better quality codec than the camera has.

    I have done this myself, albeit with a workstation and not a laptop. Hardly portable, but you work with what you have! I had a long weekend shooting 6 dance recital shows and figured I could save about 15 hours by not having to capture all the HDV tapes, so brought my workstation and MXO2 Mini and recorded “live” to PC, and footage was immediately ready for edit then! In fact, between shows I was putting together little highlights of the shows and putting them on the HD display out in the lobby. Didn’t hurt sales!

    Thanks

    Jeff Pulera
    Safe Harbor

  • Richard Cardonna

    December 14, 2011 at 10:59 am

    Well my commputer has an express port where I can fit an hdmi card. But I know of no editing aplication or utility that can capturture from hdmi only usb,fw. I am asking if anyone knows of such software,

    Thanks

    RC

  • Jeff Pulera

    December 14, 2011 at 2:52 pm

    Hi RC,

    I’m still not sure what you mean by “my computer has an express port where I can fit an hdmi card”.

    Computers don’t typically have HDMI Inputs. If you add any of the hardware I had mentioned, then there are some software options. Matrox and Black Magic both work with Adobe Premiere, but also have their own capture utilities. I should also have mentioned Grass Valley as they have cards that work with their own EDIUS software.

    Jeff Pulera
    Safe Harbor

  • David Speace

    December 20, 2011 at 6:35 pm

    Blackmagic’s Hyperdeck Shuttle would answer you question! There is a review of it in Post Magazine. https://www.postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-Magazine/2011/December-1-2011/Review-Blackmagics-HyperDeck-Shuttle.aspx

    Dave Speace
    Producer/Director/DP
    DZP Video

    Windows 7, 64 Bit, i7 8 Core, 16Gb Ram, GeForce 4800

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