• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  incorporating FCP with various i/o signals

  Posted by Craig Galbraith on November 24, 2005 at 8:46 am

  Hi
  I am looking at switching across to Final Cut Studio on Mac G5 from my Matrox digisuite system. I just don’t know how I can incorporate all that I have on the digisuite’s signal i/o (component, composite; SDI; miniDV) with HD& HDV fire wire options that the Mac has. Is there a breakout box or a card that allows these i/o signal options & the HD?
  thanks for the advice
  Craig Galbraith

  Shane Ross replied 20 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Shane Ross

  November 24, 2005 at 9:35 am

  I don’t think that you will be able to use your Matrox setup with the current G5s (PCIe) or most recent versions (PCI-X) and Final Cut Pro. You’ll have to call Matrox and find out. Searching their site for product information on the Digisuite drew pages that were no longer available on their server.

  You might be looking at a new capture card. Three companies exist that make good ones: Aurora, AJA and Decklink.

  Are you looking to do SD or HD?

  One cool think about the AJA I/O is that you have all your connections: Composite, component, SDI…on the AJA Box, and it feeds the signal to the G5 via firewire 400. So the AJA I/O can be used on several Macs, unline the Decklink or Aurora cards that need to be installed in the computer. But, the are all good solutions.

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