• VEGAS Pro

  BlackMagic and Vegas Output: Requirements?

  Posted by Mike Calla on May 27, 2008 at 3:48 pm

  What requirements do i need to make BMD intensity card output my Vegas timeline, full frame rate? The Intensity’s price is so attractive, that i think its time to drop some $$$s on a new system soooo…

  What version of Vegas do i need?
  What HD codec should/can i use? (Filmed in HDV, edit as HDV?, YUV?…etc)
  – speaking of codecs: What hard drive requirements for said codec?
  How many Processors? One or (laugh:)a dozen?
  How much RAM?
  Any other computer requirements I’m completely missing?

  Thanks
  mike

  Mike Calla replied 17 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Douglas Spotted eagle

  May 27, 2008 at 5:20 pm

  BIG RAID is first step. Second step is clean machine.
  You’ll use the Sony YUV codec, and I’d recommend that you look at the Xena before the BMD. BMD makes a GREAT product, but their drivers are still fidgety, IMO.
  RAM is good, but with Windows XP, Vegas can’t access more than 2GB at a time anyway. Can’t tell you about Vista, not running Vista on our SDI machines.

  Douglas Spotted Eagle
  VASST

  Certified Sony Vegas Trainer
  Aerial Camera/Instructor
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  Mike Calla

  May 29, 2008 at 4:43 pm

  DOH:(

  Thanks DSE,

  Although I know AJA makes a very reputable product, the xena cards are too much for me; financially, technically, and availability wise!

  Financially: The breakout boxes for XENA cost more alone than the BMD Intensity itself!

  Technically: The amount of i/o is too much for me. True – i may in the future require HD-SDI i/o, but not now. Even for the preview I’d still need a SDI > HDMI/Component out converter to match to any monitor I’d likely use

  Availability: Unfortunately I’m not really in a place where i can just pick up an AJA product. I would have to order…

  However there is a BMD dealer here.

  Doh Doh Doh!

  How about graphics cards that can output a timeline like my old matrox card? I’m not up to date on graphics cards. Are graphics these days outputting HD timelines?

  I wish video was more like audio – Firewire or XLR everything and output via 10 gauge speaker cable:)

  thanks again DSE

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