AJA IO HD

[Jeremy Garchow]

Yes. Since the ioHD uses fw800 as it’s transfer protocol, only lower bandwidth codecs will fit in the fw800 pipe. Uncompressed HD is just too big.

Jeremy

[Mrbeaucham]

I suspect there is a good chance it will work with a Cinema Display. The ioHD has HDMI in/out. HDMI and DVI use the same encoding scheme and can be used interchangeably without a converter box. The primary difference being that HDMI carries audio as well. Should just need a cable or adapter to use a Cinema Display. Can’t wait to try it out. That is if they ever ship the damn thing.

-Erik Beauchamp

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[xtrmn8ngangl] “with the aja io hd can he hook up a mac cinema display and a reference monitor? ”

there are not any DVI ports on the IoHD for a cinema display – video outputs only – a DVI connection is only available from the host computer.

[Gary Adcock]

[gsummer1981] “Ahhhhh. So in order to playback and monitor HD, we will have to work in ProRes. That is the highest quality HD codec that is suupported (lower levels of HD such as DVCPro are not of use to us)?”

Thats what the device was designed for, Capture and playback of ProRes.

On a note of accuracy – you should be able to PLAYBACK uncompressed single link HD from a suitable desktop (the computer would need to be fast enough to handle your data)

We will know more as the release nears….

gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows

[Galen Summer]

Thanks, Gary. From my reading I understood that the device was being built around ProRes, but wanted to clarify that this was the “only” codec it would support. Sometimes people latch onto buzz words in their marketing, you know? I guess we will know more when it comes out, but as for our purchase I think we may go with a Kona 3.

Thx,

galen

[Jeremy Garchow]

[gsummer1981] “but wanted to clarify that this was the “only” codec it would support.”

No. it supports everything EXCEPT uncompressed HD that Final Cut supports.

Jeremy

[Galen Summer]

I think I created confusion with my use of quotes there. I know it isn’t the only codec it supports, but it is the highest flavor of HD that it supports, which I’m sure is great for editing HD and amazing that it can be done on a laptop, but we need to be able to view and occasionally output 10-bit uncompressed.

[Jeremy Garchow]

Then the Kona3 will set you free.

[Gary Adcock]

[gsummer1981] “From my reading I understood that the device was being built around ProRes, but wanted to clarify that this was the “only” codec it would support.”

Let me make this CLEAR

Uncompressed SD content can be handled without issue.

***** The IoHD will ONLY capture HD content in ProRes. *******

Uncompressed HD has to be passed thru the ProRes engine so in effect it is still compressed.

gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows

[Jimmy Brunger]

Sorry to butt into this conversation guys, but I am just starting to look at IoHD to accompany the top-end MBP, as part of a home set-up mainly using After Effects/Photoshop & some Premiere if it’s support in uncompressed SD on IoHD? I come from a PC background, but used mac at university and feel a MBP would be my best fit as I start to work more from home and possibly on the move…Final Cut is not out of the question of course, but as Adobe have moved back into Mac territory and my familiarity with their suite I wondered if it might work with IoHD?

What else will I need in my setup to edit/composite uncompressed SD and possibly later ProResHQ 1080?

My plan is to get the MBP first, then later add SPDIF monitors and possibly a 24″ Dell LCD for extra screen space and/or use as a HD ref monitor. Might have to get a 2nd hand SD CRT in the meantime.

What kind of external RAID do people recommend with this config? I’m unsure what this Expresscard/34 slot actually plugs into?…

i’d initially looked at a BMD Multibridge for i/o and monitoring initially, but it only works with PCIExpress…is this the same thing when used with an adapter? Plus if I went this direction then I’d have to go for FW800 RAID…is this better/worse/same as an eSATA RAID?

Thoughts guys? Or should I really be looking at a Mac Pro desktop? I’m not going to be editing uncompressed HD, so thought MBP would be best all round solution…

Sorry for multitude of questions, but I really want to get this purchase right…it’s coming out of my own pocket!

Thanks.

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[Jake Kassen]

Is it possible to mix ProRes and DVCPro HD on the same timeline and still be able to output via the IO HD without rendering? We are thinking of getting a IO HD primarily for monitoring DVCPro HD captured to firestore drives but we might need to capture HD every once in a while.

Also, anyone know a ship date for IO HD?