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avid/mojo conection question
Hi,
I have Avid Express HD Pro with Mojo. I recently got rid of my beta deck (lack of any real use anymore) and this left the component inputs to my Mojo open. So I thought to connect other equipment. I have component equipment (DBS, DVD) going to the inputs of a JVC component AV switch box. From this I want to take the component out of the switch box and go to the component in of the Mojo.Then I would take the Mojo component out and come back to another component input on the switch box and finally I would take a s/video output (I have only two outputs on the switch-one component and one s/video) from the switch and go to the HDTV monitor.
I’ve attached a link to the drawing of how this might work. What I like to achieve is ability to record from DVD, record SD and HD from DBS.
My main question is back in Avid. With the capture tool what would I call this in the drop-down menu so that capture can recognize this? Also is all of this logical? Any help would be great.
-jay
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From your drawing I don’t see any huge “gotchas”. it should work. The only reason you would need to define the deck in your capture tool is if you had some method of controlling it via serial connection.
If your DVD is not serial controllable, then it doesn’t really matter to the AVID what it is. Just set the video and audio source to the correct setting in their drop downs and be aware the you will have to wild capture everything.
If you do have an industrial type DVD deck that has a 422 control port, then set the drop down to whatever type deck you have. The only DVD definition I have seen in the deck type dialog is the Pioneer SDI deck (that we use), but admittedly, I havn’t gone looking for anything else. But all this drop down does is tell the AVID how to talk to the deck for control purposes.
FWIW the avid does a great job of “Digital cut”ing to the Pioneer deck I mentioned above. We can do that as easily as digital cut to a bsp or digibeta. You just have to remember to tell the Digital cut tool that it should ignore time code. otherwise it will try to get TC from the DVD you are about to print to and that of course is impossible.
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