Best way to get all 4 audio channels from DigiBeta

[Baz Leffler]

PPro or FCP?

What would I do without the ‘UNDO’ button!!!!

[Geert Van den berg]

I am also using FCP.

But sometimes a simpler application without all the bells and whistles is all that is needed, also without the need without starting a new project which then makes a new capture scratch folder etc. (I now use just one Ingest project, so then it is less problematic, but still…)

I like Deck Control, but can’t use it due to it only capturing the first 2 tracks.

Also Deck Control is handy for capturing stills in PSD format. I like to ingest materiaal and stills without having to switch between FCP and Deck Control, which can’t be run at the same time.

[Vladimir Novikov]

Greet, you write EXACTLY what I mean. While FCP is a great tool, sometimes one just wants to use a simple utility to capture footage and execute some other simple tasks. BlackMagic Deck Control is such an utility, but this unawareness of the channels 3 and 4 bothers me a lot.

If someone from BlackMagic reads this, PLEASE give us the possibility to capture all available audio channels. It will also allow us to dedicate one machine to capture, while editing on another one.

[Kristian Lam]

Hi,

We hear you guys, hence we will be releasing Media Express 2.0 which will replace Blackmagic Deck Control. Not only will it capture more than 2 channels of audio, it will also have batch capture and playlist functionality.

Did I mention it’s free?

regards

Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design

[Vladimir Novikov]

Kristian, thank you for bringing us good news. I’ve seen the info about Media Express 2.0, but didn’t notice this specific function’s availability. I was more concentrated on Linux support, also a good news for me, because I have an old G4 PM dedicated to Capture. Now I can replace it by a PCI-X compatible PC running Linux, if needed.

[Deleted User]

What about capture of Time code via the new Media Express 2.0? Where the timecode is captured and written to the AVI or MOV file? As when I captured HDCAM SR recentley via media Express I was only to find out that no time-code was captured. So each clip started at 00:00:00:00 for a product to not capture time-code when working in film and tv is pointless as it’s the fundamentals of editing.

Leo