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Capturing DVD via HDMI & Black Magic Intensity
I have tried using Handbrake in the past to rip video off of DVDs however I am never satisfied with the output. The images always come out overly compressed and washed out. I figure if I connect our dvd player to the HDMI input on the Blackmagic Card, I should be able to capture with no loss in quality. I changed my capture preset to Blackmagic NTSC – Uncompressed and device control preset to Non-Controllable Device. Realistically I should be able to press play on the DVD player and Capture Now in Final Cut. I have tried this and the screen is just black. As if it is not receiving input. Am I doing this correctly or am I missing something?
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Did you assign the Input on the card to the HDMI? On our Konas we have to assign which input to use.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR Apple Color Training DVD available now!
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I’m a big fan of MPEG streamclip… https://www.squared5.com/
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[David Grein] “I’m a big fan of MPEG streamclip… ” target=”_blank”>https://www.squared5.com/”
This does do a MUCH better job than Handbrake.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR Apple Color Training DVD available now!
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Walter, I don’t see anywhere in Final Cut where to assign the input aside from the Capture Presets. The card itself does not include any type of software from my understanding either. As for Mpeg Stream clip, I will try that and see how it looks. In the mean time, it would be great to figure out the Blackmagic card. We have yet to actually use it capturing. It’s primary function is to provide an output to our Panny Plasma.
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[Osmin Camero] “Walter, I don’t see anywhere in Final Cut where to assign the input aside from the Capture Presets. “
It’s not in FCP. With the Konas we have an AJA Control Panel where we assign the proper input. I have no idea how BMD stuff works because we don’t use it.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR Apple Color Training DVD available now!
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You have to set the BM input – this is found in your system preferences. Set input HDMI with HDMI, digital or analog audio.
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Apparently according to Blackmagic their card will not capture from a regular DVD due to copywrite protection. I guess I will be looking into one of the other above options.
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To change the input on blackmagic cards, you go to the computer’s system preferences and select the decklink icon under other.
-Russ
Russell Lasson
Ridgeline Digital Cinema Mastering
Universal Post
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Thank you all for your responses. I did find the “Intensity” icon in my system preferences that allowed me to select my input and output. Both are set properly but like I stated above, the card will not capture copywrite protected DVDs. It shows a black image in the log and capture window. I ended up using MacTheRipper to get the data files onto the hard drive, then I used MPEG Streamer to extract the parts that I needed.
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[Osmin Camero] “Apparently according to Blackmagic their card will not capture from a regular DVD due to copywrite protection.”
You can purchase a DVD player with an SDI output.
Sean
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