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DeckLink Extreme Vs Axio LE
I’m trying to decide between Decklink Extreme and Axio LE for editing with Premere pro. I expect to do both 1080P work and HDV projects. Besides being only 8 bit and costing about $2K more, what does the Axio LE offer? Is there anyone who has done a comparison?
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most of visual effect from the decklink are cpu-dependent.
Axio le has hardware acceleration.
Decklink extreme is only sd definition (for hd thnik multiridge extreme)
Axio LE can do hd.
decklink has 10 bits capture.
axio is 8 bits.
decklink is crossplatform (mac/pc)
Axio not (only pc)
regards
oscar
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Ted,
It will offer a slew of effects. Something Decklink does not have. Effects aside, having worked with both Decklink and Matrox, you’ll have to decide if gainig Matrox 3D effects, limited to 8-bit, and shelling out an extra $2K more is worth it. I’ve used a Matrox system for 5 years and apart from little gremlins from time to time that would pop up, it served me well. I’ve only been using Decklink for about six months and so far I’m happy with the results it gives me. My only issue is not building the right system for the unit I purchased (its something I’m fixing this week), other than that I’m pretty happy with the system. It really comes down a personal decision, some research and hopefully someone a bit more knowledgable then myself. Good luck with which ever system you decide to build. Oh, I almost forgot that within the next 2-weeks I too will be purchasing an Multibridge Extreme unit to go along with my Multibridge SD.
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Oscar and Alan,
Thanks for the feedback.I should have said Decklink Multibridge Extreme vs Axio LE.
My effects will mostly be limited to slow motion, color correction, titles, & blurring background shots, Panning & scanning stills, zooming shots in to mix standard def 4:3 material with 16:9, and mixing 1080P, HDV 1080i and standard NTSC all in the same timeline. Will Axio offer much improvement?
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I’d say if 8bit is good enough, and you do a lot of these effects, get the Axio.
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Also keep in mind that Axio LE supports HDV native editing, plus you can mix HDV, DVCPRO HD, Uncompressed and MPEG-2 compressed on the same timeline without rendering. Because DeckLink is a basic I/O solution, if you mix formats you are going to have to render. Also, if you capture using native HDV with Premiere Pro, DeckLink will ignore this as it only works with uncompressed HD and not HDV. Like i said, Axio LE will capture, edit and output HDV without any problems so you can see your HDV edit on an output monitor while editiing.
Even if you don’t use any of the effects that Axio LE gives you, this alone may sway it for you.
Regards,
Chris
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Interessting diskussion
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Erik,
My guess is that it is not. Part of the “lower” priced, or some would say scaled down version of this AXIO system is that it is 8-bit and that is it.
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That is an interesting question. I asked on another forum if it would be possible to use the PP2 software renderer when working with the Axio Le on another forum here at the Cow but I never got an answer. Would Matrox really have disabled the software renderer in PP2?
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Well, if it doesn’t handle 8-bit it doesn’t.
My biggest question off them all is when an AXIO-type solution will come to Final Cut. According to Maxtrox at IBC Apple was redundant to have such solutions in FCP since Maxtrox does do alot of things “on there own”. A non-matrox system might not have the same pluginset as a Maxtrox system does, for instance.
Is this something someone here as insight to? Would an edit on a Maxtrox Axio LE/Premier Pro 2 “just work” to open on another Premier Pro system? We’ve done this quite a few time on Final Cut (AJA <-> Cinewave <-> Blackmagic), works like charm usually. This is both edits, effekts AND media.
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