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Decklink extreme w/ G4 FW800
On a budget here and need a card with both component and SDI. Decklink Extreme seems to be the best bet. However, I only have a G4 FW800 to put it in. A Promax salesman advised me against it and said they wouldn’t recommend it for a G4 and wouldn’t even sell it to me. Maybe they’re just being cautious…
Has anyone used a Decklink Extreme with a FW800 before and if so were there any problems?
Upgrading to a G5 isn’t in the budget right now.
Thanks,
Kurt
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1 Reply
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Hi Kurt,
If you are running Mac OS X 10.3.8 and FCP 4.5, then any G4/800 MHz dual processor or faster will be fine with the DeckLink Extreme. If you are running Mac OS X 10.4.3 and FCP 5, then a dual processor G4/1.25 GHz or faster will be fine with the DeckLink Extreme.
The FW800 drive might or might not be fast enough for uncompressed 10-bit capture. It would probably be fine for 8-bit uncompressed or alternatively you could capture in any of the DV, DV50 or PhotoJPEG formats.
Regards,
Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design
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