Decklink HD Extreme 3 capture problems

[Jon Felix]

Hi Joshua, thanks for your input – though I could have done with this earlier.

The issue did not seem to be about signal strength or stability. It seemed to be about the fact that it was PAL. NTSC Umatic and VHS worked just fine – even very badly recorded, old VHS tapes. PAL anything (through composite or S-Video connectors) did not.

I was going to try another card in the belief that it was a problem with just that card, but your post seems to suggest that I would have problems with any Decklink card (although why just on PAL sources?) I like everything else about the card – indeed I was very impressed with quality on the SDI HD side of things. I just need a card that can capture SD composite PAL and NTSC as well.

As there do not (yet) seem to have been an avalanch of complaints about your card from the PAL world (presumably it is on sale in my old country of England), is there a difference between the cards sold there from here (California)?

If you have a card that will do .. what it says on the box .. we will gladly have it!

Jon Felix
DIGIT Post
Marin County
CA

Jon Felix
DIGIT POST
Marin County, California

[Keith Wright]

Hi Joshua,

Yes the serial number of the board was 288300 and was returned to Jigsaw24 in the UK.

Hope this helps.

Keith