• Blackmagic Design

  Decklink SP and DVCPro HD

  Posted by Ben Slatkin on April 15, 2005 at 11:26 am

  I have a Dual 1Ghz G4 with a Decklink SP card and a Huge dual SCSI raid array.
  I also have a client who wants to shoot our next project with a Varicam DVCPro HD camera.

  We only have to deliver on DVD.

  I know that if we rent a Panasonic deck we can get the DVCProHD footage into FCP, but my question is about using an external monitor- if I hook it up to my Decklink card, will I be able to monitor the HD footage on my standard def. Sony monitor?

  And if not, can someone explain this paragraph from the Decklink website? I guess I don’t understand where in the process their downconversion takes place:
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  All DeckLink cards feature our new full broadcast quality down conversion, so you can instantly master HD edits to standard definition in Mac OS X. Even the original DeckLink $295 card can play back uncompressed HD files and then down convert to standard definition. That’s perfect when you

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