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Edit setup
Hi all,
I’ve got a new iMac 1.66 whichi I’m happy with but looking for some way to out put my video to view on a composite monitor to get a better idea of my colours, whilst also having the ability to feed PPMs. Obviously I’m aware of the AJA IO etc, but what does anyone else use for this sort of purpose?
Any suggestions?
Thanks all
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3 Replies
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With an iMac your only options are the AJA I/O (SD only) and AJA I/O HD (HD and SD)…as they connect via firewire. Or, if you are working with DV, simply routing the signal through a camera or converter box (Canopus) will do the trick.
The problem is that the I/Os require the firewire bus be relegated to them and them alone. This means that you cannot connect any media drives to your system. And since you cannot connect the media drives and the I/O…you can’t really use these to monitor anything.
An iMac is a consumer computer…not meant for professional I/O. You can use it to edit easily enough…I know places with several editors on iMacs, but they always have 1 or more professional rigs with capture cards. MacPros in fully setup edit bays. Those bays do the capture and output, and people edit on the iMacs.
So…if you are using DV…you are in luck. Anything else…outta luck. Sorry
Shane
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Thanks for replying Shane. Just to clarify, I couldn’t run an AJA along side a Firewire storage system using a hub?
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Nope. The hub does nothing. All Macs…every one…has one firewire bus. They might have more than one port, but all are tied to one firewire bus. The only way to have multiple FW devices connected on multiple busses is to get a firewire card…and the only machines that are expandable are the MacPRos and MacBook Pros. The only thing you can expand on an iMac is RAM.
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def
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