exporting HD and SD from single timeline

[John Pale]

Both AJA Kona and Blackmagic Decklink cards output HD and downconverted SD simultaneously (on a separate connector)

Note that often graphics need to be remade for SD, so the convenience of doing it simultaneously might not be possible . Designing them in advance with SD in mind is a good idea.

[Shane Ross]

You don’t do this simultaneously. Because you will need to lay back frame accurately to a deck, with proper timecode and deck control…and you can only do that one at a time. You only have one deck control cable. So you need to output once to HD, and then once to SD. Or multiple times if you need to deliver multiple tapes.

I have had to output a show 5 times…because I needed to deliver four masters with different audio configurations, and one textless master.

Graphics won’t need to be redone…just downconvert the HD master. PAL is 16:9 in both HD and SD, so you are covered there.

Shane

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[Alex Elkins]

Hi Shane,

This is something I’ve hoped was possible and wonder if you have any idea whether such a thing exists – can you not get a RS-422 cable splitter so one could control 2 decks at once? Also on most decks there is a 9-pin control output – could you feasibly loop-through in the same way you can output the video signal to a monitor/DVD recorder etc at the same time as a dub??

This is all speculation and something I’ve tried and failed at achieving in the past. Nevertheless in my head it looks like it should be possible, although being an editor I have a tendency to be wildly optimistic.

Alex

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[Shane Ross]

Ah…right. I have seen this done in a MACHINE ROOM type environment, with routers and switchers and all sorts of fancy gear. I’m not sure how to do it for a single station sorta thing.

Shane

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[Saji Nair]

hi,
thanq everybody for responding to my post. Recording both the tapes at a time can save lot of time. Is their any option to split deck cantrol for both the decks?