External preview on ASUS G2S-B2 HDMI output

[Vince Becquiot]

For HDMI output, you’ll need a Black Magic Intensity card (Probably worth all of its small cost).

I doubt Premiere will let you choose HDMI out of a motherboard integrated graphics port.

Now, you can use dual displays, but that has nothing to do with Premiere.

Vince

[Claude Jones]

That’s a real shame. Sony Vegas can do it…can’t be that hard. I’m a DPS Velocity editor of over ten years, about to be orphaned, so I’ve been experimenting with the options out there. I like Vegas OK, but, Premiere had gotten so much better press in the past few years that I’ve been giving it a run. When you’re totally used to real real-time editing and live NTSC preview, it’s hard to accept less. I know about the Intensity Pro card, and will probably be getting one soon for other reasons, but, I’ll be interested to see what performance I can get with that card in a new quad-processor system with Premiere. Thanks for the response.

Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA

[Vince Becquiot]

Well, to answer your first question, professional editors would want SDI, not HDMI, since broadcast SD and HD monitors only take SDI or component in. I’d be surprised if you found this feature in any of the other major editors.

And if this is like the output on HP DV series I own, the HDMI output quality is just about worthless for serious editing. Don’t forget that, unlike the Intensity Pro, the signal would be cheaply scaled and routed to that output through the graphics card. It would be nearly impossible to judge quality in any way.

The intensity Pro, is a great little piece of hardware for the price. It’s HDMI and conmponent, so you can go to an HD monitor, and capture uncompressed from analog decks (without timecode).

I wouldn’t count on much acceleration, mostly none in my trials. You’ll also have to take a hit on render times if you plan on rendering before playback, since it has to go either uncompressed or MJpeg.

Vince

[Claude Jones]

Point taken on SDI vs. HDMI

I’m running the output into a cheap LCD monitor with HDMI input; it’s not great for monitoring, but it beats the heck out of looking at the little window inside editing app on your computer monitor screen, at least for me.

Does the Intensity Pro only capture analog uncompressed, or can it compress? That’s a big issue for me as I do mostly long form stuff…

You’ve completely lost me with your last sentence. Acceleration for what, and going to mjpeg??? I haven’t kept up with the state of the industry for a good while because my Velocity system was so dependable and fast that I didn’t need to.

Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA

[Vince Becquiot]

It will capture to either uncompressed, or MJpeg (Motion Jpeg codec).

To view the output through HDMI or Component, you need to create a Black Magic project matching the settings of your footage. The render for preview can only be either uncompressed or MJpeg. It can’t for example be P2 or HDV, even if that’s the kind of footage you are working with.

Again, the acceleration as I see it is non existant unless you render, which I don’t do until very late in the game.

Vince