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HD out from MC using Decklink Extreme HD – ALMOST!
I normally use Media Composer but had a requirement to output HD recently. I am not prepared to pay the unreasonable price of DX hardware so I decided to use FCP for this job (I run MC on a Mac). So, I bought a Blackmagic Decklink Extreme HD card and did the job and it all worked nicely.
Now the interesting part – the Decklink has the ability to extend your computer desktop onto your client monitor over SDI in HD or SD. So I got to thinking that maybe I could get a cheeky HD output this way using MC’s full screen playback option.
It worked up to a point: I happily output 1920×1080 from MC to the decklink but then I realised I was only seeing single field video (I’m working at 1080/50i). Then I found the full screen settings in MC and ticked the “display both fields” box. The resulting ouput looked very much like the fields were reversed, with that very jerky look.
Obviously that is a bit dissapointing but I feel that I got SO close that I’m wondering if anyone has any ideas that might make it work?
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You know your colors will not be correct, even if you manage to get this to work. The full screen computer display is RGB and not the correct color space for video.
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I believe the Matrox MXO will do what you were trying to do. You won’t be able to capture with it, but output should be fine.
Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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