How to hook up BetaSP deck & Media Composer

[Michael Hancock]

Avid software only works with Avid hardware.

Your choices are:

MojoSDI, MojoDX, or NitrisDX. The MojoDX and NitrisDX only work with Media Composer 3.x. There’s also the old analogue Mojo, but Avid doesn’t sell it anymore.

If you’re only doing standard def, go with the MojoSDI.

https://www.avid.com/products/Mojo/index.asp
https://www.avid.com/products/Media-Composer-Mojo-DX/index.asp
https://www.avid.com/products/Media-Composer-Nitris-DX/index.asp

Michael

[Tim Tschudin]

Michael,
Another question, will I be able to record back to the deck through the Mojo?
Thanks,
Tim

[Michael Hancock]

Yep. The MojoSDI, MojoDX, and NitrisDX are I/O boxes. They’ll take your stuff in and spit it back out.

MojoSDI has SDI, component, s-video, and composite outputs. I can’t remember all the audio outputs, but I believe it has both digital and analogue (unbalanced).

The MojoDX is all digitial–SD and HD SDI in/out, but no component, s-video, composite, etc… No analogue audio outs either, except a left and right for monitoring.

The NitrisDX has everything–SD/HD SDI, all analogue and digital video/audio inputs. Very nice piece of equipment, but it comes with a price tag–about $12-$14K list price, I think.

Michael

[Tim Tschudin]

Cool, one last question…we I be able to control (ff,rw,play) the deck through the Mojo?
Thanks Micheal, you’ve been very helpful.
Regards,
Tim

[Michael Hancock]

Through the Mojo no. Through your computer–yes.

On your system you should have an RS232 port–it’s an old COM port. Your deck should have a 422 port. These two ports don’t talk directly to each other, so you’ll need an RS232-to-422 adapter like the Addenda Rosetta Stone:

https://www.addenda-elect.com/product.htm

I think we use this one:

https://www.addenda-elect.com/rs29.htm

Hook a cable from your 232 port on your computer to the convertor, and the other end of the converter to your Beta, then set up your Deck Configurations in Avid and you should be good to go.

Let us know if you have any more questions or run into problems.

Michael

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