Macbook Pro HD Editing

[Dan Atkinson]

[Chris Poisson] “I am capturing 1080 30p ProRes on my laptop as I type, in real time, via FireWire. Do it almost every day.”

Nice one. You’ve really helped me make up my mind. My laptop is up to the task. You’ve probably saved me a whole load of money.

Cheers

Dan

[Joseph Puma]

Hello All,

I have a few questions. I am looking to capture HD on my macbook pro, but without firewire. I am doing that already just fine. What I am trying to do is bypass the HDV on my canon XH-A1 and go straight from the component out of the camera to a capture device for a cleaner no artifact capture then what you get from the firewire connector or tape. The AJA looks like the right animal but I am wondering if there are other cheap alternatives.

I also want to monitor HD output when I am editing, in real time on a tv screen. I have a small Sony NTSC TV with component.

Thanks for your help!

Joe Puma

[Jeremy Garchow]

Joe,

The ioHD is a very reliable solution for this. You get what you pay for.

Jeremy

[Joseph Puma]

Okay, so no love for the MX02?

btw, will the AJA ioHD work on a PC? I have a quad core with Adobe CS3 where I do my inhouse editing on. That is where I need TV monitoring.

The Macbook is for field recording and editing as well, but I havent gotten into the habbit of using the MBP as my main editing machine. Its just backup for AE and Cinema 4D.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Joseph Puma] “Okay, so no love for the MX02? “

I use the ioHD, can’t really comment on the MXO2.

[Joseph Puma] “btw, will the AJA ioHD work on a PC?”

No, Mac only.[Joseph Puma] “The Macbook is for field recording and editing as well, but I havent gotten into the habbit of using the MBP as my main editing machine. Its just backup for AE and Cinema 4D. “

The ioHD is made for field recoring. You will not record to HDV anymore, you will record to ProRes or ProResHQ with timecode if you’d like to run tape backups.

[Gary Bettan]

The MXO2 is off to a great start! We have sold it into a wide variety of users ranging from cable news, local call letters, high end production houses, independent film makers, event videographers and more.

Some are using it for uncompressed HD & SD footage, while many others have integrated MXO2 into their tapeless workflows both in the field and in their main editing suites.

In the edit suites we have customers reporting fantastic results vs comparable hardware from Aja or BlackMagic costing 2 or 3 times as much. Not only do they save big bucks, they get the added versatility of the MXO2. It works great as the I/O cornerstone of their Mac Pro based editing workstation, and it serves double duty in the field with their laptop.

For real-time capture to ProRes the folks at Matrox will tell you you need a quad core or more. Which is in line with Apple – however, we do have customers capturing into ProRes on a dual core laptop. My guess is that it’s on the edge of the spec, so your mileage will vary. Longer captures will be more problematic.

for more info https://www.videoguys.com/mxo2.html

Gary

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