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Monitor hookup for 720p HD real-time preview
So I’m making the jump to shooting/editing in 720p HD. My current configuration, which has only been set up for SD footage up ’til now, has a firewire running from my Mac to my DVCAM deck. The deck then runs standard RCA cables (red, white, yellow) to a standard CRT monitor. Very basic stuff. In order to upgrade to HiDef, obviously I’ll be buying an HD monitor. But, how do I connect it to the Mac so that I can use it for real-time previewing and such? Do I need to install some kind of HDMI card? If so, how do I make FCP recognize the new configuration and send the real-time preview to the monitor via this new card? Any help would be much appreciated, thanks!
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Typically, you need a video capture card to monitor HD (an Io will work too). What flavor of HD do you plan to do?
Kevin Monahan
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Well, in a few months I’ll be editing a feature film that will be shot in 720p using the Panasonic Varicam. So, I’m just trying to figure out all the upgrades and such I’ll need to make to my current system. Thanks for the help.
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For viewing on an HDTV (not broadcast accurate, but a good reference monitor) look at the Decklink Intensity and Intensity Pro.
Shane
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Thanks for the advice. I’ll check them both out.
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I was looking at these cards also. With more and more pro-sumer cameras in the HDV and AVCHD variety coming out with HDMI ports HDMI can be used to ingest AV for editing. However does HDMI support time-code? It seems HDMI is a derivative of DVI and was originally designed to handle video after the edit process. HD-SDI in it’s packetized streams over one wire (or 2 for dual link) is still the solution for ingesting HD for editing.
“thou can not stir a flower without crumbling a star” ……Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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[Robert Harari] “I’ll be editing a feature film that will be shot in 720p using the Panasonic Varicam.”
Your going to need to spend some serious cash. You can rent a deck to ingest the tapes when the time comes but you’ll need a storage array and something like AJA’s lo HD to ingest the footage. For monitoring most broadcast quality monitors use an HD-SDI or analog YPrPb component interface and not HDMI which is presently more of a consumer oriented interface.
If you search these forums for “editing HD” and “Monitoring HD” you’ll find lots of info. You may also want to search “varicam” to understand how it treats different frame rates and how to deal with it’s video.
“thou can not stir a flower without crumbling a star” ……Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Awesome info. Thanks a lot. I’ll look into the other forums.
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