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Multi Cam Question FCP 7 (input types, etc)
Hey – got a multi-camera shoot coming up where two cameras will be sending footage over HDMI cables. So….I want to capture both into Final Cut Pro. I’ve got two Black Magic cards that accept HDMI in so no worries there.
1) Can Final Cut Pro 7 capture the HDV signal over HDMI (1080i) as two separate feeds for editing together later?
2) I’ve read about problems on other posts non related to HDMI, but rather FCP’s ability to do multi-camera. Someone even suggested Avid MC for the job. Is FCP7 able? All I need to do is capture live from two cameras sources over HDMI. That’s it.
Also, anyone seen how this taxes a system? I’ve got a 2.66GHz quad core MAC with multiple SATA drives but I do not have hardware RAID and the drives are not striped. Have 8GB RAM, Snow Leopard.
THANKS!
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kyler boudreau
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I believe that the only company that has software drivers to allow TWO capture cards in one computer is AJA. I demo’d that at the booth at NAB. Don’t think Decklink can.
Shane
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oh really? okay, thanks Shane.
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kyler boudreau
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And beyond that, FCP cannot capture two streams at once.
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Seriously? What is the multi-cam thing for in FCP then? Maybe this is just me confused/inexperienced, but I thought multi-cam meant it could accept a feed from more than one camera?
Shane – as to your comment. I just called Black Magic and he said their driver allows the system to recognize up to eight cards, but there is no application to their knowledge that will. Hence affirming what you said.
But if FCP can’t do it this is all mute anyway. BUMMER. Does anyone know of software that will accept more than one camera feed via HDMI?
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kyler boudreau
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[kyler boudreau] “Maybe this is just me confused/inexperienced, but I thought multi-cam meant it could accept a feed from more than one camera?”
Nope. It means that you can play back multiple streams…multiple camera angles…of ALREADY captured footage.
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def -
[kyler boudreau] “Does anyone know of software that will accept more than one camera feed via HDMI?”
Not on one machine, not full resolution. There is something that requires one machine per camera feed, but makes it available to one machine to start editing right away. PICTURE READY.
Sorry, that’s too much to ask one machine, one software to do. AJA does it with FCP capturing one stream, and the AJA capture tool capturing the other.
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def -
This can do it, but pony up!
https://toolsonair.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63&Itemid=71
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One of the NewTek TriCaster TCXD models could capture multiple simultaneous HD signals into one machine, but not via HDMI. You’d have to convert each to HD-SDI first.
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Telestream’s Pipeline encoder will actually let you cut in FCP live, but at 10k per box (2 HD streams, or 4 SD) may not be worth it.
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