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Question about Kona LHE capturing
I’m looking into getting a Kona LHe for my edit 2 suite (frustrated with black magic) and I have a question on the
way it captures and the aja codecs.on the black magic multibridge extreme I have, when I run a black magic easy setup, say for example:
Black Magic 10-bit or 8-bit Uncompressed, it actually captures the video as apple uncompressed 10-bit or 8-bit.the only time I need to render to a black magic codec is if I’m rendering from After Effects or a pc.
So the question is, Do the Kona LH easy setups make it so one can capture apple 10-bit or 8-bit uncompressed video?
Or does it only capture in AJA specific 10-bit or 8-bit uncompressed.
Its vital that fcp projects from either room can be opened in the other without codec issues.
I should add that for the most part, we use ProRes HQ for SD work and DVCPRO-HD for HD work. We occasionally use uncompressed 10-bit for SD.
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AJA uses the standard Apple 8 and 10bit Uncompressed codecs.
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thanks for the quick response walter.
so I assume the aja specific version of the codec is for outside system rendering. (from a pc or a 3rd party/client for realtime playback of a deliverable)
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The AJA codecs are MOSTLY used to 10bit RGB Log captures for dual link applications.
Then there’s also the cross platform functionality you have alluded to (capture on Mac, edit/composite on PC, finish back on Mac).
If you are staying on the Mac, might as well use the Apple codecs that the defualt easy setups use.
Jeremy
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Thanks Jeremy.
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Very welcome.
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