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Record from camera to Mac
Hi,
I am interested in reading about how one can shoot video and have the signal go out of the camera via HD-SDI and capture directly into a Mac. I would assume the signal would go into the Mac through a Kona card with HD-SDI and into FCP
I’ve been searching this site, but surprisingly I haven’t had much luck searching for old threads. I would have assumed this would have been a hot topic. Anyone care to point me in the right direction? There’s no need to explain the actual process to me; I’m sure it’s too much to type. I just need some help finding old threads. Google isn’t much of a help either.
Thanks for any help.
Robert J. Grauert, Jr.
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7 Replies
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Pretty simple actually. HD-SDI from the camera into the Kona3. Open Log & Capture in Final Cut, set the capture preset. Make sure the Kona is set to the proper input. Make sure you see video in the L&C window. Hit Capture Now. That’s really about it.
You will need a Raid fast enough to keep up and you won’t get timecode that’s related to anything in particular. It will just start at 00:00 on each clip.
Otherwise, not too complicated.
Tom -
Oh, hmm…I thought it was more complicated than that. I don’t have a Kona 3 or a RAID yet, so I’ve never had a chance to experiment. Thanks for answering my question.
One last thing though. I’m assuming if you have a RAID, you want to go into System Settings and set the RAID as your Scratch Disk, correct?
Thanks again for the help.
Robert J. Grauert, Jr.
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Robert,
There’s a relatively new app called Veescope Live you might want to look at.
Have a wonderful day.
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hi Rob,
the process is as easy as described by Tom.
You don’t really need any Raid solution unless you intend to capture Uncompress.
ProRess HD can be captured by FW800 without problem.
Rafael -
What codec do you want to capture to? If ProRes or ProResHQ is good enough for you, then you can do this with an ioHD, a laptop and a small eSATA drive system. You can even capture with embedded time code or LTC tc with the ioHD. There’s a small write up for a project I did when the ioHD was first hitting the scene:
https://www.aja.com/pdf/IoHD_Customers.pdf
If you want to capture with a Kona card to Uncompressed, you can use VTR Exchange (free from AJA) and get tc via HDSDI. It all depends on your setup. What you are trying to do is entirely possible.
Jeremy
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Hey Jeremy,
A the moment I’m not trying to do anything. I was just curious about the process and wanted to read about it. It amazes me that one can record uncompressed HD out of the HD-SDI connection on an affordable camera like a JVC 200U..or is it only the 250U? Either way, sounds like a good solution to me. ProRes to a laptop sounds great too.
Thank you all for the input. I’ll keep lookin into it 🙂
Robert J. Grauert, Jr.
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….. other toys to look at besides the io HD and the Kona line:
Matrox MXO 2
MOTU V4HD
Blackmagic makes several video converters as well.I use a Kona LH card and the V4HD converter box and both work fine for what you want to do. Time code input is easier with the V4HD. I also use the original MXO for output, and it works well, but I haven’t tried the MXO 2 which added input capability.
Regards,
David
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