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  • Recording the DVI out from a PC

    Posted by Gary Jones on August 7, 2012 at 2:48 pm

    Hi all,

    Bit of a longshot here, but:

    If you set the graphics card output to 1920×1080 at 50Hz, converted the DVI to HDMI, could the Hyperdeck Shuttle record the signal? I am trying to solve a problem of recording the desktop (under linux, mac, & windows) without putting a strain on the machine.

    Thanks,

    – Gary Jones

    Richard Freemantle replied 13 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Aleksander Steffensen

    August 8, 2012 at 8:29 am

    You would have to output interlaced for it to work in that resolution. Here is a list of supported formats, look under the “HD format support” section: https://blackmagicdesign.com/products/hyperdeckshuttle/techspecs/

    If you need progressive video, you can’t do 50 Hz.

    Aleksander Steffensen
    Steffensen Multimedia

  • Richard Freemantle

    August 9, 2012 at 1:53 pm

    Hi Gary,

    My solution to this problem was:

    H264 Pro-Recorder +
    GFX Card (NVidia) with HDMI out (nb. DVI>HDMI was v.problematic) +
    MX Light

    This allows me to record the output of the GFX card at 1920x1080p @ 60Hz on the same machine with a CPU overhead of about 2-4%. The H264 Pro-Recorder records at upto 30Mbps h264/aac, which although compressed is enough for my purposes (tutorial videos).

    In fact, I wrote MX Light initially to solve just this problem.

    MX Light is currently windows only, so for recording linux/mac desktop output you would need to run MX Light in a VM or use a second machine. nb. You dont need a powerful machine to record with, as the encoding is done in hardware & the data rate is low enough for normal/cheap hard drives.

    Hope this helps.

    Cheers,
    Rich

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