Which Media 100?

[Floh Peters]

[David Issko] “I read that HD Suite had HD input capabiliy only whilst the HDe has HD & SD in. I prefer HD Suite for its overall capabilities but if I am editing an SD project, how do I digitise the SD material in HD Suite?”

Both HDe and HD Suite have SD capabilities. Here is a comparison between the different options. The Main difference is that (aside from bundling Boris Red with HD Suite) that the HD Suite has a SD to HD upconversion board (you can acquire SD material in realtime into a HD standard), which is missing from the HDe. HDe on the other hand has analog inputs (Composite, S-Video and HD/SD Components), which are missing from Suite. But both systems can work in SD as well as in HD.

[David Issko]

Thanks Floh. Although I am aware of Media 100’s web site, I find the is no explaination as how one would go about digitising say a time base corrected VHS clip into HD Suite as a 4:3 SD clip.

As you know this is a snap in 8.2.2 via the analogue (S-Video for instance) inputs but with HD Suite having HDSDI input only, I am very confused.

Thanks again.

[Arthur Dent]

You would need to get an analog to SDI converter as HD Suite only inputs SDI. AJA makes those as well.

You would also need to find analog audio to Digital Audio converter, as HD Suite only inputs AES/EBU audio (or embedded SDI audio).

~A.D.

[David Issko]

Thanks Arthur,
I thought as much.

How’s the towel?

[Arthur Dent]

“How’s the towel? ”

Couldn’t tell ya, I’ve long since retired from Hitchhiking.

~A.D.