Brian
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A Question…
Can the DeckLink cards do downconversion to SD while editing HDV clips?
Brian
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A Question…
Can the DeckLink cards do downconversion to SD while editing HDV clips?
Brian
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I have a Sony 34″ 1080i HD CRT monitor (which I love BTW!).
To answer the initial questions, I believe that the DVI port on computer monitors carries an RGB signal while the one on monitors for video carries a YUV signal so it won’t work. You may want to check with Blackmagic on that one…
Brian
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Will we be able to edit HDV material in FCP5 with downconverted output through a DeckLInk card? Will this be smooth or will it be too demanding for current Macs?
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Matt,
I actually suggested incorporating MPEG encoding into your products a number of months ago on this forum and also emailed it to your general email address. I received a reply that it would be mentioned to the development team, but it may not have made it through to you.
If your not familiar with Mainconcept, here’s what I know…
Some of Mainconcept’s PC packages allow for realtime encoding over from FireWire and other inputs, but according to the first poster, not from a DeckLink card. The Mac version of their standalone software does not support realtime streamed encoding at all.The nice thing about Mainconcept is that they have a SDK that you could license available for both the Mac and the PC. Their encoding is supposed to be of high quality and capible of real-time on most faster machines. You may want to talk to them at NAB and consider licensing the SDK to add this capibility to your products. I think it would be a valuble addtion or option for your cards.
Take Care
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I am also looking for BlackMagic to add this as a feature (or option) to their cards. It’ll be interesting to see if this ever happens.
BTW – Where did all the BlackMagic folks go? Are they ignoring this forum, or are they too busy prepping new items for NAB to post? Hmmm…