Chad Pearson
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What you are looking for is called a Multiviewer. Most video switchers nowadays have one built in (like the ATEM series), however you have to be careful with the GoPro’s HDMI output as they can be finicky to get the right format into the ATEM. If you do a search for “GoPro ATEM” you’ll see what I mean.
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The good thing about DVD’s are it’s already a digital file. You shouldn’t need to “capture” it at all. Just open the DVD on your computer as if it were a hard drive, and go through the “VIDEO_TS” folder looking for a .vob file. Copy it to your hard drive and rename the file extension to .mpg and you should be good to go. Unless the disc is copy protected it should be that simple.
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That sounds a lot like Macrovision. What are you using for a TBC (time base corrector) on your player? Have you tried ripping the MPEG2 vob directly off the DVD? You should be able to get a bit for bit copy that way.
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Datavideo just came out with their DAC-70 which is an up/down/cross converter with VGA, HDMI and HD-SDI inputs and has both HD-SDI and HDMI outputs. It’s around $500 USD MAP
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Have your configured the Blackmagic capture card in your computers control panel? There is an additional “Blackmagic Control Panel” installed with the Media Express software that has to be configured in addition to Media Express and Final Cut.
Specifically, if you are seeing black and white, it is most likely the card is set to “Component” instead of Composite input mode. In Component video mode the same “Y” connector is used for the black and white portion of a YPbPr signal, whereas in Composite mode both the black and white and color portions come in on the same wire.
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What are you expecting to come out of the HD Extreme? TV output cards like Blackmagic makes are not computer graphics cards and will not mirror your desktop. They only work from within your video editor, like Final Cut to output the timeline you are editing. What are you using to edit your videos?
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Are you using a Time Base Corrector (TBC) in between your VCR and your Blackmagic card? VHS tapes don’t produce a stable enough signal for digital capture without one, especially on “cheap” consumer VCR’s
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Short answer, no. The TVS only provides a compressed H.264 signal via its USB port, while the capture software needs an uncompressed signal (which only the 1M/E and 2M/E provide). You will need an additional capture card like the Ultrastudio Mini Recorder, or something similar.
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Yes, you can do both. Both outputs are active simultaneously. However Wirecast does not support an H.264 encoded signal, only an uncompressed signal. The only software at the moment that supports the H.264 output is Black Magic Media Express, Livestream.com for Producers, and MXLight (PC Only).
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If you are capturing with an Intensity Pro there’s no need for the TVS, since the H.264 output is via USB directly into a computer only. If you haven’t bought the TVS yet, I would consider skipping the TVS and intensity pro altogether and getting a Matrox Monarch HD. It will stream and record simultaneously (in H.264 at independant bitrates) for about the same price as the TVS, but without the need for a computer and separate software.