Eric Steinberg
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I am also shopping for a display… I’m curious: Did you decide on a brand, and if so, how is it?
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Eric -
Thanks for everyone’s comments!
I now realize that the Canopus thingy won’t help me anymore than my DV deck, thanks!
I have indeed considered getting a Decklink card, but the reason I’m so unsure about what to do might become a little more clear if I explain a little more about my plans and situation:
Like I said, I have an almost 3-year old RT.X100 system which has served me well, with a single P4 cpu. Even though it still works, it’s getting “old” and tired, and I desperataly need a new workstation…soon! At the same time, I am pretty sure I’ll be buying the new Panasonic P2 HVX200 camera in the not-too-distant future (maybe 6 months), and as many of you might know, this camera shoots DVCPro HD (and more). So I will need a system to capture/edit this HD material. I have considered a PC with a Decklink card and maybe a multibridge, but The Matrox AXIO seems like the best choice for Premiere Pro editing right now (native DVCPro HD editing). But I don’t, however, want to buy an AXIO system now, for a camera that’s not even released yet. Who knows, maybe in 3 months Premiere will support native DVCPro HD editing, and there will be other options than the AXIO I’ll consider. And things are moving pretty fast in the camera marked also, so maybe I’ll change my mind for the fourth(!) time about which camera/HDformat I’ll adapt. This all boils down to that for right now, I think I just want to get an AE only workstation, with no Decklink card or any other capture hardware, since I’m pretty sure I want to get an AXIO later. I do agree that the cheapest Decklink card makes sense, I have considerd it, but then I get into a lot of “well if I’m getting that, for just a few more bucks I can get this, and for just a little more I can get that”, etc, etc. So then I’m back to buying a complete workstation for capturing and editing also, and then I might as well just buy an AXIO right away..which doesn’t make sense either! (sigh). So the “thought of the week” is that a dedicated superfast AE machine is something I will benefit from even after an AXIO purchase, and I need AE muscles right now. But if any of you have suggestions to another way of thinking as far as how to upgrade in a sensible way, I sure would appreciate it! Like I said; The ultimate goal (appx. 3-9 months)is to shoot and edit HD, but I need AE power now!Kind regards,
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Thank you for your detailed and very informative reply! I now feel that the Decklink solution could work just fine for me. Like I said, I’m considering the AXIO system as well, and once I add up the cost of the Decklink/Multibridge, drive arrays, etc. etc, I’ll see how much of a savings the Decklink solution will be. The savings would be the main reason to choose Decklink over AXIO, as far as I can see. But maybe there are some things I can do with Decklink that I couldn’t do with AXIO? If that’s the case, I sure would like to know… 😉
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Thank you for your reply! I’ll try that. On the remote control it does not do the same thing, but it solves my problem if it works like that on the actual front panel of the set-top player. 🙂
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Thanks again! I got the answer I needed in the Encore forum! 🙂
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Thanks again for your help! I think I’ve got it now. 🙂
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Eric -
Thank you for your reply!
I’m trying to do this with the “invisible” button, but so far I haven’t figured out how to make an invisible button. Could you please decribe the procedure to do that? (remember, I’m a total Encore-rookie )
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Eric -
Thank you so much for your kind responses!
Filip, I’m working on the method you outlined in Encore, but so far I haven’t figured out how to make invisible buttons. I’m sure I’ll figure it out sooner or later, but if you happen to have the time to point me in the right direction to accomplish that, I sure would appreciate it!
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Eric -
Thanks for your inputs! I do agree that for what I do, the Decklink might be a better choice, especially since it would be quite a bit cheaper. I have one question though: One of the features of my RT.X100 that I absolutely love and use a lot, is the ability to do real-time capture or export to mpeg-2 for DVDs. I have many clients who want the finished piece on a DVD.. no menus, no chapters, just a DVD that plays when you pop it in. So in these cases I either do a real-time mpeg-2 capture, or a real-time mpeg export from the Premiere timeline, and use a simple program like DVDit! (instead of Encore) to burn the DVD. It’s the fastest way I have found to make simple DVDs. I’m assuming the Axio would also have this feature. If I had a Decklink card, could I do realtime export to mpeg-2 for DVDs? Maybe there’s a third-party app I would need to use..?
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Hello!
This thread may help you:
https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=2&postid=562529&archive=T
Kind regards,
Eric