[Jonathon Lee]

Hey Eurie,

I don’t have the unit in front of me right now, but I’ll try to remember….

First, make sure you have latest BMD software installed. Make sure Teranex is powered off prior to connecting to the computer. Power up the Teranex after you connect it to the Mac. Goto “About This Mac”, click on “More Info” then click on “System Report” then click on “Thunderbolt” under Hardware — we’re checking to make sure the computer see’s the Teranex.

If it sees the unit you can close out the System Information window. If it is not recognized reboot the computer and go check again….

OK… so now that you’ve verified that the computer see’s the unit launch the BMD capture utility named “Media Express”.

After the app launches click on the “Log and Capture” tab that is towards the lower right hand part of the window. If you do not do this the Teranex will not be put into capture mode. Clicking between the Log and Capture tab and the Playback tab toggles the Teranerx between Capture and Playback modes.

Now under the ‘Device” pulldown menu select the Teranex unit. If you do not see your Teranex there then the computer and/or Media Express do not recognize the unit.

I must say that it did take me a few reboots of the computer and the Teranex to get everything happy. After eventually getting the unit to work it seemed to operate without issue from then on. Which makes me think I was doing something wrong. Like I said, I’ve done two feature length docs this way and I’m going to do another one this week… so I know this does work.

The setup I’m using is a Mac Pro with a decklink card playing back my source footage and I’m using a 17″ MBP to capture the footage. One thing that I DO NOT like about this version of the Teranex is that there is no indication of how the unit is locking to external sync. The older VC-300 has a page where it tells you what the sync condition is. This was a troubling to me as I could not be sure if everything was properly locked. That needs to be fixed. Also, there is no remote control of the unit so you are forced to use the front panel controls. I frankly prefer the older units. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for a nice software update soon.

best,

Jonathon Lee

[Jonathon Lee]

Hey Eurie,

Not sure who at BMD told you that, however, I just did a shot by shot conversion of two feature documentaries where I captured footage processed by the Teranex onto my 17″ MBP via Thunderbolt. Perhaps they misunderstood your question. You for sure cannot do a loop through via TB on the same machine, however, you absolutely can capture footage processed on the Teranex via TB.

I’ve done this on the 2D, never tried it on a 3D. It took a bit of finagling to get it too work. The power up sequence is very important. The Teranex may not be recognized if you hot plug it and sometimes you need to re-boot the computer. You need to make sure that TB is NOT the playback source. I was only able to get this to work using the BMD capture utility, not via FCP.

Hope this helps.

– Jonathon

[Jonathon Lee]

Hey Stig,

I have a 4-core 3.06Ghz HP Z400 that runs Media Composer, Pro Tools, Adobe CS6, and Resolve. It has installed:

Quadro 600 for GUI
GTX 285 for GPU
Decklink HD Dual-link
LSI 8888ELP SAS RAID card

Running win7 pro 64-bit w/24GB

Works great. It’s not my main machine, but I wanted to experiment with windows in the event Apple does not come through with new Mac Pro’s. I love it. For having a slow GPU and only 4-cores it renders decently. The i/o performance on the SAS RAID is excellent. I’m only using 500gb drives but it’s a RAID-6 with 12 HDD’s. Always seems to outperform my 12-core and 8-core Mac Pros that are on Fibre Channel.

Anyhow, Media Composer and Resolve run well in the same box. Media Composer is very fast on this setup. You just CAN NOT run them at the same time due to the Decklink sharing… same issue on a Mac.

Anyhow, the z820 (or the supermicro GPU workstation) is probably my backup plan if we don’t get awesome new MacPro’s.

– Jonathon

[Jonathon Lee]

The input side has a loop, but the output side looks to have dual active outs. There’s just no control settings for hard-configuring the outputs like there were on the original Teranex VC’s. I actually prefer the older VC-300…. I seem to remember it having more conversion options???

Anyhow, I’m still trying to figure out if it’s the Teranex 2D or my BMD capture card… ugg. Also really, really wanting the Ethernet control. The front panel control is awful. The VC-300 also had more restoration tools available. What I really want is a way to do file based processing in Resolve. I wish they’d make that an option or at least give you a way to do file based processing via the TB connector.

– Jonathon

[Jonathon Lee]

Chinese businessmen never give anything away for free.

[Jonathon Lee]

Hey Patrick,

Revival is for sure worth learning. The issue will have with it is not the application its self, which is very easy to use, but the platform on. It runs on Linux so the system configuration is more difficult then PC and Mac based systems.

If you are OK with linux you’ll be fine.

The UCLA program is fantastic. I know some of the folks over there and have worked on restoration projects for them. Great bunch of people over there…. very passionate film makers, preservationists and archivists. There are other apps for restoration, however, they are much more expensive then Revival. Learn all of the tools you can, there is not one program that can do everything perfectly. I would say Revival is the best value for the money, but being on the linux platform you will find getting media files in and out not as simple as on a Mac or PC. I really hope the BMD folks port Revival to OS X or WIndows.

Anyhow, hope this helps.

Best,

Jonathon

[Jonathon Lee]

I just ordered one of these yesterday. I’m suprised about the power cable, however, typically the audio break out cables are not shipped with most products. Even with the high end audio systems like Avid Pro Tools the interfaces do not ship with the break out cables.

Fortunately BMD used a semi-standard break out pattern for audio i/o. You can google Yamaha AES breakout cable. These have a DB-25 on one end and 8 XLR connectors on them…. 4-male, 4-female…. this is for AES/EBU digital audio.

For analogue it will be a bit trickier. They still used the Yamaha format, however, it is a 4-in 4-out config on a single connector… the standard cables are usually 8-in OR 8-out per cable. The DB-25 breakouts for analogue are usually ALL in or ALL out. You may need to get a DB-25 to 1/4″ balanced breakout or use gender changers on some of the connectors. Otherwise you may need a custom made cable — which is what most facilities do when using this type of equipment. I know that may sound irking… but, often facilities will have an in house engineer wire the unit directly into a patch bay and router.

If you need more help message me directly and I’ll connect you with Rich, my sales guy at GC Pro.

best,

Jonathon

[Jonathon Lee]

really? how long did the Red One take to deliver? a camera for 3k that shoots RAW…. buy a scarlet i if you need to work NOW.

[Jonathon Lee]

Yes, I didn’t read the specs closely….. agree… bummer.

[Jonathon Lee]

Check the BMD website now.. a ton of IBC announcements. New 4k card… decklink 4k extreme… 4k 3d card with HDMI 1.4… also a 4k thunderbolt 3d interface… and a second model of camera with a different mount.. and a bunch of other stuff.

New card is better. Stereo HDMI and SDI @ 4k.