[Kevin O’brien]

I can see I should have made my original post more specific.
Has anyone successfully captured from the Varicam camera itself to Decklink 8bit with successful time code, audio and picture? If so please e-mail me at summitflm@aol.com in addition to your post.
From your DP in the wilderness.

Thanks,
Kevo

[Kevin O’brien]

Hi Sean,
I encountered a similar problem trying to use the downconverted output from my Varicam through an AJA box. The picture and sound came through but no code. The reason appears to be the receiving device needs to look for the RP-188 code contained in the HDSDI signal. It is not the same as VITC or LTC. The AJA passes neither VITC nor LTC. Your Decklink may not be looking in the right place for the code, or it may not really be capable of doing so.
Just got email from Decklink saying it should be possible to capture this way.
I am hoping this can work, as I would like to do occational small edit projects feeding footage directly from camera playback HDSDI to final cut. Don’t want to rent a $600/day deck, and noone in my area (N. Florida) seems to have one anyway.
I have not yet purchased a Decklink card till I find someone who has made this configuration work.
(HDSDI out of Varicam camera -not the deck- into Decklink,with picture, code audio and flags surviving.)
Has anyone actually made this method work with Decklink? Or with AJA Kona 2?
Thanks,
Kevo
D.P. with Varicam in the HD Wilderness