Luke Maslen
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Hi Michael,
All the details of the new Multibridges, including pricing, can be found on the Multibridge Extreme and Multibridge Studio product pages. The Multibridge Extreme will ship first and I expect it will be released in a few weeks.
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Luke Maslen
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Hi,
We have a support note named RS-232 device control with Premiere Pro and Windows XP which might effectively answer your question.
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Luke Maslen
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Hi Steve,
Thanks for your kind words which make it all worthwhile 🙂
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Luke Maslen
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Thanks Robin,
We hear you and are feeding the engineers stonger coffee 😉
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Luke Maslen
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Hi,
If you don’t want letterbox or anamorphic down conversion, then my suggestion would be to make sure you render your PAL sequence as I believe that way will ensure that the Apple codecs look after the color space conversion.
Regards,
Luke Maslen
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Hi,
Firstly, well done on solving the problem and thanks for letting us know of your solution as that is sure to help others. Installing the Blackmagic codecs on the Adrenalin system and then exporting in the AVI file format was a very good idea.
I’m not sure why the Adrenalin QuickTime files did not play back well in Premiere Pro using either the Apple Animation codec or the Blackmagic 10-bit codec and yet it played back OK in QuickTime Player. My guess (and that’s all that it is) is that the information you noticed regarding Microsoft AVI YUV and 3 fps was used by Premiere Pro but ignored by QuickTime Player. QuickTime Player might have some other ways to determine the attributes of a file.
In regards to our QuickTime codecs, we supply both 8 and 10 bit 4:2:2 codecs for use in standard definition and high definition. We also supply an RGB 10-bit codec for 4:4:4.
The situation with AVI codecs is a little different. Microsoft already include 8-bit AVI support for standard definition and high definition. So we adopt their codec for 8-bit 4:2:2 work and then supply our own 10-bit AVI codec for 4:2:2. We also supply an RGB 10-bit codec for 4:4:4.
This should explain the difference in the export options you saw in Adrenalin. If you had just wanted to export in the 8-bit AVI format, you could have chosen the Microsoft codec. However using the Blackmagic 10-bit AVI codec means you have retained maximum quality so that is a good thing as long as you have enough disk space.
Regards,
Luke Maslen
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Hi Eli,
Thanks for all the details. I’m going to do some more testing and see if I can replicate this as it sounds similar to the other two reports.
Regards,
Luke Maslen
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Hi Whit,
I almost forgot to mention that you cannot monitor HDV during capture. You can only monitor it when you play it back after it has been captured. We have a technical note named HDV capture preview missing in Final Cut Pro HD 5.0 which provides some details about this.
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Luke Maslen
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Hi Whit,
Yes, the main benefits would be for monitoring your captured HDV material or outputting to a professional deck. You could output in HD to a HDCAM or D5 or alternatively you could use the down conversion to output to a Digibeta. This could be useful if you want to use your HDV material for broadcast.
[Whit Wales] “will effects in FCP 5 be rendered any faster?”
No, the HDV codec is Apple’s codec for use via Firewire so using a DeckLink card won’t make this any faster.
[Whit Wales] “Will the time to render and conform HDV be shorter?”
No, same answer.
[Whit Wales] “It appears that with the Decklink HD I can downconvert to SD in realtime?”
Yes, when you play out the HDV material via a DeckLink card, it can output SD if you switch on the down conversion feature.
[Whit Wales] “My question is, too, whether the card helps to accelerate mp2 conversion process in DVD authoring?”
No, it has no relation to DVD authoring other than helping you capture material you might use on a DVD.
[Whit Wales] “If I am hearing you correctly then, essentially, the utility of these two Blackmagic products will be simply to view a more accurate representation of HDV footage from my computer.”
Yes, that plus the ability to output via SDI to HD and SD decks so you can generate an uncompressed copy of your HDV material and perhaps use it for broadcast.
Regards,
Luke Maslen
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Hi Marcus,
Sorry for the bad link. I’m not sure how I managed to do that! I was trying to direct you to the support note on our site for developers named Is there an SDK or API for developers with DeckLink cards?. It includes the link you have already found and that is the right one for signing up on the list.
Regards,
Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design