Michael Cummins
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Huh. Didn’t know that….
Thanks for your help! You’ve just opened up a whole new feature for me!
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But again, the XH-A1 doesn’t have that SDI out; it only has component video out. Am I right in thinking the component out will not provide the same uncompressed signal as the SDI will if fed into an I/O device?
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That might be the problem there, then. I’ve had several people yell me to use the HD SDI ports on the XHA1. Fact is, it doesn’t have HD SDI, only a component out. Ran a test capturing live out of that component port to the blackmagic intesity pro and compared the results in AE. Still looked like 4:2:0 to me. This was a while back however and I can’t remember if it was actually liv or just the vtr playback.
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I think he means that effectively capturing HDV was not supported until 5.12. In my experience, just because something isn’t officially supported doesn’t mean you can’t partially get away with it.
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I think he means that effectively capturing HDV was not supported until 5.12. In my experience, just because something isn’t officially supported doesn’t mean you can’t partially get away with it.
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Sounds like the way to go. I poked around the davidclark.com website for awhile buy couldn’t find anything. Do you have a link for the “outers” you mentioned?
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I’ve always assumed that when I record to tape I’m recording that video signal with HDV compression, meaning I’m getting a 4:2:0 colorspace giving me color information only a quarter that of my luminance information. Does this HDV compression happen before it goes to tape or as the taped signal is being pushed to firewire? Could I use an I/O device connected to the XHA1 via Component Out and to the computer via firewire to bypass the HDV compression?
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A trip to a certified repair center would definitely be worth it, but if that’s just not possible, I’d carefully open it up. You can locate the screws yourself, but it might be a rewiring issue. My first guess was that the mic is held taught by the wiring, and some solder might’ve come loose. Thinking about it a bit more now, I’d be prepared for a much more complicated problem.
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(wrong thread)
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We use the Sennheiser EW 100-ENG G2 system. This series is definitely the best out of all the radio lavs I’ve used (which, I’ll admit, isn’t very broad).
I’d recommend the EW 112-p, which includes a transmitter, receiver, and omni-directional lav mic. If you’re wanting something with a tighter pickup pattern, the EW 122-p system offers a cardioid lav. The EW 100-ENG has the omni lav and a block transmitter for a handheld dynamic mic.