Robert Myers
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Ah, I see now. You want to use the Intensity basically as an HD tuner card that is required to record TV and movies and such with Media center. Well I’ve heard that lots of HDMI devices playing copyrighted material carry the HDCP signal, keeping the Intensity from recording, but I don’t have an HDDVD player with my 360, so I cannot say for sure. I have read that the Bluray player in the PS3 does protect all copyrighted media, but you may want to research this more to find out if every other Bluray DVD player is secured as well. If I have time within the next day or so, I will try to see if I can record via HDMI from my digital cable box that is currently hooked up to my other television, as I am now curious about this as well.
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The new Xbox 360 Elite and the PS3 both have HDMI and YUV capability.
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Also, are you getting the distortion after you output the video as an mpeg or something, or can you notice it in your project? I know in Premier, you can change the pixel ratio with most of the output formats. Does this jaggy distortion look like aliasing, possibly from trying to capture a higher resolution image, or could it be interlacing – which always looks funny on a digital monitor, but “vanishes” when displayed on a television?
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Lol, I’m assuming PP2 is Premier Pro 2, which is what I use, and it works flawlessly with the Intensity.
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I’m no AV expert, but from what I can tell within my Premier project settings, NTSC will either be .9 or 1.2, depending on whether its 4:3 or 16:9. Now, if your source is 16:9 HD, which I guess is always 1.0, you should be able to down convert HD to SD (letterbox or anamorphic) within the Intensity control panel. I don’t how/if this changes the pixel ratio, but it has worked on my system with no distortion on the letterbox setting. I am sure though, that the Intensity will capture more than just NTSC .9 – you have to change the settings within whichever software you are using for capture.
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I’ve been using 720p(60Hz) because that’s all my TV supports. If you can get a 1080p signal, I’m sure that would provide the absolute best video…
Now unless you have a high speed disk array (RAID0), I don’t think you can actually capture HD, so you will need to set the control panel’s input processing to “HD to SD Letterbox.” But if you do have an HD setup, just turn the input processing to “off” to allow a full HD signal through. Then, when setting up a new project in Final Cut or whatever, choose the desired HD settings. Or if you are using the included Media Express software, open the Preferences panel and change the video format there.
Good luck!
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Problem solved. My HD input/output settings were mismatched… learning is fun! ;p
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I use Media Center from time to time with my 360, but I don’t use it as a PVR or anything, as I have to tuner card in my pc. What exactly are you wanting to capture?
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I’m not sure what PP2 is, but I’ve been using the Intensity Pro for about a week now and I am very happy with it. It’s a little tricky to get up and going, as it is still new and there is very little public support, but it has drastically improved the quality of my video capture. Be aware though, if you plan on capturing HD video, you will need to build a high speed disk array. Blackmagic recommends an 8-drive RAID0 @ 7200rpm, but I have been lucky to get away with a 4-drive array thus far, as I am only capturing a few minutes of video at a time.
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I’ve been fumbling with my 360 and Intensity Pro for a few weeks now, and have finally gotten it to work. One thing Blackmagic didn’t do a good job of mentioning (as I’ve read other ppl have missed this) is that you need to adjust your input/output settings from a control panel that installs with the drivers. The Intensity must be told which input you are using, and if you plan to scale down to SD, etc. I’m not familiar with OSX, but it should be located in Mac’s version of the Windows control panel.
Are you trying to capture video via 3rd party software, or the Media Express that came with the Intensity? Whatever you use, you must make sure you are also inputting/outputting the same HD format, eg, 720p @ 59.94Hz. So you will have to set your 360’s display setting to match what you have selected in the capture software.
Only other advice I can give is double check all of your cables – this had me stumped for a few hours, as I had my blue and green switched ;p