[Rob Nachum]

Hi Michael

It is so. The DEQ has a built it delay that runs to +-300ms which seems to cope in most situations. We did have one occasions where we needed more delay overhead. However, in that example, the primary desk was also digital and was able to pass us more delay which we then “reversed”. Worked perfectly.

Our normal setup us ~3 cameras, the media player, varying cable length back to the ATEM and even mixing HD-SDI and HDMI cameras (and to go the extra step there mixed in the ATEM as HD-SDI and HDMI or using the BMD HD-SDI converter.

I also looked at purchasing the separate items. I didn’t get as far as chaecking how much delay the Shark ran to. But in the end, there was more benefit (and vealue) in the range of tools in the DEQ combined with the delay than getting the separate bits as for us there is little additional benefit in having a discreet delay management tool. IN fact we are still finding hidden benefits in the DEQ (my audio guys are pleasantly surprised as I’m the ludite in the field…)

Hope this helps.
Cheers
Rob

[Rob Nachum]

Further to my original post, I too have now been advised that rolling back to 2,7 should also work. I am not sure, however, what versions gains will be lost in the process.

Feedback from Livestream (excellent tech support team) did advise that there appears to be a time stamping issue between latest version of ATEM S/C (3.0.1) and current version of Procaster (20.2.69) but winding back to 3.0 with their latest beta may resolve the issue as a forward step.

I will try both and let you know what I find.

Incidentally, I also had a minor Eureka moment in that running the Prog Output from the TVC into an H.264 Pro Recorder and using that as the input mechanism to your computer works a treat (with all current versions). Slightly redundant but it gets the result.

Cheers
Rob

[Rob Nachum]

AS mentioned in a parallel post, we are currently ground testing the TVS. We are using the Behringer DEQ2496 to manage all of the audio requirements as it has a whole bunch of tricks up its sleeve other than A/D conversion including delay (the big tick), limiter, gate etc and seems very good value particularly against other A/D converters priced way higher without all the extras.

From my understanding if you’re using “prosumer” type cameras with only HDMI out (only!), then get HDMI to SDI converters and that should give you plenty of distance on the digi BNC cables. 10-20m of HDMI would be about your maximum I would’ve thought but happy to be corrected / educated.

Cheers
Rob

[Rob Nachum]

Greetings all

Has anyone tried this with a Mac (…book Pro or otherwise – mine i7 2.2ghz, 8gb RAM) either OSX or W7 via Bootcamp? On either side of the fence I get constant drop out with the message “capture card asynchronisation detected”.

Procaster runs uninterrupted with inbuilt Facetime camera so I can only assume it has something to do with the ATEM TVS. I expect I’ll install it on a straight desktop (AMD Phenom II X6 + 16gb x 1600Mhz RAM) to see if that makes a difference.

Will let you know but would appreciate any feedback in the meantime.

Tks
Rob