No SDK? at DVinfo.net

Travis Andersen · May 17th, 2005, 12:46 PM

Is the XL2 SDK thing dead again? Its now gone off the Canon page. Any ideas?

Pete Bauer · May 17th, 2005, 02:21 PM

No idea...there must be a reason for this SDK game, but I can't fathom it.

Matthew Nayman · May 17th, 2005, 05:04 PM

My guess, (which is completely Uneducated and purley conjecture), is that the Software Developers kit is being held onto until Canon must announce an HDV cam. Perhaps with a software upgrade and new, HD lens, the non-firing pixels can be activted, releasing HDV on the XL2... if that is even possible.

Spooky.

Matt

Chris Hurd · May 18th, 2005, 08:48 AM

Just a guess, but perhaps they received a big response already and have pulled the notice because they have more applicants than they can handle. Remember the SDK is not an "end user" piece of software. It's a developer's kit for companies in the business of writing software. Now it's up to those applicants that have responded to the SDK offer. They're the ones who will create programs for the XL2 community to use.

Travis Andersen · May 18th, 2005, 09:15 AM

Now I get it. Thanks for the info Chris.

Patrick King · May 18th, 2005, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris Hurd

Now it's up to those applicants that have responded to the SDK offer. They're the ones who will create programs for the XL2 community to use.

Like DV Rack being able to save MANY setups and invoke them through the attached Firewire?

Chris Hurd · May 18th, 2005, 10:42 AM

Yeah, I think that would be one very good example of a crucial offering from a software company that has the SDK.

May 17th, 2005, 12:46 PM	#1
Travis Andersen Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Tuckahoe, NY Posts: 87	No SDK? Is the XL2 SDK thing dead again? Its now gone off the Canon page. Any ideas?

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Pete Bauer Wrangler Join Date: May 2003 Location: Eagle River, AK Posts: 4,100	No idea...there must be a reason for this SDK game, but I can't fathom it. __________________ Pete Bauer The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. Albert Einstein Trying to solve a DV mystery? You may find the answer behind the SEARCH function ... or be able to join a discussion already in progress!

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Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,366 Images: 513	Just a guess, but perhaps they received a big response already and have pulled the notice because they have more applicants than they can handle. Remember the SDK is not an "end user" piece of software. It's a developer's kit for companies in the business of writing software. Now it's up to those applicants that have responded to the SDK offer. They're the ones who will create programs for the XL2 community to use. __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

May 18th, 2005, 10:42 AM	#7
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,366 Images: 513	Yeah, I think that would be one very good example of a crucial offering from a software company that has the SDK. __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

May 17th, 2005, 05:04 PM	#3
Matthew Nayman Major Player Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 917	My guess, (which is completely Uneducated and purley conjecture), is that the Software Developers kit is being held onto until Canon must announce an HDV cam. Perhaps with a software upgrade and new, HD lens, the non-firing pixels can be activted, releasing HDV on the XL2... if that is even possible. Spooky. Matt

May 18th, 2005, 09:15 AM	#5
Travis Andersen Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Tuckahoe, NY Posts: 87	Now I get it. Thanks for the info Chris.