Any experience with this:
http://www.mobl.com/expansion/products/expresscard_expansion/index.html
I am interested in their 1 Slot ExpressCard to PCI Expansion System,
to interface my Apple 133Gz G4 17" Powerbook (with a 7200RPM HD)
with a BlackMagic Decklink HD Pro Single Link - Uncompressed 12-bit HDTV SDI HD and SD Video Capture PCI-X Card with Single-Link 4:2:2 and Down Conversion and SD/HD Analog Monitoring -

It seems like it will it all "fit" together,
My question (not sure if anyone can answer this) is will it "work" - specifically for importing Uncompressed HD Video as Photojpeg/DVCPro HD/Sheer into Final Cut

I don't believe you'll be able to sustain the necessary data rate to capture HD with that combination. It would likely require one of the new Macbook Pro systems.

Have a look at this link to see what's coming down the pipe.

http://www.vydeo.com/products/EC34.html

-gb-

That card looks exactly what I want to buy. Now, if Final Cut and it
work together and the cost is not too expensive I think they will have
a winning combo.

Nice work on find that one Mr. Boston.

Is it already available? if not do you know when will it be available?

It's been in development for awhile -
& the Web Page has remained the same for months

I called the company and asked when the product might ship. They said they couldn't say as it is being developed for a specific OEM.

Hmmm...can you say AJA/Blackmagic! Who knows when it'll actually ship though.

Dang, I'm chompin' at the bit for a laptop SDI solution.

You & Me Both B, you and me both...

Nice work on find that one Mr. Boston.

Actually, Barlow gets the credit for finding that. He posted it in an earlier thread and I used the link to illustrate a point.

-gb-

Someone should just come up with an sdi expresscard and that would be the end of it. If you have a fast enough laptop to do real time cineform encoding that's about all there is to it.

I just found something very interesting. Aparently, the D/Dock expansion chassis for the Dell Precision M90 notebook workstation holds a pci card inside. This sounds like the perfect way to capture sdi in the field to me. The machine is a powerhouse and I bet it can do real time cineform encoding, making it an even better solution than the wafian since it does have a battery, not to mention a 1920x1200 display to monitor on. I'll have to get me one :)

Luis -
That s a beautiful find !
But do you think that a Blackmagic card can really fit in here and do the work?
Too bad Dell doesn't have a store here where you could go in and get Tech answers

The best way to get tech answers would be the dell forums. Maybe if we ask around?

All I have found out so far is that it holds a half length pci card inside and it works for many notebook models out there. It's been around for quite some time now. What I haven't been able to find out is if blackmagic and aja sdi cards are half or full length. The only full length pci card I've ever owned was a DPS Velocity that bit the dust a few years back.

Hi,

Has anyone found out if the Dell Precision M90 notebook workstation holds an SDI pci card inside or if an ExpressCard to PCI Expansion card will work on a MacBook Pro with an SDI card?

Thanks,

I still think it is the capture/storage drive array that is going to give the portability problems.

To get portability (such as a Firestore device) you currently have to accept degrading compression like Cineform/Wafian or Sheer or accept more bulk in the drive array.

I just stumbled across this wonderful news....

http://www.barefeats.com/hard71.html


as well as, I was unaware of the recent 15" MacBook Pro changes... An even faster processor and a firewire 800 ports was added to the mix.

The pieces are coming or even here... But will they work together?

I still think it is the capture/storage drive array that is going to give the portability problems.

To get portability (such as a Firestore device) you currently have to accept degrading compression like Cineform/Wafian or Sheer or accept more bulk in the drive array.


But Sheer/Cineform are very Sweet 4:2:2 - aLot Better than HDV ! And I would Love to capture to a laptop on most of the shoots I am doing that would be the Best.

Granite Digital also makes a SATAII laptop card for $59.
Granite Digital 4 bay enclosure hot swap SATA II $299
4 320 gig Seagate Barracuda drives @ Newegg.com ($94 ea) $376

For less than $800 a 1.2 terrabyte SATA II raid for a Macbook Pro
that should be able to do uncompressed 1080i.
Now, if there was another port on the macbook pro for the HDSDI card :(