Laptop HD-SDI capture
Any experience with this:
http://www.mobl.com/expansion/produc...ion/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?
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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...
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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.
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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 :)
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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? |
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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 :( |
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