NanoFlash features wish list

[David Issko]

Actually, it's just one feature that would be nice and that is an on screen display, confirming the unit is recording, CF card usage, bit rate, audio meters & any other useful info which one could select to have displayed.

I just bought the DP1 monitor from SmallHD and it would be great to see these features on screen, just like on the EX3 viewfinder.

Is this a feature that is being considered?

Thanks very much.

[Dan Keaton]

Dear David,

We are working on a "Status" display, in which all of the information that you mentioned will be displayed on the LCD of the nanoFlash.

This is expected for our November release.

Our next release is not expected to have this, but our release after that will along with many other new features.



But, you may have meant that you want us to send this status information to your external monitor.

If so, then I am sorry, we do not have immediate plans to do so.

To do so would require significant resources in our nanoFlash and quite a long time to develop. We are reserving our resources for some other features. We hope you understand.

[Paul Steinberg]

Add 3:2 pulldown of 24/23.98Psf files over HDMI to the 'wish list'. This would allow older monitors or consumer panel TV's with HDMI inputs to display 24/23.98Psf files at the 59.94i they're locked into.

Nice feature that would let you watch your work in your living room but I'd imagine the trade show/staging folks would also love to have it for use with the huge inventory of monitors they own.

[Dan Keaton]

Dear Paul,

We are currently invstigating this.

Our engineers are working on it.

[David Issko]

Thanks Dan,

Yes, I am after the status to be able to be displayed on a monitor if required.
I understand the priorities list you are working on.

Thanks anyway.

[Dan Keaton]

Dear David,

Thanks.

That is difficult for us to do at this time.

I agree that it would be nice.

[Yi-nan Liu]

I wish the nanoflash can add a new option.
Recoding in Apply ProRes 422(HQ) Format about 180m/s.
In this encode code, one can edit free in FCS.

[Rafael Amador]

Hi Yinan,
That would be great.
There have been many posts about the possibilities of the NANO/XDR, but nobody yet have asked if the the processor can be tweaked to record something that is not MPEG-2.
I'm not sure if is possible.
I understand that there are "MPEG-2 ONLY" processors.
The more capabilities of the processor, the more expensive.
But is not just a matter of processor; Size, heat, power,..
We are just in the beginning of the Solid State Video Recording.
Little by little eveything will arrive.
rafael

[Steve Kalle]

What about recording SD to one card and HD to the other? Being able to hand the client a CF card that will play on whatever system they have would be nice, and I would still have the HD clips to edit.

[Dan Keaton]

Dear Steve,

We have Sony's latest and greatest MPEG-2 encoder/decoder module in our nanoFlash.

This is a very capable device, but it can not encode to both SD and HD simultaneously.

I know you would like to do this is one nanoFlash, but it currently takes two nanoFlashes to do what you are requesting, one for HD, and one for SD.

[Dan Keaton]

Originally Posted by Yi-nan Liu

I wish the nanoflash can add a new option.
Recoding in Apply ProRes 422(HQ) Format about 180m/s.
In this encode code, one can edit free in FCS.

We can record, in the nanoFlash and Flash XDR, in native Quicktime.

Our files "drag and drop" into Final Cut Pro, provide excellent image quality, and they are easy to edit. In addition, you have the option of I-Frame Only at 100/140/160/220 Mbps and 50/100/140/160 Long-GOP, all 4:2:2.

[Lance Librandi]

Originally Posted by Dan Keaton

Dear Steve,

We have Sony's latest and greatest MPEG-2 encoder/decoder module in our nanoFlash.

This is a very capable device, but it can not encode to both SD and HD simultaneously.

I know you would like to do this is one nanoFlash, but it currently takes two nanoFlashes to do what you are requesting, one for HD, and one for SD.

Hello Dan,
I am a bit confused here how can you encode both SD and HD simultaneously to two nanoFlash. I could really use this feature and would buy a second nanoFlash if it was possible. I was under the impression that the nanoFlash can only record the SDI signal sent to it so if the camera output is set for SD SDI how can you record HD to a second nanoFlash?

[Gints Klimanis]

Dan, so does the Nanoflash architecture not allow storing full resolution frame grabs? I was asking about the possiblity of a 15-60 fps "still" camera that writes to uncompressed TIFF or PNG files.

[Aaron Newsome]

Originally Posted by Lance Librandi

Hello Dan,
I am a bit confused here how can you encode both SD and HD simultaneously to two nanoFlash. I could really use this feature and would buy a second nanoFlash if it was possible. I was under the impression that the nanoFlash can only record the SDI signal sent to it so if the camera output is set for SD SDI how can you record HD to a second nanoFlash?

Hi Lance, your camera would need to output both HD and SD SDI to two NanoFlash. Otherwise you'd need to convert the HD-SDI out of one Nanoflash to SD-SDI and run into the other Nanoflash.

My camera can output 3 separate SDI outputs but it can't mix format between them. All are HD. I do have a composite out that has an SD signal that I could convert to SDI with my AJA box and then record SD with a Nano. That's a lot of boxes to carry though.

[Daniel Symmes]

This works for the EX3.

You have an SD downconvert coming out of the "video" connector to one nanoFLASH, the the main SDI with HD going to the other nanoFLASH.

I suspect there's a slight time delay, but shouldn't affect you.