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Blackmagic Intensity Pro capture 4:2:2 (1080x1920) over component?
Does the Blackmagic Design intensity Pro capture 4:2:2 (1080 x 1920) over component? The website is not clear about component capabilities.
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The REAL question is what the bit depth is for the A-D conversion. No one, not even BMD seems to know.
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the resolution of the ADC is 10 bit (NXP TDA9975)
http://www.digchip.com/datasheets/ne...02/1080824.php it is used for both HDMI and analog component. However I doubt the driver passes through that bit depth (likely just 8), it would overlap with their more expensive pro cards. I could be wrong, I didn't bother to check as I don't have 10 bit signal sources. |
Thank You for the information. I didn't want to make assumptions about component capabilities.
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How this info relates to the capabilities of the BM A to D chip I have no idea. No idea if this is a camera related issue or a BM related issue or what. BM never responded to any questions on the subject. Might be great, might not. |
That footage captured analog component Originally Posted by Doug Harvey is bad . If this is what I can expect of this combination, I will keep my money. Does anyone have any other samples, good or bad of this combination? That way I can Identify if it's the setup or the operator. ( no disrespect to Doug). I would hate to base my decision on one example.
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Maybe you'd have more luck getting an answer from BM than Bill Ravens and I have had.
Of course there could be a million reasons, like noise on the cables, connector issues, bad D to A in the camera, - or bad A to D in the card. Or any combination of the above All of these seem a tad unlikely, but it has to be due to something. |
I finally got a reply from BlackMagic
They said that so far as they know their A to D should produce excellent results and they seem really surprised that there might be an issue with it. They also said that in their experience good cameras have excellent D to A and they really doubt that that's the issue. So the plot thickens. Oh where oh where has the quality gone, oh where oh where can it be? With it's price quite high and it's output so short, oh bring back the answer to me. Or something like that:<)) |
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I asked the guys at BlackMagic if they had any tests they could post - from any kind of decent camera. Haven't heard from them yet, though.
I think there are quite a few of us who would really like to know what's going on - it all seems so unlikely that quality would suffer so badly. |
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I just received my Intensity Pro and installed it. I then connected my XH A1 (PAL) with the component cable.... The BM Capture Tool didnīt get a Signal, neither did Premiere Pro 2. I tried a while but it wouldnīt work.
If you guys could help me with that i could then upload some images captured via component. Some more Infos: got the latest Intensity driver of the BM page. My System: Core 2 Extreme Asus P5B Deluxe 2GB Ram 7900 GT 512MB loads of HD Space |
I own the big brother, the Decklink HD Extreme.. component captured fine - turned the camera on, plugged in the cables to the camera, to the computer, voila.. computer saw it.
Had to tinker with settings on the computer's end (specifiy what the signal was, etc) but it worked. It was in April, so I can't really tell you what I did - too long ago - but it worked. The Intensity Pro should/will too. |
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That sounds good, but actually I didnīt find a menu where I could specify the Signal....or if it should use component or HDMI as Input. |
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