Laptop monitoring solution?

Farley Scott · February 29th, 2004, 12:21 PM

Any further word on that laptop monitoring solution? I'm a ConnectHD user and would love to try it. Thanks.

Phil Wright · March 1st, 2004, 04:32 PM

Scott - We are doing some limited beta testing at the moment. I'll contact you directly.

Phil

Josef Crow · March 3rd, 2004, 03:45 PM

would this be limited to a PC or would a mac work as well?

would it have to be a super face laptop?

thanks

Heath McKnight · March 3rd, 2004, 04:09 PM

Phil is with AspectHD if I'm not mistaken, which means it's for PC only. I believe...

heath

Phil Wright · March 3rd, 2004, 11:54 PM

It is for PC only and it needs to be fast enough to decode the full-res stream in real-time.

So if your laptop can playback one of the transport streams generated by the camera in VLC or some other MPEG2 player with at least a little bit of CPU left over it will probably work.

And that's correct Heath. I work for CineForm.

Dustin Cross · March 4th, 2004, 01:41 PM

Any possiblity of getting software vectorscope and waveform while monitoring HDV on the laptop? We use FCP on a laptop for this with DV and it is great since we can't afford hardware scopes.

Troy Lamont · March 10th, 2004, 10:00 AM

It looks like Ulead's HDV plugin will do monitoring also on the PC side, but I don't know if it will be fullscreen or not.

Troy

Sylvain Pallix · March 10th, 2004, 07:15 PM

Hi,

At this time, you can use Paul Glagla's Captureflux for incoming DV sources.

It's a freeware. And you can use live picture coming from the camcorder in fullscreen at full speed on a 2 GHz laptop

http://paul.glagla.free.fr/6.htm

In French and usable first for direct capture on Notebook.

Try it !

Saylvain Pallix

www.repaire.net

(French Site about video, more than 28 000 members)

David Newman · March 10th, 2004, 07:25 PM

Is that software DV only? HDV is a different issue, although the idea is similar. I sure that tool could be upgraded.

Heath McKnight · March 10th, 2004, 08:27 PM

I just noticed that, too. DV.

heath

Sylvain Pallix · March 11th, 2004, 07:52 AM

I think Paul Glaga has no access to HDV camcorder for a release. I will ask him.

Look in my post, i had precised in the first line for incoming DV sources. By waiting for the tool from Cineform, you can use Captureflux with Y/C câble from the JVC camcorder to a compact convert Box (analkogue to DV) like Canopus ADVC-55 (pocket size).

Message for David Newman, are Aspect HP and Connect HD PAL ready now ?

Sylvain Pallix

www.repaire.net

(French Site about video, more than 28 000 members)

Camera Video & Multimùedia (EMAP_ Monthly paper magazine about video)

David Newman · March 11th, 2004, 10:50 AM

Sylvain,

The CFHD codec can handle just about any format. HDLink -- the CineForm capture/convert utility -- will happily convert 720p30, 480p60 and 576p50 without any issues. However, converting the 576p25 is problematic today -- this will be adressed soon. With this one exception Connect HD is ready today. Aspect HD has many more real-time tools than Connect HD, these tools are being finalized to support the p60 and p50 modes that will be part of a free upgrade soon.

Patrick Keith · March 17th, 2004, 05:15 AM

For the Mac folks (like myself) I ran across this on the iMovie page the other day:

Quote:

iMovie also lets you take greater advantage of other members of your digital hub. Do you use iSight? Now, if you train that lens away from yourself and towards another subject, iMovie can capture that video stream. That’s right, iMovie will import live audio and video from iSight and place it in the Clips pane (or directly into the Timeline), where you can edit it just like the footage you capture with your camcorder.

I don't have iMovie 4 yet to test this function out with a different FireWire camera than it suggests (iSight). If someone has tested this, let us know. My new Powerbook should be here in time for my first weekend of shooting and I'd like to give it a try as a monitor.

Um....of course there needs to be a pretty long cable, too.

Heath McKnight · March 17th, 2004, 03:52 PM

Patrick,

does this have to do with cutting via HDV (the new hi-def video format) from the JVC HD10 or HD1?

heath

Ken Hodson · March 23rd, 2004, 02:42 PM

Where are we at as far as the Cineform preview? How have the beta tests worked out?
Ken

March 3rd, 2004, 04:09 PM	#19
Heath McKnight MPS Digital Studios Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida Posts: 8,531	Phil is with AspectHD if I'm not mistaken, which means it's for PC only. I believe... heath __________________ My Final Cut Pro X blog

March 4th, 2004, 01:41 PM	#21
Dustin Cross Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 133	Any possiblity of getting software vectorscope and waveform while monitoring HDV on the laptop? We use FCP on a laptop for this with DV and it is great since we can't afford hardware scopes. __________________ Mahalo, Dusty

March 10th, 2004, 07:15 PM	#23
Sylvain Pallix New Boot Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Paris (France) Posts: 9	A real laptop monitoring solution available Hi, At this time, you can use Paul Glagla's Captureflux for incoming DV sources. It's a freeware. And you can use live picture coming from the camcorder in fullscreen at full speed on a 2 GHz laptop http://paul.glagla.free.fr/6.htm In French and usable first for direct capture on Notebook. Try it ! Saylvain Pallix www.repaire.net (French Site about video, more than 28 000 members)

March 10th, 2004, 07:25 PM	#24
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	Is that software DV only? HDV is a different issue, although the idea is similar. I sure that tool could be upgraded. __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman

March 10th, 2004, 08:27 PM	#25
Heath McKnight MPS Digital Studios Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida Posts: 8,531	I just noticed that, too. DV. heath __________________ My Final Cut Pro X blog

February 29th, 2004, 12:21 PM	#16
Farley Scott Tourist Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 2	Any further word on that laptop monitoring solution? I'm a ConnectHD user and would love to try it. Thanks.

March 1st, 2004, 04:32 PM	#17
Phil Wright CineForm (Aspect HD) Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Oceanside, CA Posts: 57	Scott - We are doing some limited beta testing at the moment. I'll contact you directly. Phil

March 3rd, 2004, 03:45 PM	#18
Josef Crow Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: new york, ny Posts: 66	would this be limited to a PC or would a mac work as well? would it have to be a super face laptop? thanks

March 3rd, 2004, 11:54 PM	#20
Phil Wright CineForm (Aspect HD) Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Oceanside, CA Posts: 57	It is for PC only and it needs to be fast enough to decode the full-res stream in real-time. So if your laptop can playback one of the transport streams generated by the camera in VLC or some other MPEG2 player with at least a little bit of CPU left over it will probably work. And that's correct Heath. I work for CineForm.

March 10th, 2004, 10:00 AM	#22
Troy Lamont Major Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Studio City, CA Posts: 236	It looks like Ulead's HDV plugin will do monitoring also on the PC side, but I don't know if it will be fullscreen or not. Troy

March 11th, 2004, 07:52 AM	#26
Sylvain Pallix New Boot Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Paris (France) Posts: 9	I think Paul Glaga has no access to HDV camcorder for a release. I will ask him. Look in my post, i had precised in the first line for incoming DV sources. By waiting for the tool from Cineform, you can use Captureflux with Y/C câble from the JVC camcorder to a compact convert Box (analkogue to DV) like Canopus ADVC-55 (pocket size). Message for David Newman, are Aspect HP and Connect HD PAL ready now ? Sylvain Pallix www.repaire.net (French Site about video, more than 28 000 members) Camera Video & Multimùedia (EMAP_ Monthly paper magazine about video)

March 11th, 2004, 10:50 AM	#27
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	Sylvain, The CFHD codec can handle just about any format. HDLink -- the CineForm capture/convert utility -- will happily convert 720p30, 480p60 and 576p50 without any issues. However, converting the 576p25 is problematic today -- this will be adressed soon. With this one exception Connect HD is ready today. Aspect HD has many more real-time tools than Connect HD, these tools are being finalized to support the p60 and p50 modes that will be part of a free upgrade soon. __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman

March 17th, 2004, 03:52 PM	#29
Heath McKnight MPS Digital Studios Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida Posts: 8,531	Patrick, does this have to do with cutting via HDV (the new hi-def video format) from the JVC HD10 or HD1? heath __________________ My Final Cut Pro X blog

March 23rd, 2004, 02:42 PM	#30
Ken Hodson Trustee Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Vancouver BC Canada Posts: 1,315	Where are we at as far as the Cineform preview? How have the beta tests worked out? Ken __________________ Damnit Jim, I'm a film maker not a sysytems tech.