Video Input

[thomasrotten]

Hi there.. What videocards can i use when i want 2 video inputs in catalyst version 3??. Best Regards Thomas

[samsc]

with version 3 - there were a few options.
but several video input cards have been made obsolete or discontinued.

you can use a decklink card- and a dv input device at the same time.

[thomasrotten]

i have a decklink card but there is a latensy in the firewireport... so i need a videocard with 2 inputs...

[samsc]

suggest you try lfg4 from active silicon- only works with version 4- custom drivers are required to get the best.

www.activesilicon.co.uk

there used to be a miglia composite video input card, and another company that made cards - both went out of business or got discontinued

aja and decklink cards didnt play nicely together - last time i checked - when installed in the same machine.

[thomasrotten]

I have a Miglia videocard i have used vir a arkaos system... I´ll try that card togeather with the blackmagic card... Thanks

[samsc]

I have a Miglia videocard i have used vir a arkaos system... I´ll try that card togeather with the blackmagic card... Thanks

the alchemy tv pci cards were used quite a lot - and they were pci or pci-x only - not sure.
im not sure whether you can get drivers any more.

blackmagic has not supported more than 1 card in a machine up til now.

[Gian]

I use 1 Blackmagic and 1 Pinacle MovieBox DV Firewire, works just fine.
Also I used another day a miniDV VCRm what have a DV output, and worked fine connected directly on the Firewire port.

[samsc]

dv can sometimes have a delay which is too long for real live stuff.
depends on what people need.

and seems that on faster computers, delay is a lot less.

[Gian]

With the pinnacle we have a strange issue... If I am using both, the Blackmagic and the Pinacle DV capture. As well some clips running on a background, you can note the Blackmagic gets some delay, but the DV pinacle don't. If you release all layers, or at least stop the background movies, both gets at the same speed. Just a curiosity.

[samsc]

depends on loading of computer.
some clips running in background...

[FinnRoss]

the alchemy tv pci cards were used quite a lot - and they were pci or pci-x only - not sure.
im not sure whether you can get drivers any more.

I used two alchemy tv pic cards in two machines for a long time, worked very well, if you can't find the hard or software give XL video UK a shout as they bought 4 cards for a show we did which they supplied.

[samsc]

I used two alchemy tv pic cards in two machines for a long time, worked very well, if you can't find the hard or software give XL video UK a shout as they bought 4 cards for a show we did which they supplied.

i have some too. but driver support was abandoned a long time ago...
im not sure whether they work with tiger?

[samsc]

If people just want a single composite input, the decklink intensity Pro has composite input.

[samsc]

i just got the IoLD working in m150 build.

not sure about latency or performance but it seems to works,

the IoLD is a firewire to SDI box from AJA.

http://www.aja.com/html/products_Io_IoLAD.html

no promises about performance or latency...

Richard

[samsc]

I just got the Kona IoLD - firewire to sdi box - to work in m152

fixed a crash-

dont know latency or performance-

this is not a dv convertor - but an uncompressed sdi to firewire box.

www.aja.com

[Dan Valcich]

While we're talking video input, does Catalyst work with the Kona 3 cards?

[samsc]

While we're talking video input, does Catalyst work with the Kona 3 cards?

not tested.

[roberto_novelli]

Time ago' i used for Catalyst V3,AURORA SYSTEM PIPE for composite input
together Black magic for SDI/COMPONENT/COMPOSITO input.

Remember you need to use PCI-X bus if you use old MAC G5


Using Cat V3 PRO i used succesfully this video card type
to have 2 video input:

DECKLINK BLACK MAGIC EXTREME SDI/COMPONENT/COMPOSITO
DECKLINK BLACK MAGIC SP COMPOSITO
AURORA SYSTEM PIPE S-VIDEO/COMPOSITO
AURORA SYSTEM FUSE-X S-VIDEO/COMPOSITO

You can use 1 DECKLINK + 1 AURORA simoultanuosly to have 2 video input,
this was solution because time ago' was not possible to use 2 decklink simoultanuosly.


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[samsc]

aurora has been obsolete for many many years.
company ceased in 2005.

[gazzer82]

Has anyone used the Decklink Intensity Pro with catalyst, either for DVI or Composite capture? Also are they usable together, i need two inputs of composite video and was looking at these.

Cheers

Gareth

[Spam Butterfly]

I have used the Decklink Intensity for DVI capture (via HDMI) - but not the Pro version.

Hugh