SDI Out

[abbewest]

Hello Masters!

Could you plesase help me in solving this Q?

I have two Catalyst who work fine. A customer wants to have SDI OUT for distribution purposes.
Can i install a SDI OUT Card in my G5´s?
I thought i could use a BlackMagic Decklink card. But that is only SDI IN or what?

All the best.

Abbe Westerlundh

[samsc]

no you cannot use a sdi out card and get sdi out.

You have to get a scan convertor which converts vga or dvi to sdi.
There are quite a lot of these available.
I dont know the best of cheapest ones.

Richard

[peppe]

Hello Masters!

Could you plesase help me in solving this Q?

I have two Catalyst who work fine. A customer wants to have SDI OUT for distribution purposes.
Can i install a SDI OUT Card in my G5´s?
I thought i could use a BlackMagic Decklink card. But that is only SDI IN or what?

All the best.

Abbe Westerlundh

Abbe!
http://www.miranda.com/section.php?f=11&l=1

PicoLink Miranda

[samsc]

the picolink, thats composite video only isnt it?

he probably wants to convert vga to sdi.

there are quite a lot of devices that do this.
i dont know which ones people are using and recommending at the moment.

r

[abbewest]

Hi
Thanks for fast replies! The Miranda Stuff is great, but not quite what i want.
I´ll guess i have to talk my customer into some other solution.

Regards

Abbe W

[samsc]

there are a lot of rackmounted sdi convertors from vga out there.
to suit different budgets and different requirements.

the miranda thing is not representative.

what does your client want to do?

[samsc]

extron makes a more representative box to do vga to sdi conversion,
many other companies do these boxes.


vsc700d:
http://www.extron.com/product/produc...700&subtype=39

usp 405:
http://www.extron.com/product/produc...405&subtype=39

vsc 900D, dual input:
http://www.extron.com/product/produc...900&subtype=39

[samsc]

if you are confused about what sdi actually is, there is an article here

http://www.extron.com/technology/archive.asp?id=sdi

[abbewest]

Hi
Thanks for all the nice links, i got an idea. The Radeon 9800 has a S-Video out, is that supported by the Catalyst software at all or is it working just as it is?
Then i could get a relly cheap way of solving my problem. These converters are pretty common and does just what i want.
What my customer want to do is just not having loads of Coax and amplifiers since the Catalyst racks are a long way from the LEDscreen.


Regards Abbe W

[samsc]

i have done shows where the led screens are run from the composite or s-video output from the 9800.

composite looks a bit shit around the edges, but sometimes its fine for what the client is aware of.
You just have to check.

You can output composite or s-video directly from the mac using the retail 9800, and catalyst will work with the outputs.

What you must do is actually have a video device connected to the system when you boot it up.
The 9800 cards senses the output on the composite connector, and if it doesnt see a 75ohm resistive load, it assumes no video device is connected or present, and does not give you the option of outputing composite video.