Older Catalyst and HD

[efxmaster]

Thanks Richard.

So with a newer system and a SSD do you think I will be able to get 3 1080i videos to play back?

Thanks for your help.

[samsc]

Thanks Richard.

So with a newer system and a SSD do you think I will be able to get 3 1080i videos to play back?

Thanks for your help.

you need to check and double check the exact limits of your setup- as they are all different - and there is no comprehensive answer.

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i can get 3x1080 to play - on newer systems - using AIC codec-

in the end it does depend on the content -

[efxmaster]

Thanks everyone for the help. I went ahead and ordered a newer Mac. Here is what I ordered.

2 3.0GHz Quad-Core
2GB of Ram
1 320GB 7200 for System
NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 512 Video Card

I am going to buy the Triple Head 2 Go and a SSD hard drive. What is the best place in the US to buy those?

Also, anyone know how hard it is to transfer the Catalyst software and everything over to the new mac. I have a decklink card that came with it that I would still like to use. Is that hard to move over?

Thanks for the help.

[efxmaster]

Richard,

You said the AIC codec.

That is the Apple Intermediate Codec right?

Thanks

[samsc]

Richard,

You said the AIC codec.

That is the Apple Intermediate Codec right?

Thanks

yes.

its the only thing that works well enough

[samsc]

Thanks everyone for the help. I went ahead and ordered a newer Mac. Here is what I ordered.

2 3.0GHz Quad-Core
2GB of Ram
1 320GB 7200 for System
NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 512 Video Card

I am going to buy the Triple Head 2 Go and a SSD hard drive. What is the best place in the US to buy those?

Also, anyone know how hard it is to transfer the Catalyst software and everything over to the new mac. I have a decklink card that came with it that I would still like to use. Is that hard to move over?

Thanks for the help.

the decklink card wont work- the new macs use a different pci architecture ( unless you have a very late g5 - some of the last ones used pci-express )

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with regard to triple head- they only work at certain resolutions- what resolution do you need?

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in the usa
www.dvnation.com

im sure there are others now.

[efxmaster]

I will look at the decklink card. If not, would you recommend the new Phoenix card from Activesilicon? According to Matox's website I can use the Triple head in a dual head mode and get 1920X1080 twice. I should be able to use the other output of the 8800 to get the third output at 1920X1080.

Basically 3 screens in HD, some of the content will be in 1080i some will be in smaller sizes, but the client would like the ability to run all 3 in HD if they can.

Thanks

[samsc]

I will look at the decklink card. If not, would you recommend the new Phoenix card from Activesilicon? According to Matox's website I can use the Triple head in a dual head mode and get 1920X1080 twice. I should be able to use the other output of the 8800 to get the third output at 1920X1080.

Basically 3 screens in HD, some of the content will be in 1080i some will be in smaller sizes, but the client would like the ability to run all 3 in HD if they can.

Thanks

you cant do 3 screens in HD with one triple head - they only go up to a certain size

you are really pushing this to try to do 3 HD screens at the same time- the graphics card will need testing by you - you need to try and test your setup.
you cannot get whether it will work from specs- you have to build and mockup and test what you intend-
Third party devices need compatibility testing.

System dependent. Maximum resolutions supported may vary. To verify if your system is compatible with TripleHead2Go, please run our GXM system compatibility tool.

2 Available when TripleHead2Go Digital Edition is connected to the system's dual-link DVI output under Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems.

What projectors/displays are you using?

[samsc]

If not, would you recommend the new Phoenix card from Activesilicon?

we are still doing compatibility testing on a range of machines with this card - its only in beta testing

[Mr_P]

I will look at the decklink card. If not, would you recommend the new Phoenix card from Activesilicon?

Watch out for frame buffering when using HD-SDI on the decklink on 2007 MacPros - Not tried it on a 2008 MacPro yet.
See Decklink buffering Movie - scrolling text starts to slow down, then suddenly catches up



Simon