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Spot|DSE wrote on 5/4/2005, 5:26 PM
Haven't output to Digibeta, but do output SDI to my monitor via the Decklink, and so assume that it will also print fine. I don't have a Digibeta deck, and my beta deck doesn't have SDI I/O.
norgeworks wrote on 5/4/2005, 8:08 PM
I also anxiously await word on what this combo is like. Last I heard, layback was TC accurate, but dig'n wasn't.
farss wrote on 5/4/2005, 9:09 PM
I have access to a DVW 250, should be able to report how well it all flies in a few weeks. First I need to upgrade Vegas and buy a BMD card, I'm very close to their Sydney office so I'll go bang on their door shortly.

Still you'd think Sony could join the dots a bit more, none of this kit comes cheap so it'd be good for all of us to know what's been tested and known to work and not just the BMD cards but also decks etc.

Bob.
winrockpost wrote on 5/5/2005, 3:32 PM
bump

.................First I need to upgrade Vegas and buy a BMD card,
Same here, you go first farss !
farss wrote on 5/5/2005, 3:44 PM
Well, thing is I saw one of there high end HD units at NAB that'd really suit me as it plugs straight into a PCI-E slot that I have spare.

As I work a few doors down the road from BMD maybe I can borrow one to try, at around AUD 5K no way am I going to fork out those dollars and find it doesn't work. What I like about this unit is component HD input, we can feed Z1 straight in and capture uncompressed 10 bit 4:2:2 HiDef, box will need a drive array upgrade though.

Bob.
winrockpost wrote on 5/5/2005, 3:57 PM
If they let you test drive & you have the time ,please post what you think ,or email me at winrockpost@bellsouth.net
thanks much ,
ForumAdmin wrote on 5/6/2005, 9:27 AM
To use Vegas 6 + a Decklink with Digibeta, you will need a system that can handle the data throughput requirements of SD-SDI. There are a number of docs on system config at the BMD website (www.decklink.com), and the Decklink installer also has a speed test utility to help you properly configure your drive array. There's also a standalone Decklink capture app that will not capture or print to tape if the system bandwidth isn't up to snuff- and if that utility works, Vegas 6 will also work for SDI i/o .

winrockpost wrote on 5/6/2005, 3:05 PM
Thanks sony , have you guys set up a system , and ran it through some paces ?
farss wrote on 5/6/2005, 3:45 PM
I think anyone contemplating (such as myself) spending the dollars to step upto HD-SDI or SD-SDI would already be only too well aware of the data throughput requirements. I'm also well aware that BMD supply standalone PTT and capture utilities.
However DigiBeta and HDCAM both support more than one stereo track.
Question is, having captured such video from a DB deck will Vegas open the file, how will it deal with the 4 track (or more) audio. Can Vegas render a avi file with say 8 tracks of audio?
Assuming that Vegas cannot do this then perhaps another route is open to us, use a BMD card with analogue I/O, a more expensive box but then a whole raft of issues loom, can we / how do we genlock everything?

Bob.