[AG-TECH] BlackMagic HDMI vic beta download

Mike.W.Daley at cs.cardiff.ac.uk Mike.W.Daley at cs.cardiff.ac.uk
Wed Feb 18 08:37:42 CST 2009


Hi Gurcharan
I'm using the Intensity Pro HDMI and Analog HD/SD Card.
I did push it to 30 fps.
Mike
Quoting "Gurcharan S. Khanna" <gurcharan.khanna at rit.edu>:

> Mike,
>
> are you using the Intensity Pro or the Decklink ExtremeHD card? i am
> suspecting
> there are differences between the two. i've seen 30 fps v 60 fps as the
> specs for the
> Decklink v. the Intensity come up on its GUI and don't know why this is
> the case.
>
> thanks,
>
> -gurcharan
>
> Mike.W.Daley at cs.cardiff.ac.uk wrote:
>>
>> Hi All
>> Just to clarify.
>> I'm using a SONY HDR-SR12E camera.
>> I've tested it both in PAL and NTSC formats at 1080i and its all fine.
>> In resting phase. (very little activity) I'm getting 1.8M/s transfer rate.
>> Mike
>>
>> Quoting Nathan Gardiner <nathan.gardiner at canterbury.ac.nz>:
>>
>>> We have had problems trying to get an AVCHD camcorder to work with
>>> BlackMagic card and i think most AVCHD camcorders that I tested didn't
>>> seem to have true HDMI realtime output.
>>>
>>> I don't think that NTSC and PAL should make much difference as the
>>> BlackMagic card accepts input from either or.
>>>
>>> Also, we should have a new JVC camcorder arriving in the next day or
>>> so and will be testing that out.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Nathan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 18/02/2009, at 11:56 AM, Jimmy Miklavcic wrote:
>>>
>>>> I did check it a while back and it was fine. I had to install a    
>>>>  graphics card in order for Media Express to work. Right now I'm   
>>>>   using the on-board VGA for the display. I didn't think I needed  
>>>> a    high-end display card just to run the service manager.  
>>>> Anyway I    think you and I are seeing the same symptoms. I'm  
>>>> using 720 @  30p.
>>>>
>>>> Jimmy
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Jimmy Miklavcic
>>>> Multimedia Specialist
>>>> Jimmy.Miklavcic at utah.edu
>>>>
>>>> UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
>>>> CTR FOR HIGH PERFORM COMPUTING
>>>> 155 SOUTH 1452 EAST RM 405
>>>> SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84112-0190
>>>>
>>>> Office: 801.585.9335
>>>> Fax: 801.585.5366
>>>>
>>>> http://www.anotherlanguage.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: adhesionmusic at gmail.com [mailto:adhesionmusic at gmail.com] On  
>>>>    Behalf Of Andrew Ford
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 2:43 PM
>>>> To: Jimmy Miklavcic
>>>> Cc: Mike.W.Daley at cs.cardiff.ac.uk; Nathan Gardiner; ag- tech at mcs.anl.gov
>>>> Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] BlackMagic HDMI vic beta download
>>>>
>>>> Hi Jimmy,
>>>>
>>>> Did you try checking the HDMI input directly, via either   
>>>> Blackmagic  Media Express or AMCap? If that works then we   
>>>> probably have the  same  problem - I can see the video fine in   
>>>> Media Express but vic  just  shows a black screen with any codec   
>>>> or size. Here we have the  Blackmagic Intensity Pro cards with   
>>>> Sony HDR-SR11 cameras, which  are  AVCHD. Side note: I don't   
>>>> think the recording format makes  much of a  difference, just the  
>>>>  specific video format, as in 1080i  at a certain  framerate.
>>>>
>>>> Nathan, is vic expecting a certain framerate? The format that    
>>>> worked  with Media Express was 1080i @ 59.97. If it's only been    
>>>> tested with  PAL so far, I would hazard a guess and say that the   
>>>>  NTSC isn't using  the right format/framerate in some way.
>>>>
>>>> --Andrew
>>>>
>>>> 2009/2/17 Jimmy Miklavcic <jimmy.miklavcic at utah.edu>
>>>>
>>>> Mike, it's great news that you have been able to get HIT Lab's vic to
>>>> work. I haven't been so lucky. I have AVCHD (Panasonic AG-HMC150)  video
>>>> cameras. Mike I think that you have MPEG2 based HD cameras. Are yours
>>>> Sony? Nathan, I don't think you tested with an AVCHD camera.
>>>>
>>>> All I get is black, which I think tells me that it sees the video card
>>>> but not, the video stream. Mike, did you use 1080i/p or 720p?
>>>>
>>>> If anyone has any suggestions, I'm open.
>>>>
>>>> Jimmy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Jimmy Miklavcic
>>>> Multimedia Specialist
>>>> Jimmy.Miklavcic at utah.edu
>>>>
>>>> UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
>>>> CTR FOR HIGH PERFORM COMPUTING
>>>> 155 SOUTH 1452 EAST RM 405
>>>> SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84112-0190
>>>>
>>>> Office: 801.585.9335
>>>> Fax: 801.585.5366
>>>>
>>>> http://www.anotherlanguage.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: ag-tech-bounces at lists.mcs.anl.gov
>>>> [mailto:ag-tech-bounces at lists.mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of
>>>> Mike.W.Daley at cs.cardiff.ac.uk
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 1:52 AM
>>>> To: Nathan Gardiner
>>>> Cc: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov; Mike.W.Daley at cs.cardiff.ac.uk
>>>> Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] BlackMagic HDMI vic beta download
>>>>
>>>> Hi Nathan
>>>> Thanks otherwise all looking good.
>>>> Not bad on bandwidth usage either.
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Michael Daley M.Phil MBCS GCFA
>>
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