Conecting a SOny PVM-14N6E to my BLACKMAGIC Intensity card???

Tryng to connect the two...the problem is that the Monitor had a ONE BNC input for composite and the card has 3 outs ??????
I am using it with Final Cut Pro...
I know its slightly off topic...but I would appreciate the help..
ROB

I have not used my Intensity card with my MAC Pro yet; I only had multiple issues trying to use it with my unsupported PPC G5. Your first question seems like a familiar issue though. As to the second I do know that changing firewire setting on the Sony needs to be done while the firewire cable is disconnected. This may be part of it.
Here are links to other places to ask these and other questions.
http://forums.creativecow.net/viewforum/162
http://forums.creativecow.net/viewforum/124
If you want you can email me and I'll do what I can to help.
Good Luck,
Z1

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I have installed a Blackmagic Intensity PCI card and using the HMDI connection to my Sony Bravia 21 inch HD TV so i can monitor HD footage for FCP 7 . When i=I go to HDMI setup on the TV I get the message "no hdmi devices detected" with blackmagic intensity card.
Anyone have any ideas or come across this before?

Make sure FCP is running and that you have chosen View menu > External Video > All Frames and the appropriate Blackmagic Intensity preset from the View menu > Video Playback presets.

Blackmagic Intensity card questions

Two big questions involving the Blackmagic Intensity card and using it with FCP and an HDV camera:
If you are not shooting tethered to the computer to completely bypass HDV's compression, are there any advantages to capturing using this card? $250 seems like a small price to pay to be able to digitize pre-recorded HDV footage directly to DVCPRO HD, though this leads me to my second question ..
Is it at all possible to log footage and batch capture with this card, or would you need to do the equivilant of a 'capture now' when importing through HDMI? This would obviously be a huge hassle.
For anyone interested, I'm strongly considering the combination of a Brevis35 adapter and a Canon HV20 camera which appears to me to be the cheapest possible interchangeable 35mm lense HDV solution out there.
Love some thoughts and/or advice!
cheers,
Adam

For this thread to be of any value to future Black Magic searches, would someone please take a moment to synopsize the discussion? I'd do it but I don't know nuthin' 'bout no black magic stuff.
You guys have all kinds of knowledge and are appreciated...but it was nice to do a search and find the answers here instead of having to call Blackmagic. Some of us Producer/Editor types work crazy late hours and Blackmagic isn't always available on the phone. Just my two cents...not trying to stir up any new conflicts. Just valuing both sides of this discussion. < </div>
There are dozens of less narrow-minded twits managing and participating on much broader boards all over the Net.
creativecow.net, for instance. Vast selection of highly focused forums; many are supported by the publishers or manufacturers and most enjoy heavy traffic from top end users of specific products.
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Will BlackMagic Intensity Card capture straight to ProRes422?

Will BlackMagic Intensity Card capture straight to ProRes422?
I am getting a Mac Pro with FCStudio2. If I get the Intensity card is the prores422 codec included with FCP?
Thanks

Yes....as long as you install it into an Intel Mac Pro. It won't on a G5 Quad.
BUT...did you know that FCP 6.0.2 supports HDV conversion to ProRes via firewire? And it works on a G5?
http://library.creativecow.net/articles/poisson_chris/hdv-prores.php
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True or False? Blackmagic Intensity Card on G5 Quads

Hi: After digging around a bit, several weeks ago I ran across a message board thread that indicated someone had successfully installed Blackmagic's Intesity card on a G5 Quad. The post claimed the Intensity card works G5 Quads, since they are PCIe capable.
However, although the G5 Quad has the newer PCIe slots, I haven't found another thread that claims as much. Can anyone confirm if this is an HDMI input option which is now available for G5/PCIe Macs?

Duplicate post.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1494932&tstart=0
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Blackmagic Intensity Pro Card - Best Use With HDV

Hello
Given the choice should I use my Blackmagic Intensity card on my Mac Pro to capture HDV footage via HDMI or YUV Component. Or should I stick to firewire.
The card was initially bought for realtime previewing whilst editing HDV footage in FCP. My plans are to connect the card to a 21" LCD monitor via HDMI connections.
One of the Panasonic reps told me to stick with YUV as it does not compress the footage during the transfer stage as much as firewire?
Is this true?

With all due respect, your Panny rep was on crack.
Capturing over Firewire — whether it's DV or HDV — is a raw-data-stream copy from the tape. It's not actually a video operation at all; the signal is in no way changed. It's just copied from the tape directly into your computer.
Going out of your camera or deck via the component analog ports will give you lower-quality results than transferring over Firewire. Whether you can tell the difference depends on what kind of footage you're capturing.
Another point to keep in mind is that HDV is 1440x1080 with non-square pixels. Capturing it either via HDMI or component analog scales the footage to 1920x1080, introducing some softness in the image. This softness is even worse in the chroma channels, since HDV is only 4:2:0 to begin with. It's better by far to keep your footage in its native format throughout the editing process. If you're going back out to an HD digital master or to an HD tape, you can decide whether to scale to 1920 at that point. If you're shooting on HDV to deliver on SD DVD or over the Internet at less-than-full HD resolution, you're better off staying in 1440x1080 forever, never scaling up to 1920, and just doing a single down-scale at the end.

Blackmagic Intensity HDMI cards and FCP

I was hoping someone has had a chance to try out or see the new HDMI blackmagic Intensity cards? I have a 1.25 DP G4 and am trying to monitor
my HDV video though a CRT HDTV, but don't have the $ for the more expensive cards (Kona, etc...).
This card is HDMI but less than half the cost. I fear, though that my old
G4 will not accomodate the card. Thanks in advance for your time.
-shawn

It appears to be PCIExpress card:
Installation:
PCI Express 1 lane, compatible with 1,4,8,16 lane PCI Express slots
http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/intensity/techspecs/
I don't believe your G4 is a PCIExpress Mac:
http://www.lowendmac.com/ppc/g4-125.html

Blackmagic Intensity 24p Monitoring

I'm looking for a low-cost way to monitor HD and the Blackmagic Intensity card seems almost too good to be true. The thing I can't figure out is how it works with 24p timelines. I know that it doesn't capture or output 24p, but neither does my DV deck and I'm perfectly happy monitoring with pulldown added. If I were editing, say, DVCPro HD at 23.98 fps, would FCP or the Intensity card be able to add realtime pulldown on playback?

That would work fine. DVCPRO HD 23.98 is sent out over a 59.94 signal (you choose DVCPRO HD 8 bit 59.94 in the VIEW>VIDEO PLAYBACK option)...so pulldown is added.
Shane

Sony PVM 20N5U=Broadcast Color Correction Monitor?

Hello, folks. Posted this on the "Getting started with video production on a Mac" forum, but no responses . . . so I'm trying here.
I have a Sony 14M2U that IS indeed a professional grade broadcast monitor that can be used for color correction. However, I was recently given a Sony PVM 20N5U and I'm wondering if this one can also be used for broadcast standard/professional color correction. I looked online, but couldn't find any specific information on whether it was or not.
Any help resolving this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks much in advance,
Javier

the n5u is a very sweet monitor and quite versatile. Beats the cr*p out of most of the lcd monitors out there. These are no longer in production, so check carefully the hours on the tube and the general condition.

SONY PVM 14L4 not recognised via firewire

Hi to all,
I've rented a sony PVM 14L4 monitor for color correction that i'm trying to hook up to my dual G4 via firewire. FCP 5 doesn't seem to recognise it. I don't have the manual and am wondering if it is possible to hook it up directly through one of the computer's firewire ports...
Anyone familiar with this?
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Tee.

You can not hook up the monitor directly unless there is some sort of firewire board added in. If there is not one, you need a Digital Video/Analog converter between the computer and the monitor. This can be a DV camera, a DV VTR or a dedicated device such as the Canopus ADVC-300.
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x

Sony PVM 20N5U a Color Correction Monitor?

Hello, folks. Didn't know where else to post this, so I'm trying here.
I have a Sony 14M2U that IS indeed a professional grade color correction monitor. However, I was recently given a Sony PVM 20N5U and I'm wondering if this one is a professional color correction monitor as well. I looked online, but couldn't find any specific information on whether it was or not.
Any help resolving this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks much in advance,
Javier

The N5U series is what's called a presentation monitor for general viewing, hardly anything to be used for color accuracy. http://www.videosupport.tv/specs/Sony/Brochures/PVM20N6U.PDF
I also wouldn't call the PVM-M2U line of monitors "grade" monitors at all. While feature rich, they have P-22 phosphors and a vertical resolution of only 600 lines. The M4U line of monitors had 800 lines of vertical resolution as well as SMPTE-C phosphors in the tube.
However, your 14M2U is a heck of a lot more color accurate (if you've had it benched by a technician recently) and consistent than that 20N5U.

Is the Sony PVM-1351Q going to work with my system?

I am looking into getting this for my boyfriend who is a video editor. I'm not sure exactly what he needs but I do know that as of now, he only has one monitor. He was telling me the other night that he needed another monitor for color correction and I found the Sony PVM-1351Q in my price range, used. At first I was just going to get him a regular high quality computer monitor but this seemed better somehow. Is this something an editor needs?
I'm also curious if this will work with his system. I'm writing from his email right now.
Any info on this would help or if you have another suggestion for what he might want, that would be great.

This is a fine monitor for what he needs to do... color correct. It is a standard definition monitor, and would work great for DV projects.
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Are there benefits to the Blackmagic Intensity Pro for HDV capture ?

Are there benefits to the Blackmagic Intensity Pro for HDV capture ?
I have a Sony HDR-FX1 that records in HDV 1440 x 1080
I have already captured the footage to miniDV tape.
Can the intensity card get the full 1920 x 1080 video ?
I now use Premiere to capture my video and my HDV is in mpeg2 and my SD is in DV type 2 AVI
What format does the intensity card capture at ?
Are there other ways to capture that would make the footage better.
From what I have read allot of people have had problems with these cards.
Im just looking for the best way to get the footage off my camera with the best resolution.
Thanks: Glenn

Glenn,
I have posted this before in the PC Buying Guide (post #23 and later), but have a look at this diagram:
The problem is that once recorded to tape, the material is compressed to MPEG and there is no way to get the data back, that were lost during compression. The only thing you achieve is that you lose device control, lose all timecode information, lose all metadata like date and timestamp and exposure data and lose the capability of scene detection. There are no gains to compensate the losses.
Compare it to a glass of orange juice, that was made by heavily compressing oranges. How do you think you can reconstruct the original oranges that the juice came from? Were there 4 large oranges or 6 small ones or a mixture? Were they light colored or were they dark or a mixture of light and dark?
BlackMagic in their marketing may lead you to believe otherwise, but the truth is they can only guess at how many oranges were used, their size and color. It is nothing more than a guess.

Blackmagic Capture Cards?

Anyone using Blackmagic capture cards?
I have an Intensity Pro. Composite and s-video work fine. I
cannot get component working with a 720p or 1080i signal. FMLE
doesn't give me the option to select a resolution higher than
720x486. I haven't tested the HDMI input. Any ideas?
Maybe the problem is related to
this
post?

The video doesn't work for me.
I can get video output from the blackmagic media express software.
set to 1080i 59.94
The control panel for the blackmagic is set to 720p HD to SD letterbox 16:9 downconvert....
But when I launch the FMLE i just get a blank screen.
I'm told there is an ACC plugin to fix the audio isssu. HDMI is outputing sound at higher then 44100 so you need a plugin to deal with that...
But my probelm is with the video... I don't get a video stream....
Hell it would be nice if FMLE would support 1900x1080 and not make me mess around with all this....
anyone hanve any ideas?
Using Intensity card and a sony HD hdr-sr12 as video source over HDMI
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FCP capture problem with Blackmagic Intensity Pro

I just installed a Blackmagic Intensity Pro and I am having problems capturing in Final Cut Pro 6. I have a Sony VCR/DVD player with a HMDI out connection that works fine when connected to my TV. The video setting on the VCR/DVD are 720P. In FCP I have chosen the “Blackmagic HDTV Intensity Pro 720P 60 Uncompressed” capture/input setting. If I unplug the HDMI cable from the VCR/DVD and plug it back in I see the video for about 4 seconds and then just a gray screen. I have tried several video tapes all with the same results.
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Dennis

I am having the same problem. I edit reels and was trying to use the higher quality HDMI input to capture video from my DVD player for client's video reels.
I could be mistake, but I do 'recall' hearing that you cannot record HDMI video (copyright issues) but only play back HDMI. We may be stuck using component.
Intensity Pro's website only mentions recording HDMI video from a camcorder with an HDMI output.
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