High Definition Capture Card

Hi,
I'm looking for a way to capture a high definition signal from my xbox 360(Component or HDMI) to my Mac Pro. I'm not quite sure how to achieve this. Do I need a HD video capture card expansion for the mac pro or is there an easier/cheaper way?
If anyone can offer any solutions I would be most grateful.
Regards,
Jamie McIntyre

Chances are this is an Apple SW issue. What version of FCP are you running? Chances are, unless it's 6.0.3, you don't have the codec to view the HD content. Here's the newest way Apple is being sneaky about HD- leaving a Quicktime Component out of all major QT downloads and REQUIRING you to buy FCP 6 to get it. We learned this the hard way. I transferred 1080i Quicktime files to a edit bay with all updates except FCP 6. I could not see them even in preview windows. Since we were in a pinch, we moved this "Apple HDV Component" to a machine runing FCP 5-something. Like magic, this 1.6 Dual G5 now could see and deal with the HD content.
So, I can only imagine it's a codec issue. For instance, the box is saving the video in a codec the computer may not have in the Quicktime components area of the Libraries- and Apple will tell you to "buy the newest version of Final Cut!" Let me know how this works out. I have to do some similar capturing and haven't found a good solution. It is good to know however that this box might work...mostly I'm happy that our fears that games are HDCP-Protected (i.e. HanDiCaPped) can be released.

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Does anyone have experience of the "Hauppauge HD PVR USB Hi-def H.264 Video Capture Device,high Definition USB 2.0 Video Capture With Hardware H.264 Video Encoders"?
If so what do you think of it?
Leaving aside PVR (it isn't in my opinion as it needs to be connected to a PC for recording) and the over emphasis on recording gaming sessions it sounds as though it might be a handy High Definition equivalent of the Canopus ADVC analogue to digital converter range.
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Neale
Insanity is hereditary, you get it from your children

Neale,
I have never used one, nor have I read many articles from those, who have used it. The exception has been some users, who have had issues with Hauppage capture cards, but I do not know of any, who used this device.
Good luck, and wish that I could help, but will follow the thread, in hopes of learning something new.
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Will QT Pro Capture High Definition Video?

Does QuickTime Pro have the ability to capture high definition video? I have tried to do this with a Canon HV10 camcorder, but have not had any luck. I have been able to capture the video using iMovie HD 6.
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Does QuickTime Pro have the ability to capture high definition video?No.

Capturing High Definition Video

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Maybe you should try using the Scene-Detection Feature in imovie.
Click Here for more on this. Scroll to the bottom of the page.
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I've captured some High Definition material and found FCE separates it into clips divided at the point the camera was stopped and started when the original recording was made. This left me with some 250 clips from a 36 minute recording.
This is described as a 'feature' of capturing High Definition recordings in my instruction book. It does not seem to be a feature that can be turned off. Is that the case ?
One way to deal with this seems to be to highlight all the clips and then drag them on to the time line.
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Do capture cards result in higher quality SD?

Hi,
Will capture cards allow me to capture much higher quality SD from my miniDV videocamera? If so, is there much of a quality difference and will that quality be lost once I render out from FCP? Can anyone suggest a good capture card that will also work with HDV? Thanks in advance.
Robert

DV cams compress 5:1 and 4:1:1 color space in the cam. In 4:1:1 chroma subsampling, the horizontal color resolution is quartered. The bandwidth is halved compared to no chroma subsampling.
You cannot get around that.
If you use a capture card to transcode, all you are doing is transcoding the original compression and color space to a different codec.
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PE7 unable to recognize Canon HV20 as High Definition

Hello Everyone:
Unfortunately like some of you that probably want to try your hand at high definition editing, I just bought PE7 a couple of days before the announcement for PE8. For some reason I find that PE7 (and my previous PE3) cannot recognize my Canon HV20 as the high definition camera that it is.
I can easily import regular dv-avi from this Canon but when trying to import the files as HDV, it does not recognize the camera.
The camera is connected via firewire and is recognized as 'DV' Camcorder but not as an 'HDV' camcorder. The footage has been recorded in High defintion 1080.
I hope that one of you with this type of camera can help.
On another note, is it possible to record into PE7 with HDMI?
Thanks,
Lucio
email: [email protected]
my computer: HP m9077c, Intel core 2 Quad core Q6600, 32 bit, 3G Ram, service pack 1 with all the current microsoft updates, 400G internal HD and 1T external HD

Lucio,
Perhaps a different capture card is needed or Vista Ultimate (instead of the Home Premium that I have).
A FireWire connection should be all that you will need. No "capture card" would be involved.
There don't seem to be many setting available for transferring beside an 'AV-DV' on-off (which I keep on).
Because my Canon is an SD-only unit, I can't really check its manual to help you. This line puzzles me a bit. What happens if you set this to OFF? Considering the number of menu options and switches that I have on my SD camera, I'd have expected your HD/SD unit to have more possible settings, but maybe I'm wrong and Canon has simplified things a lot.
Good luck,
Hunt

PC video capture card - Not Applicable?

When I was a Comcast analog customer, I purchased a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600 video capture card. The unit worked great converting my Media Center PC back into a DVR when my original Dell equipment All-In-Wonder capture card died.
When I was considering switching to Fios, Andrea S. at Verizon told me that there was software I could download so that my vid-cap card would work. I assume she meant that it would unscramble the signal for viewing or recording. Once Fios was installed, Andrea didn't answer my emails any more and recent inquires to Encore about any other devices (like DCT700 or something) have been fruitless.
I hate to take no for an answer!
Isn't there some way for my PC to record Fios video? I would think the most un-elegant solution would be to rent another STB and take the analog output to my PC but then I couldn't program channel changes, etc. There must be something out there that I'm missing.

JoeS wrote:
I hate to take no for an answer!
Isn't there some way for my PC to record Fios video? I would think the most un-elegant solution would be to rent another STB and take the analog output to my PC but then I couldn't program channel changes, etc. There must be something out there that I'm missing.
Any PC card with a QAM tuner can record the SD and HD locals (and music channels) from Verizon FiOS. Other digital channels such as USA, TNT, SciFi, FX, ESPN, and HBO cannot be tuned because they are encrypted.
My favorite PC QAM tuner is the HDHomerun ($160) because it has two ATSC/QAM tuners and excellent, cross-platform software support. It works very well with Vista Media Center. If you really want an internal solution, take a look at the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 ($120); this PCIe card has less software support, and may require the Vista Media Center TV pack. Both of these solutions can record two different SD or HD locals from FiOS at once. Once again, the QAM tuners in these products can only record unencrypted channels, which consist of channels 1-50 plus the HD locals and music channels. The Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 also has an s-video input to record the s-video (SD) output from a Verizon set-top box.
If you want to record high-definition directly from the Motorola HD STB, you could buy the Hauppauge HD PVR ($200). This is a USB device that connects to your computer; it records the HD component video output and optical audio output from another device (such as the FiOS HD STB) to your computer's hard drive. That product was used to create this video, as well as most of the high-definition PS3 and Xbox360 gameplay videos on Youtube. In my experience, this product can be a bit buggy, especially when recording Dolby Digital. It is more reliable if you will settle for stereo sound. Picture quality is better than you see in the Youtube videos -- Youtube recompresses and degrades quality -- but not quite as good the original output.
When I want a program on my computer, I simply download the SD/HD recording from my TivoHD's hard drive. I then edit and/or burn to DVD or Blu-ray disk. The ability to download recordings directly from the DVR is one of the features unique to TiVo. Screenshot:
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Difficulties rendering high quality (high definition) Quick Time movies

Some time ago I also asked for suggestion to obtain high definition quick time movies to play on an Apple iMac. Here is what I hae used:
My camera is a Sony HDR FX1, and I am shooting in HD fomrat which is 1440 x 1080 25 fps interlaced. My project settings are PAL HDV1080i. I capture my footage using HDVSplit, so the file format that I import into PRE8 is .m2t.
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I have updated my graphic card (nVidia) to the most recent version, as well as Quick Time. What else could I do to improve the qualtiy of the output?

That's a tough one. I'm not sure what to suggest. Sometimes when you create your own output presets, you change something you shouldn't (like making the video anamorphic rather than a square pixel H.264, for instance) that can negatively affect the quality.
You may want to post this to the Muvipix hi-def forum. Lots of very smart, very helpful video people there -- and if there's an answer, it's likely someone there knows it.
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Capture cards

i want a suggestion on what capture card to buy i need a capture card for my xbox 360 right now i use a hdmi cord for pictures on it i want a hd capture card perferably hdmi any help? or suggestions

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Hauppauge - HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3
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Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221 stereo mix

Toshiba Satellite P300-20A
Part Number: PSPCCE-05F011RU
SOUND CARD
Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221
What should be done so that the sound could write with the internal mixer?
SCREENSHOTS driver: http://s42.radikal.ru/i096/1002/57/4db4b07879cd.png
SCREENSHOTS connected audio devices http://s43.radikal.ru/i102/1002/e9/8b54680162b2.png
Here are my audio devices are connected
Screenshot:
http://s005.radikal.ru/i210/1002/2b/fe5cb81118c9.png
Help solve the problem, it is necessary to record using an internal mixer, a sound that goes from the computer, rather than external.

Are you asking how to record sounds on your laptop?
I do not think that Conexant Smartaudio can record - it is to adjust the sound and you would use Windows Sound Recorder to capture the sound to disk.
If you are using Windows 7 your sound drivers need updating - You have the latest version for Vista.

Does a capture card improve real time functions?

I am reading posts regarding capture cards and i figured for DV material, capture card may not be necessary as firewire is there. but does capture cards improve the effeciency of the machine /CPU , does it render faster and play more real time effects?
thanks
sameer

The Aurora is a Standard Definition card and the Decklink is an HD card. I don't have them both installed at the same time...I put in what I need. Right now I am working with HD so I have the decklink card in.
AJA I/O is a standard definition "solution." I say solution because it isn't a capture card per se, but rather an external box that captures SD signals (SDI, Component, Composite) and inputs them into FCP via a firewire connection to the computer. This allows it to be used on multiple machines easily. The Kona series are High Def cards that need to be installed in the PCI slots of your computer.
What is my workflow with the DSR-11? Probably the same as you. DV/NTSC Easy Setup, then connect it to the computer via firewire and capture. When I am done, I output back to tape. What else is there to do with this?
Codecs? DV, 8-bit uncompressed SD, DCPRO 50, DVCPRO HD. Depends on the project I am working on and how it was shot.
10-bit uncompressed DV? DV by nature is compressed 5:1 when it is recorded to tape. When you capture that via firewire from your DSR-11 deck, you are capturing it at the highest possible quality. It is simply a file transfer. Now, if you were delivering on DV then you don't need a capture card. But if you were, say, needing to deliver a digibeta master, or betasp, then you'd need a capture card to output to that format...uprezzing the DV footage to 8-bit uncompressed (better color space, beter codec for graphics and stils) and output. 10-bit is overkill for DV.
My workflow depends on the footage I am given and the format I need to master to. My HD workflow differs greatly from my DV workflow, which differs from my SD Uncompressed workflow. To go into detail of each would mean writing an article, and I am too busy editing to do that.
Shane

What EXACTLY are the 4 NVIDIA High Definition Audio devices on N570GTX - Win 8.1

Hi guys,
one of my rigs runs an N570GTX on Win 8.1 64bit.
In Device Manager > Sound, Video and Game Controllers, there are 4 "NVIDIA High Definition Audio" listed.
I use 337.88 drivers (NVIDIA Control Panel version 7.7.760.0).
What is the purpose of EACH of these 4 devices:
As a side note, my other rig running an N660GTX on Win 7 64bit only shows 1 "NVIDIA High Definition Audio" in Device Manager > Sound, Video and Game Controllers.

Okay, by examining the devices (enabling, disabling, reading driver data), I can conclusively state that one of the drivers (in my case residing in Location 1) is exclusively tied to the HDMI port on my GPU – when I disable it, my HDMI device (I have only one; shame, because I can't isolate the devices better) stops being listed in Windows Sound Control Panel; when I disable all other devices except that one, my audio over HDMI works fine – this leads me to believe that the other ones are not really essential codecs required for HDMI audio, but are instead related to the individual audio outputs.
In summary, assuming the other two devices (residing, for example, in Location 0 and Location 2) are for audio output on DVI ports (usable via DVI->HDMI adapter/cable), there's still one NVIDIA High Definition Audio device (residing in, say, Location 3), which doesn't seem to be in use in relation to some sort of global codec mechanism (since I can disable it without affecting my HDMI port audio output), that is unaccounted for!
Any idea what other output can the remaining device be linked to, since GTX570 has no S/PDIF pass-through connector on the board itself (to connect it to the motherboard's S/PDIF output)?
Could the remaining device be there only as a legacy stub for S/PDIF connector which was present on the pre GeForce 400 Series cards, since they share the same NVIDIA drivers with the post-Tesla series?
But in that case, why does my GTX660 list only one NVIDIA High Definition Audio device in Win 7 64bit?
Quote from: Nichrome on 02-July-14, 19:33:05
Apart from the sound you can get through HDMI (which would be 1 or 2 of these in management), it provides your board with some "HD Sound Drivers" which takes another 1 or 2 of these.
I have quite few of these too even on my old laptop (with Nvidia card): x4 Nvidia High Definition Audio, x1 Cyberlink WebCam, x1 Realtek HD and x1 Bluetooth sound.
Your specs read that you have a GTX770 running on Win 7 64bit; do you also have four of the Nvidia High Definition Audio devices? Or just one? Thanks!

BlackMagic Intensity Pro Capture Card & (3) 1TB Internal Hard Drives

Hello,
This is my first time using BM Intensity Pro. Prior to tonight all I used was FW400 & iMovie/iDVD.
I have now upgraded to Final Cut Studio with a BM Intensity Pro Capture Card and Three 1TB Hard Drives (7200 RPM with 32MB cache) - Striped as a RAID set to create ONE 2.7 TB HD for Video Storage.
I have a few questions that I would like some help with.
I would like to capture at the highest video quality possible.
I'm worried that Hard Drives wont be able to handle the capture speed or file size?
I ran the BM Disk Speed Test. I'm just not sure what all these numbers mean?
Can someone please explain to me what the following information is telling me?
Do the results mean that I'm good to go with uncompressed HDV via HDMI?
The first is my OEM Mac Hard Drive. The second is my 3TB RAID set.
Blackmagic Disk Speed Test Results
Date: 2009-06-07 22:10:23 -0400
Mac OS X Version: 10.5.7
Physical Memory: 2047 MB
QuickTime Version: 7.6.2
Read Speed: 62.5 MB/s
Write Speed: 60.9 MB/s
Blackmagic Disk Speed Test Results
Date: 2009-06-07 22:13:26 -0400
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Physical Memory: 2047 MB
QuickTime Version: 7.6.2
Read Speed: 314.9 MB/s
Write Speed: 310.0 MB/s

About using the speed test:
http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/124/864289
I would invest in an external RAID controller.
You can find a variety of such from AMUG in RAID5/6 that will support higher sustained thruput.
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http://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/highpoint/4322/
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