Capture HD video directly from HDMI uncompressed

Blackmagic has introduced a very novel capture card called Intensity for
$249 which has an HDMI input and an HDMI output connector. It makes the
impressive claim of eliminating HDV compression penalties by directly
capturing uncompressed 1920 X 1080 HD video directly from HDV camcorders (at
least those which have an HDMI output port) as well as from other HD and SD
video sources. It offers a number of other impressive features as well, in
particular real-time down-conversion from HD into SD and the ability to sync
and switch 2 HDV camcorders with 2 cards in a studio setting. It provides
HDMI output to drive monitors, projectors, etc. Macs and PCs are supported,
but do require one newer PCI Express slot. It would appear to allow
off-the-air HD capture external to set-top boxes equipped with HDMI (and
DVI) outputs.

Since copyright materials could be captured and digitized, the advertising
plainly excludes protected content, and says the board will not be useful
for those purposes.

More info at: http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/intensity/

Smarty

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:02:45 -0500, "Smarty" <> Gave
us:

>Blackmagic

SPAM complaint filed.

Hey, ****head. NO SPAM is allowed in Usenet, so **** off with your
dumb ****.

MassiveProng

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:02:45 -0500, "Smarty" <> Gave
us:

>Since copyright materials could be captured and digitized, the advertising
>plainly excludes protected content, and says the board will not be useful
>for those purposes.


They likely lie about the card's ability, and the function they
claim it has is illegal.

MassiveProng

"MassiveProng" <> wrote in
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> On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:02:45 -0500, "Smarty" <> Gave
> us:
>
>>Since copyright materials could be captured and digitized, the advertising
>>plainly excludes protected content, and says the board will not be useful
>>for those purposes.
>
>
> They likely lie about the card's ability, and the function they
> claim it has is illegal.

Not spam, or any NG version of it. (And I'm somewhat
sensitive to it, myself.)

Blackmagic has a good rep. in the budget broadcasting
field. Mostly based on their Decklink SDI cards.

That card has been floating out there for some time now,
still the post is a reasonable heads-up/ new product post.

Luck;
Ken


Luck;
Ken

Ken Maltby

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:51:16 -0600, "Ken Maltby"
<> Gave us:

> Blackmagic has a good rep. in the budget broadcasting
>field.


Not if they have retarded shills SPAMMING Usenet groups due to lame
salesmanship.

And yes, it was SPAM.

This group is about DVDs not some lame asswipe pushing a product for
sale.

MassiveProng

One of my students brought this new HDMI capture card to me today, and both
of us were trying it out on the MacPro here. It's only been on the market
for a few weeks (press release announcing it in mid January) and it is the
very first and only card which does HDMI capture. (I don't ever recall
seeing a card which does DVI capture either for that matter.)

This post has nothing to do with shills, lame salesmanship, or "pushing a
product" as you call it. I couldn't care less whether this company or
product succeeds or fails commercially.

My motive was simply to inform others who may not have been aware of the
product.

Sorry if it offended you.

Smarty



"MassiveProng" <> wrote in
message news:...
> On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:51:16 -0600, "Ken Maltby"
> <> Gave us:
>
>> Blackmagic has a good rep. in the budget broadcasting
>>field.
>
>
> Not if they have retarded shills SPAMMING Usenet groups due to lame
> salesmanship.
>
> And yes, it was SPAM.
>
> This group is about DVDs not some lame asswipe pushing a product for
> sale.

Smarty

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:25:28 -0500, "Smarty" <> Gave
us:

>This post has nothing to do with shills, lame salesmanship, or "pushing a
>product" as you call it. I couldn't care less whether this company or
>product succeeds or fails commercially.


Or, apparently, whether or not this Chinese import POS is even legal.

Cross posting to so many groups is also frowned upon by ISPs these
days, so if you were not spamming, dipshit, you should at least learn
to follow PROPER Usenet posting conventions.

MassiveProng

On a sunny day (Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:02:45 -0500) it happened "Smarty"
<> wrote in <>:

>Blackmagic has introduced a very novel capture card called Intensity for
>$249 which has an HDMI input and an HDMI output connector. It makes the
>impressive claim of eliminating HDV compression penalties by directly
>capturing uncompressed 1920 X 1080 HD video directly from HDV camcorders (at
>least those which have an HDMI output port) as well as from other HD and SD
>video sources. It offers a number of other impressive features as well, in
>particular real-time down-conversion from HD into SD and the ability to sync
>and switch 2 HDV camcorders with 2 cards in a studio setting. It provides
>HDMI output to drive monitors, projectors, etc. Macs and PCs are supported,
>but do require one newer PCI Express slot. It would appear to allow
>off-the-air HD capture external to set-top boxes equipped with HDMI (and
>DVI) outputs.
>
>Since copyright materials could be captured and digitized, the advertising
>plainly excludes protected content, and says the board will not be useful
>for those purposes.
>
>More info at: http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/intensity/

Hi, thank you for the interesting posting.
For 1920x1080 @ 25fps I was thinking about the transfer rate for the disk
system that is required.
Let's see:
1920 x 1080 x 25 x 24 (bit per pixel) / 8 = 155 520 000 bytes / second,
is about 155 MB /s (1 244 160 000 bps, or 1.24 Gbits / s)

It seems the disk system will have to be able to do about 200 MB/s sustained.

Not every harddisk will sustain this, I just looked around at the seagate
site for a usable disk...
It is not an interface issue (SATA or SCSI), SATA goes to 3Gb/s, but more
a drive issue.
Any comments?

Jan Panteltje

"MassiveProng" <> wrote in
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> On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:25:28 -0500, "Smarty" <> Gave
> us:
>
>>This post has nothing to do with shills, lame salesmanship, or "pushing a
>>product" as you call it. I couldn't care less whether this company or
>>product succeeds or fails commercially.
>
>
> Or, apparently, whether or not this Chinese import POS is even legal.
>

So you are trying to boost their sales? If it defeats DRM I might
want one myself. Are you sure your not a shill yourself there,
Mr. Prong?


> Cross posting to so many groups is also frowned upon by ISPs these
> days, so if you were not spamming, dipshit, you should at least learn
> to follow PROPER Usenet posting conventions.

3 or 4 isn't considered "so many" these days, especially if they all
contain a common term.

Hmm... let's see... "Massive Prong" as a "Net Nanny", he's such
a shining example of polite and civil discourse on the net.

LOL;
Ken

Ken Maltby

"MassiveProng" <> wrote in
message news:...
> On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:25:28 -0500, "Smarty" <> Gave
> us:
>
>>This post has nothing to do with shills, lame salesmanship, or "pushing a
>>product" as you call it. I couldn't care less whether this company or
>>product succeeds or fails commercially.
>
>
> Or, apparently, whether or not this Chinese import POS is even legal.
>
> Cross posting to so many groups is also frowned upon by ISPs these
> days, so if you were not spamming, dipshit, you should at least learn
> to follow PROPER Usenet posting conventions.

Oh.. where did this twit come from. Never heard of Blackmagic? SPAM?

Damn.. I come back and the place is chock full of dolts. Don't look now but
that Massive Prong is protruding from your forehead.

nappy