Sunday, March 11, 2012

[Avid-L2] Video Satellite? Black Magic Hyperdeck?

 

I'm trying to find a better solution for picture with protools, without adding an expansion chassis.

Currently we do picture for mix using Mojo SDI, but I need to be able to review final HD picture and sound mix simultaneously to save the producer time (Mojo SDI is SD-only.) BMD cards work with protools, but take up a slot, and since I'm set up with protools HD, I don't have a slot to spare. The producer tends to tweak the audio more than the picture, so it makes sense to bring locked HD picture into the mix, rather than the other way around.

I've just tried using machine control to Avid running in VTR emulation (remote play-) but it's not solid enough: missed cues, won't loop, protools 'can't find cue point,' about half the time, etc.

Anyone using Video Satellite? Video Satellite LE? Both kinda tweak me because the former is a $1000 license (old-Avid-think) while tying up a second bay, and the latter requires a separate protools LE installation on another CPU... Ahhrgg... and according to the sales materials, at least, that installation requires a separate M-Box Mini. I have an old M-box, but my tolerance for experimentation is growing thin, and the website says it needs to be a mini. (Further, in this initial case picture is FCP, so Satellite isn't the perfect solution, either... but better than nothing... later, most of our jobs are Media Composer finish, so Satellite starts to make more sense.)

I was thinking of trying the hyperdeck as a faux VTR via machine control (since I have the machine control license already) but I've yet to hear ANY good comments about that device- and I recall some discussion that it doesn't support time code yet. Anyone?

Really don't want to have to buy a $3500 expansion chassis just to add a $300 BMD card to the protools box... that makes absolutely no sense.

What are YOU doing?

Thanks in advance for any ideas.

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Greg Huson
Secret Headquarters, Inc
Post Production / Production
Culver City, CA
323 677 2092
www.DigitalServiceStation.com
greg (at) SecretHQ.com
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