Re: [Avid-L2] Dump Nitris DX in favour of Decklink?

I am. I can only use my own frame of reference.... though it would likely apply in the case of HD to SD conversion in pal-topia... but, I withdraw anything that he's not interested in.

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On Feb 14, 2012, at 12:38 PM, David Ross wrote:

> Greg, you're assuming Dylan is in NTSC-land.
>
> D.
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> On 14 February 2012 19:55, Greg Huson <Greg@secrethq.com> wrote:
> > You loose most of the symphony universal features- like, I think, adding pulldown on the fly to SD output from 23.98- so it sounds like you ARE using universal mastering features!! I have the same issue, for now we have two CPUs. When we get a little downtime, i'm going to experiment with having both devices in the same CPU... I already have a cubix expander... but I'm guessing it won't work. The expense of the extra CPU is worth the savings in hassle so far.
> >
> > We have a symphony 6 on Kona 3 and it doesn't have all the features of the nitris.
> >
> > gh
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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
> > facebook.com/greg.huson
> > www.SecretHQ.com
> >
> >
> >
> > On Feb 14, 2012, at 12:04 AM, Dylan Reeve wrote:
> >
> >> Currently I'm onlining and grading in Symphony 5.0 with a Nitris DX,
> >> however I'm looking at moving to Symphony 6.0 very soon (need to test a few
> >> more workflow things with our one-of-only-three-in-the-world EditShare
> >> Geevs setup) and possibly/probably DaVinci Resolve (again some workflow
> >> issues to test, with regard to timeframes etc).
> >>
> >> To make Resolve useful I need to have a Decklink card of some sort in the
> >> system - I suspect I can run it along side the Nitris, but do I need to?
> >> We're not doing any Universal Mastering stuff, in fact the only actual
> >> outputs I do are Standard Def downconversion for the broadcaster's promos
> >> department - everything else leaves my suite as a file to be output
> >> elsewhere...
> >>
> >> So, should I try to run some sort of hybrid Nitris/Decklink system, or
> >> should I just chuck the Nitris and go all out with the Decklink? Any reason
> >> I shouldn't? Anything I don't know here? And, beyond various I/O options,
> >> is there any reason to pick any given DeckLink model over another?
> >>
> >> Dylan Reeve
> >> http://dylanreeve.com/
> >>
> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >>
> >>
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