scottaharvey Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 I'm looking for a good reliable way to get SDI directly out of Watchout. 1 card that has SDI as well as DVI / HDMI out also for the local monitor.. Or, has anyone had luck with a DVI over SDI converter? I was using the Blackmagic DVI to SDI converters, however they seem to break a lot so we have gotten rid of them. Thanks in advance for your thoughts..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Dannert Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 As far as we know, there is NO SDI video cards with DirectX/DIrect3D hardware acceleration. WATCHOUT relies on this, so a video card are NOT a drop-in replacement for a graphics card. Basically, there is NO usable graphics card, for WATCHOUT use, with SDI/HDSDI/3G-SDI or 4K output. The only way to do SDI output, as I see it, is using something like this: http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/dviextender/ Inserted after the graphics card output. Does SDI/HDSDI/3G-SDI up to 1080p60. Used extensively by CT in London among others. The other way is using a scaler after the DVI output. regards/jonas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottaharvey Posted September 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 Jonas....thanks for your reply. The Blackmagic DVI extender is the piece I was using that I found to be not reliable. Maybe we got a bad run of them and it is time to take a second look. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomT Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Hi Jonas, you give out a recommendation for a gadget that doesn´t support 1080 AND 50Hz. We´re in Europe! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Dannert Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Then I'll suggest you use my other recommendation, a scaler. /jonas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Dannert Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Some more ideas on the subject, as researched on the web, not tested by us. Maybe some of you Forum members has more experience here? Apantac: http://www.apantac.com/product-info.php?id=44 CYP: http://www.cypeurope.com/Professional-Range/Other-SDI-products/CLUX-DVI2SDIA-DVI-to-3G-SDI-Converter-with-External-Audio.html Kramer: http://www.kramerelectronics.com/products/model.asp?pid=1685&sf=265 LMP: http://www.luxmediaplan.de/index.php/hd-max-106.html LYNX-Technik: http://www.lynx-technik.com/index.php?id=590 Matrox: http://www.matrox.com/video/en/products/convert_dvi/ Miranda: http://www.miranda.com/DVI-Ramp%202 TV-One: http://www.tvone.com/1t-c2-520-main.shtml /jonas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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