Jonas Dannert

Praps, Please see my inline comments below, /jonas I would recommend a 6-core processor, as i7-5820k over a 4-core. CPU and MOTHERBOARD Pro: a 6-core (i7-4930K/4960X/5820K/5930K) or a 8-core Core i7 CPU (i7-5930X) and a X79 or X99-based motherboard. Entrylevel: a 4-core Core i7 CPU (i7-4770K/4970K) and a Z87/Z97-based motherboard 16 GB of RAM Always use SSD's, not HDD. Preferably one for OS and one for MEDIA, where WATCHOUT is installed. (can be RAID 0) More info here also, soon to be updated: http://forum.dataton.com/topic/734-watchout-5-technical-notes/ Don't use AMD FirePro W5100, it's a bit weak for WATCHOUT use. GRAPHICS CARD Both higher end Consumer (game) and Workstation (professional) graphics cards can be used. It all comes down to your application, budget and needs of the project. We usually recommend pro graphics card, like AMD FirePro W7100 or NVidia Quadro K5200 Both can use optional frame-locking/sync cards, if needed, too. (Not available on consumer graphics cards) Examples below: AMD consumer: Radeon R9 series 295X 290/290X 280/280X AMD pro: FirePro W7100/8100/9100 and to some extent W600 NVidia consumer: GeForce GTX Titan/GTX 970/980 NVidia pro: Quadro K5200/K4200 An alternative to Blackmagic Decklink Studio 4K is Datapath VisionSDI2, with 2 3G-SDI inputs.

Not surprising at all. And not a WATCHOUT issue, I think. BMD Intensity Pro does not support hotswap of the HDMI cable, instead it either freezes or crashes the BMD driver which can lock up Windows. WATCHOUT have no way to counter this, hence it stops. A restart, with the HDMI signal already applied, will cure this. Datapath cards does not suffer from this behaviour, they support hotswap of cables. /jonas

Sedat, This has nothing to do with graphics hardware settings. Use Animation - Millions + setting in QuickTime when encoding. /jonas

Cory, This a moderated Forum ie no need to re-post your questions. Over to the case at hand: I think you'll need someone onsite, to sort this out. Please contact our North American Premium Partner, ShowSage, for more info about any knowledgeable WATCHOUT person nearby. www.showsage.com regards/jonas

This is the same issue as: http://forum.dataton.com/topic/1496-h264-in-3840x1080-and-watchpax2/ /jonas

This should not be a problem, up to 12 capture channels is supported in WATCHOUT. /jonas

It's each Show's cache that fills up, and that is by design. If you delete it, it will fill up next time each Show needs to be opened and used. Of course you can delete whole Shows not used to save space, located in the "Program Files (x86)/Dataton/WATCHOUT 5/Shows" folder on a Display PC In a scenario with two partitions or preferably, two SSD's/HDD's, WATCHOUT should be installed on the Media partition/SSD, not on the OS partition/SSD. This is the first step in our Windows 7 Tweaking list, enclosed below. /jonas Windows_7_Tweaking_list_2.1.pdf

WATCHPAX encoding guidelines /jonas WATCHPAX - video encoding guidelines V2.pdf

Claude Rivet has: http://forum.dataton.com/topic/1450-need-hardwaresoftware-configuration-advices-in-light-of-test-result/ /jonas

Vertically yes, horizontally no. And 25 Mbps is more than it can handle. /jonas

WATCHPAX 2 is not designed to play 4K-content. I think you're running out of hardware resources here. One way might be to pre-split, (P42 in the manual) your content into 2 1920x1080 clips and use a Video proxy instead. Otherwise a Display computer and license is required for this playback scenario. /jonas

Thibaut, As I answered in Dataton Support: GoPro cameras are not tested with WATCHOUT, but AXIS cameras are, and work well. They have several WiFi-based solutions. Examples here: http://www.axis.com/products/video/camera/fixed/index.htm Of course there are a delay using Network cameras, and even more over WiFi. But the quality is very good, up to 720p. Using 10 cameras simultaneously is probably to stretch things a bit. It has of course to be verified, but 3-4 sounds like doable. /jonas

As of now, multiple 2-channel devices will not work, only a multichannel device will, AFAIK. What happens in WATCHOUT version 6 is another matter... /jonas

Yes. As comments suggested in your other thread here on the Forum: http://forum.dataton.com/topic/1444-is-this-normal-behavior/ /jonas

It usually does... Good that it works now. /jonas

Jim, I would guess it's a Barco projector 4K35, only input is 4K via 2 DP 1.1 connections, 2048x2160 per connection. See Hashema's earlier topic: http://forum.dataton.com/topic/1461-4k-on-dual-stream-display-port/ /jonas

I highly doubt that Windows 7 Enterprise is the primary source to your issues, but I might be wrong. Does it work on any other output resolution? The only thing left otherwise, is to compile the show not working and send it to support@dataton.com for evaluation. /jonas

AES/EBU is only digital 2-channel, right? Hugo's question was about digital multichannel, any success there? /jonas

WATCHNET could be used for that, too. For any mobile device, actually... /jonas

Using 2009 hardware with Windows 7 is always a challenge, and is strongly NOT recommended. WATCHOUT 5, released 2011, relies on that the proper hardware resources are available, including updated drivers. Applying the Windows 7 Tweaklist in full, is a requirement for stable playback, too. Lack of graphics video memory and inadequate DirectX/Direct3D-support, would be my guess here. /jonas

It says, by clicking on the respective model images above the specs : HDMI Configuration HDMI automatically configures to connected display. HDMI Resolution Pixel for pixel up to 4K resolutions. HDMI Color Precision 10-bit RGB in HD 10-bit YUV in 4K This goes for 4K Extreme 12G, 4K Extreme & 4K Studio But not for Decklink Mini Recorder (only YUV) /jonas

I would say here's your problem. This is a graphics card from 2009. I would switch graphics card to someting more capable. /jonas http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-310/specifications

What graphics card is used? /jonas

Nice, Hugo! Up to a 90 min wav-file possible, great! /jonas