Vollmers Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Hi I'm configuring a brand new setup in one of our TV studios. For that purpose we will build an entirely new set of nodes. We have earlier built our systems with both dual and quad cards from Black Magic. My question is, if there's any limitations to the number of input cards? Except hardware limitations off course. I this case, I'm thinking about building the nodes with either 2 quad cards, or a dual and a quad. The reason is that I need at least 6 simultaneous video inputs. Have any one previous experience with a similar setup? Cheers Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Dannert Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Maximum capture inputs allowed, in WATCHOUT 5.5.1 is 12. 8 simultaneous captures is possible, as of now. /jonas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfk Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Maximum capture inputs allowed, in WATCHOUT 5.5.1 is 12. 8 simultaneous captures is possible, as of now. /jonas Is the 8 simultaneous captures a hardware or software restriction? i.e. if WATCHOUT allows 12, if the hardware can be found to do it, won't it allow 12 simultaneous captures? I am not asking if you have tested this, I am asking where the restriction lies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Dannert Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 It's neither, but a fact (bug?) at the moment. We have to find out, not got around to it yet. /jonas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adela Kriland Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Hi, I have tested and I could get 8 simultaneous inputs, 12 inputs yes, but not at the same time IN THE SAME COMPUTER. I do not know why. I ave tested 8 HDSDI inputs with Blackmagic, SDI quad, just it is 1080p 30. I have not tried with Datapath, but I am on the way. Regards, Adela PS P9x79 WS can do this. With the corresponding power of the components. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vollmers Posted March 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 In my case 8 is fine. Did you install it with 2 quad cards, or is there another way to obtain 8 live video inputs? Best regards Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vollmers Posted March 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Sorry - I just saw you already answered that question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
National Graphics Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 hi, i have used 2 - vision AV sdi datapath cards simultaneously and captured 4 HDsdi with 2 composites simultaneously. it works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Ramos Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 I have used 2x BM quad 1080i25 in the same node. Was using 4 nodes to drive a LCD wall, meaning that even if I used the 8 capture at the same time, was never in the same node. I also use Watchout in TV studios, and experience told me to only use one or two capture at same time. If I need more windows I use a DVE trough the vision mixer. I create all the video windows I need in the mixer, 8, 12 or more. Send it to watchout using key and fill from the vision mixer. Like this only using 2 capture in WO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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