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Re: Review of Blackmagic Design’s HyperDeck Shuttle

Joe — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:58:24 -0000

Hi Frank,

You can output 24 fps in a 60i Stream (or 30fps). Basically the 24 frames gets encoded in what is called 3:2 pulldown (or telecine). WWWSS. Once you bring it into the computer, what you do is run it through an inverse telecine process which removes the 3:2 pulldown and restores it to 24 fps.

Re: Review of Blackmagic Design’s HyperDeck Shuttle

Frank — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:07:33 -0000

Thanks for the review. Is the the hyper deck able to record at 24 frames per second in 1080 in the DNxHD mode. I read this blurb on the B&H site "For Avid users, it doesn't get much more convenient than capturing 10-bit video as the extremely high-quality DNxHD 220x codec. Ready for the Media Composer timeline immediately, the MXF file type is available for 1080i59.94, 1080p29.97, and 720p59.94 formats." This leads to me question its 24 fps capabilities. Any info on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Re: Review of Blackmagic Design’s HyperDeck Shuttle

Frank — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:05:03 -0000

Thanks for the review. Is the the hyper deck able to record at 24 frames per second in 1080 mode. I read this blurb on the B&H site "For Avid users, it doesn't get much more convenient than capturing 10-bit video as the extremely high-quality DNxHD 220x codec. Ready for the Media Composer timeline immediately, the MXF file type is available for 1080i59.94, 1080p29.97, and 720p59.94 formats." This leads to me question its 24 fps capabilities. Any info on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Re: Review of Blackmagic Design’s HyperDeck Shuttle

Joe — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:57:39 -0000

Now you can record natively into Avid's DNxHD format which significantly increases the record time. For more information on DNxHD and recording to SSDs, check out my review of the Hyperdeck Studio.

Re: Review of Blackmagic Design’s HyperDeck Shuttle

Joe — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:55:49 -0000

Thanks for the update Luckyhouse. Interesting information.

Re: Review of Blackmagic Design’s HyperDeck Shuttle

justwannaknokw — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:48:45 -0000

since it works with the HDV and does full HD from the HDV native 1440 X 1080, to 1920 x 1080, why wouldnt it work with a clean HDMI out from a 5d Mark II with magic lantern?

Re: Joe Herman Reviews iPi Soft’s Markerless Motion Capture System

Joe — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:04:24 -0000

You're welcome.

Re: Joe Herman Reviews iPi Soft’s Markerless Motion Capture System

Joe. — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:03:51 -0000

Thanks for reading.

Re: Joe Herman Reviews iPi Soft’s Markerless Motion Capture System

Truebones — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:49:31 -0000

Thanks for the informative post.

Re: Joe Herman Reviews iPi Soft’s Markerless Motion Capture System

$17005826 — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:53:50 -0000

Excellent, thorough review. Thank you!

Re: Review of Blackmagic Design’s HyperDeck Shuttle

Daniele — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:27:16 -0000

Does it records from iPad 2 or iPhone 4S in HDMI mirroring mode? Someone can verify it?

Re: Review of Blackmagic Design’s HyperDeck Shuttle

luckyhouse — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:43:49 -0000

Bought it and love it. You must buy several SSD cards or spend lots of time on set with annoyed actors and lost time that has to be paid for be it location or studio. My 128GB SSD I got 8 takes at 10bit uncompressed with a Sony EX1 out via HDSDI. Took 50 minutes to transfer from SSD to external Lacie Drive with part esata and part firewiere 800. Must have eSATA or USB 3.0 to make sense on transferring to external drive in order to reuse SSDs. Need to have enough SSD drives to allow for someone to do a transfer with a laptop. Other than that I just love the Hyperdeck Shuttle. Love it.

Re: Review of Blackmagic Design’s HyperDeck Shuttle

Dbrotherton — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:49:40 -0000

Thanks for the thorough review. One question... For the times that you need a couple of hours of record time, can you change the capture from uncompressed to record longer? Or are you locked in to uncompressed?

Re: Review of Blackmagic Design’s HyperDeck Shuttle

Darayem626 — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:34:50 -0000

i think TC should work..but im sure the record start n stop has been solve on the last update on the fs100

Re: Review of Blackmagic Design’s HyperDeck Shuttle

Darayem626 — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:15:45 -0000

and Sony just release a firmware to get the recording working properly with the FS100 and the HyperDeck....it even record TC off the HDMI stream from the FS100 now..

Re: Review of Blackmagic Design’s HyperDeck Shuttle

Darayem626 — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:13:14 -0000

1. It will not work on most DSLR..since most of these camera do no have a clean HDMI signal and its not outputting true fullHD on some camera. Clean HDMI signal meaning that when u press record on the camera you get all those info bar into your recording...unlike when your press play on the camera it play clean signal on your HDMI to your TV....and

2. FullHD: most camera drop to standard DEf (SD) raster sise when u goes into recording....

3...The only DSLR camera would be a GH1 or GH2 IF YOU HACK these camera...to get a clean HDMI out.....CURRently the only camera that spitting out a CLEAN HDMI is the Sony Nex-7 and I think the Nex-5 also...

btw...this record to quicktime so get plenty of storage.

Re: Review of Blackmagic Design’s HyperDeck Shuttle

Joe H. — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:25:46 -0000

By the way, zijital, what did you mean exactly when you said that the Canon does not give a "clean" HDMI video signal? Could you explain a bit?

Re: Review of Blackmagic Design’s HyperDeck Shuttle

zijital — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:26:15 -0000

Opps! *Note: I kept saying FX1, when I meant FX1000.

Both are Sony HDV Cameras, but the FX1 doesn't have HDMI output, so wouldn't work the HypdeDeck Shuttle.

Re: Review of Blackmagic Design’s HyperDeck Shuttle

zijital — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:24:11 -0000

Short answer is you'll probably have to start / stop on the recorder.

If the HyperDeck can be triggered by a rec-run timecode feed, then whenever you record on the camera the HyerDeck should start recording too.

Though timecode isn't part of the "normal" HDMI spec (unlike HD-SDI which includes timecode). Sony has said the FS100 sends timecode via HDMI, but I don't know how many devices can receive timecode via HDMI at this point in time. Many of these devices should be able to be updated with firmware to read timecode via HDMI in the future.

Because of the age of the FX1, I'd be surprised if the FX1 would have timecode via HDMI & more surprised if Sony would offer a free firmware update to add timecode via HDMI for the FX1.

Unlike the HyperDeck Shuttle, the Atomos Ninja has a LANC passthrough. So if you plug a LANC controller into the recorder & then into the camera, when you hit record on the LANC remote it will start recording on the camera & the Ninja.

(Note: Ninja only has HDMI input & no HD-SDI, which is perfect for a FX1. It also records to ProRes instead of uncompressed, which to me is a positive since it it still high quality & you get a lot more record time per GB.)

Re: Review of Blackmagic Design’s HyperDeck Shuttle

Sascha — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:46:43 -0000

Hi, I am thinking about to use the hyper deck together with a sony fx1000. Does the hyper deck detects some how start/stop recording from the HDMI signal? Or do I have to use start/stop buttons from the hyper deck?

Re: Review of Blackmagic Design’s HyperDeck Shuttle

Jherman — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:49:14 -0000

Hi zijital. You're calculations are pretyy much right. A 512 GB SSD drive lets you can record
about 50 minutes, a 256 GB drive will contain about 25 minutes and a 128
GB fits around 12.5 minutes. If you’re shooting SD, multiply those
amounts by 4.

Re: Review of Blackmagic Design’s HyperDeck Shuttle

zijital — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:37:45 -0000

It will "work" but all Canon HDSLR cameras do NOT give a "clean" HDMI video signal out of the camera, so while you "can" record the signal out from a Canon 5D MII you won't want to. (Note: this will be the same with any off camera recorder & not limited of the HyperDeck Shuttle.)

Joe, how much time can you record on that 128GB drive? From the my understanding uncompressed video makes for extremely huge file sizes & from my math a 128GB drive would give less than 15min of record time in 1080p. Are you getting more / less?

Re: HP EliteBook 8760w Mobile Workstation Review: Serious Power for the Road

HP vs DELL — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:40:26 -0000

In Poland...and in all European Countries HP do not have Elitebook Work Station 8760w 17.3" UWVA
with processor 2860QM ...[Clock Speed: 2.3 GHz (Max Turbo Freq: 3.4 GHz)Max Memory Size: 32GB]
or faster...

only avaliable version is with 2630QM
[Clock Speed: 2.0 GHz (Max Turbo Freq: 2.9 GHz)Max Memory Size: 16GB]

http://www8.hp.com/pl/pl/produ...
Avaliable are versions: LG673EA, LG672EA, LG674EA, LW871AW All with processor 2630QM
(quicker processor is avaliable only in USA - version.:XY697AV or in Australia and New-Zelend -version:QC523PA)

I think that HP shoot in to the foot with that decision, because DELL ofers in Europe (including Poland) Dell Precision M6600 with processor: slowest i5-2520M to quickest i7-2920XM
In my opinion the best choice for work station comparing prise-speed is I7-2820QM (2.30GHz ,8MB cache ,Quad Core™)...
DELL is cheaper and you have more options what parts you will have inside your computer...you may chose better parameters to the prise wchich you are paying for the computer.

HP Should quickly verify the offer...and in EU should add version QC523PA or something simillar maybe something like this:
17.3" UWVA, i7-2860QM, NVIDIA Quadro 3000M, 8 GB, 750 GB, DVD+/-RW, Intel Centrino 802.11 Ultimate-N 6300, and it should have 230W adapter for the UWVA Display and NVIDIA 3000M graphic card reqirements.

Re: A Look at Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve 8.1

Web Video Production — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:31:07 -0000

Blackmagic Design creates the world’s highest quality video editing products, color correctors, video converters, video monitoring, routers, live production switchers, disk recorders, waveform monitors and film restoration software for the feature film, post-production and television broadcast industries.

Re: Review of Blackmagic Design’s HyperDeck Shuttle

Joe — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:30:21 -0000

Yes, it will since the 5D Mark II has hdmi out!