[QUOTE=dpalomaki;95227I still use my MX-Pro occasionally.
[/QUOTE] I've got an MX1 for testing and I also looked at the MXPro models. MXPro is interesting for the better specs, but they use a really tough to find power supply for. Since it needs a relatively good input, what situations do you use your MX-Pro for? What do you usually use instead? I'm trying to test a variety of devices and the MX-Pro looks interesting, but finding a power supply for one is pretty frustrating. They use odd voltages in addition to the 5V (either +7V/-7V or +10V/-10V depending on whether it is the DV model or not) |
My MX-Pro power supply has a 6-pin output connector, the pin-out printed on the brick
Input 100-240 VAC ~47-63 Hz Outputs Pins 1,4: +5 VDC at 4.5 Amps Pins 2,5: DC common Pin 3: + 10 VDC at 0.4 Amps Pin 6 : - 10 VDC at 0.4 amps Videonics Part number PWRS-0020-01 Brick mfgr is Leader Electronics, Inc, Taiwan Recently I have mainly used the MX-Pro when transferring prerecorded VHS tape content either by capture and authoring or using a DVD recorder to DVD. Prior my switch to NLE for editing I used it in a linear editing system to mix S-VHS, Hi8, and occasional MiniDV source material to S-VHS and later to DV tape. Its TBC performance has been adequate for my purposes (although for some tapes it may not help, often a conflict with the VCR's internal TBC). |
Quote:
|
Most high end and pro VCRs put out legal values, so there is nothing to worry about, You can also buy a capture device that is built in one. Some low quality VCRs output darker or blown out picture, You don't want those VCRs to begin with. Some may even trip the capture card to think the signal has microvision.
|
Quote:
|
What's been shot is already there, We are talking playback here.
|
As for analog proc amps, the Signvideo PA100 used to be recommended quite a bit, but I haven't seen one come up for sale - been looking for one myself haha
I think the BVP4 and BVP4+ also do not technically digitize the signal as the process it, but others would probably have to confirm that. The downside of a lot of the analog proc amps out there is that they won't accept/output S-Video, but the above two I know do. Lots of standalone professional TBCs also have proc amp controls, but as Latreche34 said, it does make for some extra analog to digital conversions unless they have SDI out and errors will tend to get baked in at the first analog to digital conversion after the VCR. TBC devices that come to mind with SDI out and SVideo/Composite-in are the AJA FS1, DPS470, DPS475, DPS-X75 I do like the idea of software scopes that let you verify that you aren't clipping anything at the time of capture, but seems that Blackmagic doesn't have level monitoring in Media Express. There are some third party apps that can apparently work with Blackmagic products to do this such as scopebox and drastic technologies sdiScope, but they are pretty expensive. Hardware SDI scopes are a bit more expensive, but won't tax the capturing system in any way and as it is just storing what is there and already digital and should be the same as what the passthrough scope sees I would think. You'd know if there was clipping earlier in the chain if you see flat-topped waveforms. |
Quote:
Quote:
|
Quote:
It's much cheaper and convenient to just use vdub for capturing or the least for monitoring. |
Site design, images and content © 2002-2024 The Digital FAQ, www.digitalFAQ.com
Forum Software by vBulletin · Copyright © 2024 Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.