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Blackmagic Design Broadcast converter for converting video HDMI, SDI, 6G-SDI, HD Ultra. Mini converter, audio converter and open gear. I tried to use the express software to see if anything was in there and nothing. To me it doesnt look like the computer is reading it but i see the light is on in the capture card, camera is on. Im just so lost and there is nothing online. I updated my whole mac software just to try and use this damn $200 paper weight.
New Converter Utility 1.0 software update allows adjustments and settings viaUSB, plus adds down conversion in the SDI to Analog model and 1080p/50,60 inthe SDI to HDMI model.San Jose, CA, USA – Blackmagic Design Inc. Today announced the new Converter Utility 1.0 software is now available for download for both Windows and Mac OS X platforms.Converter Utility 1.0 is an important update for all Blackmagic Design Mini Converter customers as it adds new features by updating the converter software. New features include a high quality HD down converter in the Mini Converter SDI to Analog model, and support for 1080p/50/60 via 3 Gb/s SDI on the Mini Converter SDI to HDMI model.Converter Utility 1.0 takes advantage of the built in USB connection on all models of Mini Converters to allow adjustments and settings to be changed. This means all adjustments of video and audio levels can be completed via a simple and easy to use software interface.Other brand converters use manual adjustments which require opening the converter chassis to perform adjustments with a screwdriver. Mini Converters eliminate this problem as customers can plug into the USB port at any time to make changes.
Software level settings also result in a more stable design that requires lessadjustment.The new Converter Utility 1.0 software update also adds new features to some models of Mini Converter. Once this new Converter Utility software is connected to any Mini Converter via USB, an automatic check is performed to see if a firmware update is required. The customer can then update the firmware and receive new features that were not originally included in the converters.This feature is unique to Blackmagic Design Mini Converters, and enables customers to preserve their hardware investment longer by receiving new features in the future. Because Blackmagic Mini Converters feature new technologies such as 3 Gb/s SDI, this new firmware updating feature allows new video formats to be added in the future.In Converter Utility 1.0, an update is included for the Mini Converter SDI to Analog model that adds a new high quality hardware down converter. This down converter allows HD to be converted to SD in letterbox, anamorphic 16:9 and center cut 4:3 modes.
Analog component video output can be set to directly output HDor, by selecting the bypass switch, will down convert to SD component output.
At Blackmagic Design's product release yesterday, they put HD and UHD affordability at the utmost forefront and unveiled the URSA Broadcast camcorder. For a significantly low $3,395, the URSA Broadcast is a professional 4K camera begging to be the camera of choice for both live and studio productions. FlexibilityOne of the big key features the Blackmagic highlighted for the URSA Broadcast is its overall flexibility. For instance, the camera is compatible with older B4 HD lenses and even inexpensive photo lenses. What about the sensor?As said before, the URSA Broadcast uses a 4K image sensor that’s designed to capture images with a wide depth of field in both HD and 4K UHD.“The image sensor is designed for both HD and Ultra HD so you get amazing texture and detail, accurate skin tones, vibrant color and high dynamic range video, all without the need for post production,” says Blackmagic.
ND FiltersIf you find yourself shooting on a very sunny day that’s leaving your image blown out, the URSA Broadcast has neutral density filters to decrease the amount of light hitting the camera’s sensor, making proper exposure easier.The filters include 1/4, 1/16th and 1/64th stop filters and you can switch them pretty quickly when having the filter dial turned on. DesignThe camera’s been designed with a “super strong, lightweight” magnesium alloy body that’s should be easy to hold and carry out in the field. It features externally mounted mechanical switches and controls, like traditional broadcast camerasThere’s as a 4-inch fold out touchscreen for monitoring and controlling the camera.image:blogpost:68183 Slow-moThe URSA Broadcast captures full resolution Ultra HD at up to 60 fps. When shooting slow motion, the URSA Broadcasts records at higher frame rates and then later plays back at more standard frame rates, allowing you to then setup the high speed frame rate and switch between standard sync speed and off speed frame rates.
The Blackmagic Ursa Broadcast is not a news camera despite being advertised as both news and studio camera.This is a studio camera.But before I continue let me introduce myself. I work in the UK and have shot news for networks from the USA, Latin America, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Norway, Finland and Middle East countries. Being a freelancer for most of my career, I’ve worked with anything between 50 and 100 different reporters, some of them for several years.I’ve worked with tape based cameras and have been working only with card based cameras since the last ten years or so. I’ve worked with Sony, Panasonic, JVC and Ikegami cameras. I’ve also used Samsung and iPhone to shoot news in some specific situations.
I edit on Final Cut X since 2013 and edited on Final Cut 6 and 7 before that. I also edited, many years ago, on linear machines Sony BVE 600, 900 and 2000.Going back to the Blackmagic camera, To shoot on interlaced mode is essential when you are doing news. The Ursa has only one option to shoot on interlaced mode: Avid’s DNx which Apple stopped supporting last year.
If you have Mac with Final Cut X you will not be able to edit news footage on interlaced mode. In other words, you won’t be able to edit news. Period.Even if you have Avid or Adobe on your Mac it will be a very bumpy road to edit news footage shot with the Ursa broadcast. That is, if you manage to edit against a deadline at all.I have a five minutes interview shot with a camera which has H264 codec.
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I used the very best option for H264. The file is 1.7 GB. A 5 min test shot with the Ursa using DNx is 7 GB! And it took me ten minutes to convert it but even then I could not import the file to Final Cut X.It seems that Catalina will reintroduce DNx in Macs but that won’t make for any revolutionary change as it is just too impractical to edit news with a codec such as DNx because of its size.
Blackmagic mentioned the addition of mxf but that was back in February last year and nothing happened so far.
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