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nathangrill

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im just a little curious about whether or not mojodx was a good purchase for us since we don't have any SDI devices... Any input on what exactly it helps do??
 
If helps you capture SD and HD video via SDI. That's it. It's an expensive I/O box.

The Nitris DX is a good value--it handles on-board transcoding to DNxHD during capture, realtime downconversion (I believe), and has all digital and analogue I/O. MojoDX has no analogue I/O.

Michael.
 
Mojo DX does real time down conversion and DNxHD encode and decode can happen on the CPU when using dual quad.

Michael
 
MichaelP said:
Mojo DX does real time down conversion and DNxHD encode and decode can happen on the CPU when using dual quad.

Michael
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as much as i would like to say i know what you are talking about... we bought a prebuilt system from core and it has dual quadcores . i read in the media composer book about DNxHD however i am unable to do it with mojo dx? also on avid's website it doesn't mention anything about DNxHD in mojodx features list. i am so confused about avid. i think that i am going to try to return the whole thing, any ideas on what i should be getting? we are doing alot of editing with 1080i footage shot on an hvx200. we are using p2 cards and avid works good with them. we will only be putting our final out on dvd/bluray and we have no sdi hardware. pretty much all we have is the camera and our editing platform. maybe we should have gone with nitris? any help or guidance would be nice.
 
nathangrill said:
we are using p2 cards and avid works good with them. we will only be putting our final out on dvd/bluray and we have no sdi hardware.
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With the exception of DS hardware Avid has 3 I/O options for their NLE's: Mojo SDI, Mojo DX & Mojo Nitris DX. Since you're ingesting file based content you could use the Mojo SDI to monitor your output. The downside is that you would be monitoring an SD signal (downconvert) rather than HD. For some users this is unacceptable - they require HD output for signal monitoring (color grading, etc.). This is where Mojo DX fits in, in addition to SDI inputs it has HD outputs. Other users require the extra horsepower of Nitris DX. For example for broadcast work the timelines are often stacked tall (multiple video tracks). The ability to playback multiple streams of HD without rendering speeds up the work flow. When you have deadline to make and ad agency types leaning over your shoulder speed is important.

Of the 3 I/O's Mojo DX is sort of the odd man out. Priced too high for it's limited capabilities. Mojo SDI is a relatively cheap way to monitor the signal, albeit an SD signal. Nitris DX adds a lot of punch if your work involves heavy rendering. Which I/O is right for your operation depends on your budget and the type of work you do.
 
Nathan...you are missing the point. With the Decklink converter, it will CONVERT the Component or Composite signal (and audio) from any analog decks you have INTO an SDI signal...one that the MOJO might be able to work with. I am not 100% on this..it is just an idea.

Yeah, I am not too happy with the huge price bump and signal limitations of the new MOJO. Software is cheaper, but hardware skyrockets, and loses functionality. Odd.
 
yea i agree. after about an hour with avid it turns out ii learned out alot. =) any of the dx hardware will help with taking the load off thecpu and gpu. however i notice that when working in avid the computer uses only 1 of my 8 cores.... im thinking that this is probably the sorce of my dissatisfaction with everything. any ideas as to how to get it to use ll 8?
 
ok well maybe i am just a little confused, does it take awhile to render for you too? im using an avid certified system from core and it just seems slow working in avid.
 
I am not doing anything complicated. Offline editing HD show at 15:1...at most speed changes and the occasional paint effect. Avid 3.0.5 on a Mac Pro 3.2ghz machine running on Unity.
 
Compressed. Not full resolution, but compressed 15:1. So at full resolution an hours worth of footage might take up a given size (say 20GB of space), compress this footage and now 15 hours take up that same 20GB.
 
ok i see im still learning about how to do that. do you ever import othertypes of video into avid? for instance we have allot of footage that was compiled on dvd awhile back and now we want to use it for b-roll in another training film. what do you shoot your footage on?
 
I am not a shooter, I am an editor only...primarily. I work with DVCPRO HD shot on tape, shot with P2. XDCAM, Digibeta, HDCAM, DV. I edit with FCP and Avid...whatever the company that hired me is using.

Been a while since I captured DVD footage with an Avid...when I did I did it through their capture card. I have used FCP extensively with DVD material, and for that I use MPEG Streamclip, as that can export a QT file. Not sure what to do for current Avid Never came up.
 
yea seems to be the problem i am running into. also i have shot allot of footage and i was looking to sell some, any suggestions on what to use to convert footage to other formats before editing?
 
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