REAL TIME 4 KAMERAs + PC
- Thread starter MOJE
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Hi,
A vision Mixer set up would do the job.
You need a whole bunch of things though: preview and program monitors, audiomixer, tape playnack, time base corrector,,,,
Im sure there is software where you can input all the cameras to the computer and cut it live, someone else might know what its called.
A vision Mixer set up would do the job.
You need a whole bunch of things though: preview and program monitors, audiomixer, tape playnack, time base corrector,,,,
Im sure there is software where you can input all the cameras to the computer and cut it live, someone else might know what its called.
Johan_Lundberg
Well-known member
You could rent something like the Sony Anycast, which will give you everything you need in one unit. No need for monitors audiomixers or advanced knowledge. It's all there and more or less ready to use. In it's default configuration it will take four dv/s-video/composite sources and will also accept your PC directly via a standard vga cable hooked up to one of its two rgb ports. Beware though that the firewire out on this puppy for some reason is not OHCI compliant, and will NOT work with a laptop/DVRack.
Take a look at:
http://www.sonybiz.net/cgi-bin/bvis...@@@&BV_EngineID=eaddfeimhjjfbemgcfkmcfjfdhl.0
Take a look at:
http://www.sonybiz.net/cgi-bin/bvis...@@@&BV_EngineID=eaddfeimhjjfbemgcfkmcfjfdhl.0
mikkowilson
Steadi-Guru
aah.. multicamera production.. a whole new can of worms.
Remere the golden triangle: Good, Fast, Cheap..choose 2. As it's live production, you have allready chosen "Fast" now it will either be good OR it will be cheap.
So it will cost you something. ..It's not something you can just do with a computer.
In fact the first computer that can switch cameras in real time is a VideoToaster- but it's a few grand (like 8 grand) www.videotoaster.com
The simplest way woudl be to use an analog video mixer. On the cheap look into old video mixers on ebay. Most simple video mixers do 4 cameras no problems - but dont' have any graphics overlay ("Down Stream Keyer") - to go up from there normally the next qould be 8 cameras like the Panasonic MX-70, again that's a $6 grand mixer new.
In the pro world a decent small video switcher starts at US$16k and goes up to a couple of hundred thousan dollars.. not a cheap business.. and of course Pro mixers require special cameras that can be genlocked (cheapeast at teh moemnt that does this is the Canon XL H1.. but really they normally use cameras that cost upwards of $50K per camera..
My advice: get a broadcast engineer on your team for this project if it is one of major significance.
- Mikko
Remere the golden triangle: Good, Fast, Cheap..choose 2. As it's live production, you have allready chosen "Fast" now it will either be good OR it will be cheap.
So it will cost you something. ..It's not something you can just do with a computer.
In fact the first computer that can switch cameras in real time is a VideoToaster- but it's a few grand (like 8 grand) www.videotoaster.com
The simplest way woudl be to use an analog video mixer. On the cheap look into old video mixers on ebay. Most simple video mixers do 4 cameras no problems - but dont' have any graphics overlay ("Down Stream Keyer") - to go up from there normally the next qould be 8 cameras like the Panasonic MX-70, again that's a $6 grand mixer new.
In the pro world a decent small video switcher starts at US$16k and goes up to a couple of hundred thousan dollars.. not a cheap business.. and of course Pro mixers require special cameras that can be genlocked (cheapeast at teh moemnt that does this is the Canon XL H1.. but really they normally use cameras that cost upwards of $50K per camera..
My advice: get a broadcast engineer on your team for this project if it is one of major significance.
- Mikko