Upcoming 4:4:4 Recorders

@mandrean This is an old thread. But I could never get Cineform as a capture codec in US 3d. How did you manage to get that option ?
mandrean said:
The BlackMagic UltraStudio 3D can capture to a codec of choice, e.g. CineForm 444/1080p or ProRes 4444/1080p, in realtime.

CineForm 444/1080p is around 40 MB/s (source.) ProRes 4444/1080p is around ~35 MB/s (source in Mbit/s, divide by 8 to get in MByte/s.) Many external bus-powered FireWire 800 drives can reach those speeds, e.g. the G-DRIVE mini with ~60 MB/s R/W speeds (source.) There is also the FireWire 800 bus-powered 1.5TB G-RAID mini with write speed of ~115 MB/s (source).

No need to choose G-Tech though. I'm sure there are plenty of other bus-powered FW800 external hard drives that are more than enough for CineForm 444/1080p or ProRes 4444/1080p.
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Since when can the FS100 do 444 ? Did it get hacked or something? External recorders could only get 422 from the FS100 as far as I remember...?
 
If memory serves, there was a way to get a true 4:2:2 out of the HDMI stream but it was nonstandard and no one had a recorder to do it at the time. Been too long to accurately remember.
 
I hadn't heard that - I'll have to see fi I can track down he info. Not that it matters I guess. The FS100 has one of the best AVCHD implementations ever and it holds up pretty well compared to most 4:2:2 footage from other cameras.
 
...and after a quick trip down memory lane, the FS100 outputs 8 bit 4:2:2 via HDMI and, if a recorder that can accept it is connected, the stream can be 4:4:4 RGB (but still with 4:2:2 8 bit embedded in it). Not sure any recorders exist even now that would do that via HDMI though.
 
I know of one that just so happens to be getting a firmware update in just a short time and that update so happens to include 4:4:4 recording over HDMI. :-)
 
Mitch Gross said:
I know of one that just so happens to be getting a firmware update in just a short time and that update so happens to include 4:4:4 recording over HDMI. :-)
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Wait are you saying that 444 will be available on the FS100 soon with the 7Q+? I was about to sell my fs100 but may reconsider.
 
I'm saying that one of the little "tossed in" improvements of the upcoming firmware update is DPX recording of HD 4:4:4 video via HDMI. That would be on the Odyssey7Q+ as the Odyssey7Q cannot deliver 1080p60 of any kind over HDMI, only up to 1080p30. Not sure if that is what the FS100 can deliver -- honestly it's been awhile for me with that particular camera.
 
Will this 4:4:4 enhancement supports FS700 and FS7 in PRORES or just DPX ? over SDI and HDMI or just HDMI ?
any HDMI ?
 
FS7 & FS700 do not output 4:4:4 signals so we cannot record them. We already accept SDI-carried signals of 4:4:4 2K/HD in 12-bit and 10-bit for recording in DPX, Apple ProRes 4444(XQ) and Apple ProRes 4444. This update added a very specific use of an HDMI-based 4:4:4 signal, which we will now record in DPX. It's a pretty rare bird, available from some computer systems and (I think) a single camera.
 
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