Live view on my Macbook from my RED Epic Dragon?

[Marcus Westerlund]

Hi Redusers!

I'm wondering if there is a simple way to get live view on my computer (Macbook Pro) from my Red Epic Dragon camera?
Can I get it to work through my HDMI ports?

Thankful for help!

Cheers, Marcus

 

[Kwan Khan]

If you have TB in your book, try us BM UltraStudio Mini Recorder

 

[jussi rovanpera]

The HDMI port is output only, Blackmagicdesign TB Mini Recorder would give you an HDMI and SDI input.

 

[Marcus Westerlund]

Thank you for your answers.

So HDMI from by RED camera to a HDMI to TB-adapter through the TB-port won't work? I need the BM Mini recorder for example?

 

[Martin Facci]

Yep, you can't go straight to the Mac. You need something to capture it.
The BM Mini recorder will work just fine.

 

[Marcus Westerlund]

Allright cool, good to know. Thx

 

[Dan Kanes]

In theory you could go out of Ethernet in your camera into Ethernet dongle on your laptop too and usethe Red capture software...

I haven’t done this but plan to soon

 

[scott devitte]

Hot to use a GIG-E connection with foolcontrol OS X ?
You will need to connect RED's GIG-E cable to the camera lemo and into a GIG-E router's RJ-45 LAN socket. Most domestic router will only support 10/100 speeds and are NOT compatible with RED's Ethernet implementation that does require 1000 / GIG-E speed.
Once both the Mac and camera are on same network (using DHCP) and the 'Enable external control' box is ticked in camera menu > Settings > Setup > Communication > Ethernet tab, foolcontrol will discover and connect to the camera.



Can I use a GIG-E cable without a router going directly into a computer running foolcontrol ?
Yes, you simply need a thunderbolt gig-e ethernet adapter along with RED's GIG-E cable.

On camera : menu > settings > setup > communication > ethernet tab
- 'enable DHCP' box
- check 'Enable external control' box

On computer : system preferences > network > ethernet
for the Thundebolt ethernet interface
configure IPv4 > Using DHCP
Click 'Apply'

Both devices should get a self assigned IP (169.254.xx.xx) and foolcontrol will then find the camera.



Can I use foolcontrol over the internet ?
If you connect your camera to a fixed or know IP address on your network, you can open a port on your wan router and redirect it to your camera IP port 1111. foolcontrol can then be connect to the external IP address of your network and control the camera from the other side of the world.


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