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Low cost HDSDI to FIREWIRE?

Not really... firewire is a DATA connection where HD-SDI tends to be a video connection. If you could be more specific about what you're putting in and what's going out, we might be able to help, but I doubt there is a box out there already that specifically does this. If there is, I doubt its cheap!
 
I want to go from a SDI HD signal to a pal FIREWIRE 800 I can do that if I use a HD to SD converter and then from SD to Fire wire with another converter, but I would like it in one box if possible.. Basically feeding video signal to computer to share through skype.
 
Maybe check Blackmagic for it.

This right here is not FW but USB3 and would probably do what you want it to:
http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/ultrastudiousb3/techspecs

Other than that, I'd probably check HDSDI-HDMI and HDMI-FW but that's still 2 boxes.

EDIT:
oh, I missed the little PAL addendum. So you want to convert down to SD quality ? The USB3 box above is switchable between HD/SD afaik.
If this is not what you're looking for, maybe contact Blackmagic directly. I've used some FW stuff from then in the past which were quite good - just not with HDSDI-in... The have some HDSDI PCI cards which are pretty cheap. Which computer setup were you planning on using?

EDIT2:
Did I mention I like the breakout cable? Hehehe

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You don't really need a capture box, more like a device that emulates the webcam protocol and accepts image from HD-SDI. Thats a rare bird unit! FW or USB is your best bet but the whole ting seems kind of unlikely. Look for off-brand asian manufacturers. You may need to look at buying components of a unit, not designed for end users.

You could also do screen sharing in Skype with a full screen capture window fed from any of the capture I/O devices previously mentioned. It will lag badly though I would think.
 
So basicly you want to use your dragon as a webb cam? ;)
 
The IOHD is exactly the right fit.

I'd suggest Ebay.

I've got one on a shelf here, but it's a bit of a rough commute to get it over to you :-)

Cheers,

Steve
 
Still have not solved this one. What I want is a SDIHD to firewire as I got a case set up with mixers etc that work from FW and I also have a little program we made that auto records on the laptop when the record dot comes on. And it's nice to have that setup and going on the laptop and be able to do rough edits in FCP or such and the clips are just popping in trough the FW port of the computer. the files are rather small and edit easy. Do not like to sit around with heavy files on set for doing just quick matching things and such.

But so far I have not seen a HDSDI - FW low cost alternitive. Something like a HDMI to SDI converter or such but FW. So I keep looking :)
 
That is because SDI and HDMI are transmitting a very similar signal in a different way... firewire is a totally different kettle of fish!

You basically want an HD-SDI to DV/HDV compatible converter and that would be a complex bit of kit. I'm sure it exists somewhere, but the market must have been tiny.

Surely you could just use an HD-SDI capture card, set it to record when the timecode rolls and just get the computer to do some compression on it??
 
What about this:

HDSDI > down converter to analog composite > Canopus DV box > FireWire I/O

Uglier than shit but hey, what do you expect?

The Canopus boxes (or even a minidv deck) were purpose built for this kind of thing. There are different kinds so make sure yours will capture and not just output.
 
Michael Romano said:
What about this:

HDSDI > down converter to analog composite > Canopus DV box > FireWire I/O

Uglier than shit but hey, what do you expect?

The Canopus boxes (or even a minidv deck) were purpose built for this kind of thing. There are different kinds so make sure yours will capture and not just output.
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I actually have all the hardware to do this at my office already. Surprised I didn't think of it... Probably, because you say, it's uglier than shit... I am almost certain that it'll run into some annoying video sync issues or something to make it just one bit more difficult, but should be relatively cheap and easy to bdoge together.
 
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