View Full Version : Thoughts on the Viewcast Osprey 820e for Broadcast
andrewzarian
04-17-2012, 07:03 AM
I have been out searching for a Duel HDMI/DVI Capture card for some time and came across this product. Does anyone have any experience with the Osprey 820e
http://www.viewcast.com/products/osprey-cards/osprey-820e
TomSinclair
04-20-2012, 09:26 PM
For the price, I'd be tempted to try two BM Intensity Pro cards first.
joedemax
04-21-2012, 04:37 PM
I have been out searching for a Duel HDMI/DVI Capture card for some time and came across this product. Does anyone have any experience with the Osprey 820e
http://www.viewcast.com/products/osprey-cards/osprey-820e
How did you come across it? ;)
For the price, I'd be tempted to try two BM Intensity Pro cards first.
Not enough channel density.
TomSinclair
04-21-2012, 10:55 PM
@ Joe: Noob question... what is "channel density"?
@ Andrew: Looking at your set up, I see you are already using BM cards. What do you want to improve?
joedemax
04-22-2012, 07:13 AM
@ Joe: Noob question... what is "channel density"?
@ Andrew: Looking at your set up, I see you are already using BM cards. What do you want to improve?
Channel density refers to how many channels of input you can get on one card. Andrew is looking to get more channels of input, which is limited to how many PCI-E slots he has.
cseeman
04-22-2012, 11:57 AM
Then for "Channel Density" that would be Blackmagic Decklink Quad. 4 HD-SDI on one card.
http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/decklinkquad/
You might want a dual quad or dual 6 Xeon with that.
I have heard of people running two Quads on 12 Core MacPro with Wirecast. I suspect the same would be possible on HP Z800 on Windows.
joedemax
04-22-2012, 11:59 AM
Problem there is that thats SDI, a lot of my clients want HDMI inputs.
andrewzarian
04-22-2012, 12:00 PM
I would love to see black magic make a Duo or Quad Intensity pro
cseeman
04-22-2012, 12:17 PM
Problem there is that thats SDI, a lot of my clients want HDMI inputs.
Blackmagic HDMI to SDI convertors at $295 each
http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/miniconverters//
While the overall solution might seem pricey with Quad at $995 and each convertor at $295 (nearly $2200) that works out to about $550 for each input and with SDI, unlike HDMI, it's very easy to do long cable runs.
cseeman
04-22-2012, 12:22 PM
I would love to see black magic make a Duo or Quad Intensity pro
I can't help but feel there's either market or technical reasons why that hasn't happened. I can only guess.
TomSinclair
05-29-2012, 11:34 PM
Soon to market is the Yuan SC510, a 4-port HDMI capture card. Price and available are tbd. Yuan showed this off at NAB.