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Thread: Thoughts on the Viewcast Osprey 820e for Broadcast

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    Thoughts on the Viewcast Osprey 820e for Broadcast

    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/osp...ds/osprey-820e

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    For the price, I'd be tempted to try two BM Intensity Pro cards first.

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    Quote Originally Posted by andrewzarian View Post
    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/osp...ds/osprey-820e
    How did you come across it?

    Quote Originally Posted by TomSinclair View Post
    For the price, I'd be tempted to try two BM Intensity Pro cards first.
    Not enough channel density.

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    @ 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?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TomSinclair View Post
    @ 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.

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    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.

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    Problem there is that thats SDI, a lot of my clients want HDMI inputs.

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    I would love to see black magic make a Duo or Quad Intensity pro

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    Quote Originally Posted by joedemax View Post
    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/pro...niconverters//

    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by andrewzarian View Post
    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.

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