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  1. 16th Nov 2010 20:34 #1
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    I currently streaming live digital video via firewire yet looking to buy new hd video camera yet nowadays no firewire... Can I get a live feed from hdmi to dvi on a mac book pro or is there an alternative to get a live feed... I not worried about sound as that comes from another source ...
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    Originally Posted by luk View Post
    I currently streaming live digital video via firewire yet looking to buy new hd video camera yet nowadays no firewire... Can I get a live feed from hdmi to dvi on a mac book pro or is there an alternative to get a live feed... I not worried about sound as that comes from another source ...
    Not clear what you have.

    HDV format camcorders stream 25 Mb/s MPeg2 live to iMovie or FCE/FCP over Firewire. Is that what you are asking?

    I'm not aware of an HDMI (uncompressed) capture device for a Mac laptop nor am I aware of an SDI input for other than Mac Pro towers.

    Be aware that AVCHD camcorders or cameras don't stream compressed video live. Only uncompressed. You can buy HD webcams that compress over USB2.
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    I currently stream live video via adobe flash media encoder using firewire connection... i looking to upgrade my digital video camera to an HD video camera yet as I say nowadays they do not have firewire built in, so i looking at a way of getting a live feed to the FLV ENCODER http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediaserver/flashmediaencoder/systemreqs/ is there a hdmi to firewire lead? I have looked yet not found so how can I get a live feed from a new hd camera to adobe flash media encoder thats what i looking for ...
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    Originally Posted by luk View Post
    I currently stream live video via adobe flash media encoder using firewire connection... i looking to upgrade my digital video camera to an HD video camera yet as I say nowadays they do not have firewire built in, so i looking at a way of getting a live feed to the FLV ENCODER http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediaserver/flashmediaencoder/systemreqs/ is there a hdmi to firewire lead? I have looked yet not found so how can I get a live feed from a new hd camera to adobe flash media encoder thats what i looking for ...
    I'm still not clear what you have. HDMI (uncompressed) to firewire (flv?) would require a hardware box that doesn't exist. But did you say your laptop lacks a Firewire connection?

    Some alternatives:

    A Mac Pro tower with SDI card will accept uncompressed video (not HDMI). You will need a large RAID for capture.

    A PC with PCIe bus can use a BlackMagic Intensity Pro card which can capture HDMI uncompressed to RAID or can compress on the fly to MJPEG. For streaming, the Intensity Pro can also feed the Adobe flash encoder if the CPU can handle the processing live. None of this is available on a Mac.

    In the future, USB3 has adequate bitrate for uncompressed HDMI/SDI video but few computers or hard disks are yet fast enough. See the BlackMagic Shuttle for PC Windows.
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    If your Mac does have a Firewire port, the obvious source is an HDV format camcorder (e.g. Canon HV 20/30/40).
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    Originally Posted by edDV View Post
    If your Mac does have a Firewire port, the obvious source is an HDV format camcorder (e.g. Canon HV 20/30/40).
    I was looking at going in that direction, yet nice one for pointing out that particular camcorder.
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