Adam Eden Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 Has anyone figured out a way of getting the CAMWAVE working with a RED EPIC-M yet? I am a bit over flying with a HDSDI cord again as the CAMWAVE doesn't work with 25p only 25PSF. I am thinking that someone has figured out a way by now by using some kind of small 1080 25P to 720P or 1080 25SPF converter of some sort that can be powered from the sled and stick behind my sled monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Jens Piotrowski SOC Posted August 10, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 Redbyte makes a reclocker/converter... http://decimator.com/Products/MD-DUCC/MD-DUCC.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Eden Posted August 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 Thanks Jens.. I will have a look at that one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Thomas English Posted August 12, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 I had a similar problem while trying to downconvert 25fps on that camera. I think it is fixed in build 6.24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Charles Papert Posted August 12, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 The DUCC is not shipping yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Anders Holck Petersen Posted August 17, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 The Blackmagic UpDownCross mini converter can make the 1080p signal into 720p which works on the camwave. tested with 1080p25 into 720p50. RED will not pursue PSF modes on the EPIC, but a future firmware will enable 720p output on the HDSDI in camera. Best Anders Holck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Thomas English Posted December 11, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 RED will not pursue PSF modes on the EPIC, but a future firmware will enable 720p output on the HDSDI in camera. Does this work yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Nic Owens Posted December 11, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 We're using the Epic on a TV series in Melbourne, and we haven't been able to get it to work with the Camwave yet. Pretty sure we're on the latest build. No worries with the Titan HD however. Cheers, Nic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Daniel Stilling DFF Posted December 11, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 I shot with the Epic last week and used my CamWave with no issues. I tested 1080 mode and 720 and it worked flawlessly with both. The only thing I can think of is that my CamWave got serviced a few months back and got all new guts. Maybe the newer system is more accepting of "tougher" signals... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Ed Moore Posted December 11, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Hey all - yeah you need SDI kit capable of working with the "3G" variants to deal with the output from the Epic. We're about to start a show that has four Epics vision mixed to a live audience (with the real edit happening later from the r3ds) and the vision mixer doesn't like the the 25P 3G from the Epic. We've got a load of those Redbyte converters as mentioned above and they're working great. I also have a original Decimator doing something somewhere and that takes the 3G signal too. Incidentally I'm using a boxx.tv Meridian to send HD-SDI back from the steadicam and that seems completely happy with the 25P as well. Not tried a CamWave. EDIT: I think we have the Redbyte converter set to change the 1080 25P to 1080 50i PsF, there's no need to drop down to 720 if you don't want to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Thomas English Posted December 11, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Ed, I don't want more boxes up there!!! After my second scotch at breakfast my eyes don't care if I've dropped to 720p from 1080p. Dan your in America with them weird frame rates. It works fine there 23.94 etc. The boxx meridian is the daddy but is just too expensive! Especially as the market only wants to pay for a Wevi. Spend 3 times the money. Transvideo stuff is always great but where is the Titan-HD lite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Galione Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 I had problems sending it through the camwave with the old build when it only outputted 1080p, but i've tried it with the new build where you can select 720 output and it works fine with the camwave, the boxx works fine with it on either setting. The first time i used i problems getting a down converted image to the monitor but we rang panavision and they said to change the base rate to 23.98 and that worked, but that was fixed on the next build as well. I know other operators who are still regularly having problems with it, but i've not had any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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