soundiesam Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 hi all, Done a Google search can't find anything like this so I may be stabbing in the dark where there is no product that will do the job...Im looking for some video converters what have the ability of taking in a signal in from say VGA and spitting it out to sdi, hd sdi, dvi and HDMI, but also basically taking an input from any of the others and sending it to the rest.I may just be barking up the wrong tree and this doesn't exist but if there is one out there I would love to know about it. Regards Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.calder Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 I doubt you will find one where the inputs can be made outputs... However look at the Barco ImagePro II - it is a multi-input scan converter and provided your resolution complies with the output type, it will output your selected source to all outputs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave m Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Don't look for a video switcherUse "presentation scaler" in the search and it may help you.I have done a few gigs with a projector hire guy who would take my live video mix and add it to a VGA feed for projection around a site and he'd add other sourcesI have also tried to help where a presentation suite went wrong and fiddled with a similar scaler.I don't know if you'd find exactly what you want without adding a few other add on boxes from someone like black magic to convert hdsdi to hdmi which many switchers seem to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete McCrea Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 As Mac says the Barco ImagePRO-II will take anything in and spit out anything. With the dual option fitted, it will provide two different output resolutions from the selected input, so you could take you VGA in and have the VGA's loop out, then giving channel A at one resolution, and channel B at a second resolution. Where your chosen output resolution is a recognised signal, it is available across supported outputs. So 1920x1080@50 would be available across Display Port, HDMI, DVI, VGA and SDI outs at the same time. An output of 1024x768@75 would only present itself across 'data' types, so DP, DVI, VGA. If you want a demo then RGB Comms are the Barco IP distributor in the Uk. Maybe a bti more info on what your trying to do might help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundiesam Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 As Mac says the Barco ImagePRO-II will take anything in and spit out anything. With the dual option fitted, it will provide two different output resolutions from the selected input, so you could take you VGA in and have the VGA's loop out, then giving channel A at one resolution, and channel B at a second resolution. Where your chosen output resolution is a recognised signal, it is available across supported outputs. So 1920x1080@50 would be available across Display Port, HDMI, DVI, VGA and SDI outs at the same time. An output of 1024x768@75 would only present itself across 'data' types, so DP, DVI, VGA. If you want a demo then RGB Comms are the Barco IP distributor in the Uk. Maybe a bti more info on what your trying to do might help. Running a system at the moment VGA out of laptop into VGA to dvi convertor into dvi to sdi into black magic design atem switcher... All running at 1920 x 1080 @50Just wondering if there was a box that would just take any signal and shoot out to anything really rather than having to have loads of different concertor boxes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shez Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Make sure you're sitting down before looking at prices though - this kind of kit doesn't come cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave m Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Is it always the same laptop or do you need to connect a client's machine?I don't know the BM but did look at buying one.I use a Panasonic hardware mixer with a dvi card fitted Even then, it's only got 3 or 5 resolutions that it will work with properly so I keep a specific MacBook to run with ithttp://www.tnpbroadcast.co.uk/multiviewer-c101/panasonic-av-hs400a-multiformat-vision-mixer-hd-sd-33414-p2192Not cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete McCrea Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Might be worth trying a demo on a BlackMagic HDMI to SDI convertor, on the off chance the HDMI input will take an analog RGBHV signal. They're around £250, where as you'll be easily splashing £4k+ on a IP-II. It'd be more cost effective to buy a new laptop with HDMI out and HMDI to SDI convertor (assuming you can't use the Atem's HDMI in) to be honest, to solve this issue, but then the IP-II is a very useful tool for solving those problems that arise with the mixed world of AV signals. We hold them in rental for processing before LED screens, and when on trucks want a tx feed of the HDSDI Signal on composite... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsabre Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Blackmagic do a box called updowncross converter which I think does most of what you want, I think it's about 500 quid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.elsbury Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Grass Valley do an any-SDI converter which my employer has a couple of. But they are very fussy about input resolution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter F Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Blackmagic do a box called updowncross converter which I think does most of what you want, I think it's about 500 quid. The updowncross is SDI conversions only. HD-SDI to SDI and vice versa, that sort of thing. I've used these Calibre LEDView scalers with LED screens. VGA/Composite/Component/HDMI/3G-SDI inputs, DVI,HDMI,VGA,3G-SDI outputs. They aren't as capable as the Barco Image ProII but I would imagine the pricing is competitive. Do talk to the distributor about what you are trying to achieve though before you part with cash. If memory serves me correctly they don't output DVI and SDI at the same time, you have to choose one or the other. I would endorse what the other Pete has said about changing to a laptop with HDMI. It opens up many more options to you. It also stops the age old annoyance of the cable dropping out of the side of the laptop. The Blackmagic HDMI to SDI converters do what it says on the box.AJA HA5 HDMI to SDI is very similar. If you want something versatile to do standards conversions rather than scaling then the Teranex 2D/3D converters are fantastic, especially so given their price. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHYoung Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 We have a fair bit of blackmagic stuff and its probably no use here, it certainly wont take vga as suggested , and the boxes are absolute about resolutions, so you are stuck with sdi resolutions and if it doesnt like what you are sending, theres nothing you can do. To perform standards conversions from one resolution to another you need to spend the big money, The Barcos an expensive industry standard, and there are cheaper but not cheap boxes from calibre, tv one and kramer, the most cost effective is probably the kramer vp460 http://www.kramerele...pid=2593&sf=554 . For the same money though you could buy a top end laptop or macbook, then buy a black magic hdmi - sdi convertor and once setup, and a couple of adaptor cables you can output dvi, vga, hdmi , sdi at any res, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lite_lad Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 If budget is an issue then look at TVone solutions, they do a box which is essentially an image pro for considerably less. The menu's are a bit annoying but if your just setting it up to do the same conversion then that's less of a problem, they have the Corio software which makes it slightly less painful that the silly menus on the front of them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepytom Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 http://www.datavideo.info/Converters/DAC-70 these are great, bloody amazing for the money :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishsound Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 http://www.kramerele...pid=1161&sf=554 Kramer is awesome with these. It will convert anything to anything with the HDMI and VGA output simultaneously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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