Alpha Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 ok im after some software that I can vision mix with, we plan on having two cameras run into tv cards although if theres a better alternative thats cheap let me know. I also wouldnt mind having the option of a mpg feed back in Or some sort of action replay feature. any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peternewman Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Three for you to look at: ResolumeArKaosLivid Union I've used Resolume quite a bit, and ArKaos a little, and certainly with Resolume you won't get the quality and speed you would with dedicated hardware. Basically to get decent vision mixing on a PC, you'll need a very high spec machine. The other option for input instead of TV Cards would be a firewire bridge of some kind, either a DV camera with firewire output, or a separate camera and bridge. You'll probably do better however using a hardware vision mixer, of which there are lots about, I've used the Edirol V-4 which is pretty good, another one to look at is the Panasonic MX50 (discontinued), or the MX70 seems to be one of the cheapest around that has more than four inputs. HTH PN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete McCrea Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 If your going to be using it in a situation where lipsync is an issue, then I'd suggest that you might well be going to struggle with the delay that the system will add. On the MX50, the processing takes time, and adds a frame delay (1/25th of a second). With computers, the whole capture, mix and output sequence can well add to this time, and give a bigger delay. You might find it easier and cheaper to go for a hardware alternative. The Edirol stuff is supposedly good value and not too expensive- if I was at work I'd dig out the pricing, but I'm not! Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videogod Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Livid Union is my favorite, you can get the demo here Union forWindows. I also recommed the Tactic controller http://lividinstruments.com/instruments_tactic.php It is also worth watching the video of how they are made on this page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUSTie Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 hi I like vidvox for the mac for Vj applications, it works well. but if you want more vision mix applications then think of hardware, it is in my experience more reliable, easier and cheaper, oh and less of a pain in the arse. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanT Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 The Edirol is a nice neat bit of kit if you have to do anything live - if you're producing material to send out then go pc-based. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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