captuuring into premier via hdmi

BMD has HDMI i/o cards:

http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/decklink/

Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC

Hi Richard,

To be clear, the ADVC-HD50 is always converting to the "HDV" format, which is 25Mbps Long-GOP MPEG-2 at 1440x1080, with 4:2:0 color. Thus the quality of capture is limited to "HDV quality". If your workflow dictates the need for Firewire capture and/or HDV formatted video, then it may be a viable solution for you.

Other capture devices such as BMD Intensity Pro or Matrox MXO2 Mini will capture HDMI (and analog) sources to more robust compressed formats, or even uncompressed, at full 1920x1080 HD with 4:2:2 color. Of course, they do not convert to Firewire and may require a PCI-e, Thunderbolt, ExpressCard, or USB 3.0 interface depending on model chosen.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers

Hi Richard,

It sounds like you've already sold yourself on this so why ask for opinions? If you absolutely want to capture via Firewire and are happy with HDV compression, then go for it ;-)

Jeff