thanks for the really fast response
1) When you say you have used it with other applications could you offer insight as to what programs will go full screen with no lag? Have you got premier pro?
The main application I used my Intensity with is Isadora. It's a live performance control tool and effect mixer (among other things). I've also used it with Final Cut X and Wirecast/uStream Producer pro. While I do have Creative Cloud, I don't have much experience with Premier Pro.
2) What do you put through the BM box? Is it a camera, games console or other and does in involve any HDCP?
Almost exclusively cameras (DSLRs and camcorders). I have had my PC pass through it as well. I have never had an issue with HDCP since we're almost always creating orignal content or material.
3) If its not a games console do you have one you could try?? Yes I'm cheeky but thats the whole point with this thread
I do not have a video game console that has HDMI anymore, unfortunately. As I said in my first post, I did do some capture from a PS3 awhile ago. I have an original launch Xbox 360... somewhere... I'm honestly not sure if it still works though. Ironically I have a Kinect that I used for motion capture and interactivity! Unless you count my gaming PC. Sorry, I'm not a console gamer
I work in the live video industry and I am involved with some game industry events which require on stage demos and we have multi £k's switchers and matrix's that have the option to disable HDCP. Sometimes it needs it and sometimes it doesn't.
I have never run up against problems with HDCP. I am not sure if the Intensity will let you disable it. I do a lot of live video work an installations, I'm new to this work though (student)
Basically what I'm getting at is if you could try say an Xbox on HDMI and it doesn't work through the Intensity because of HDCP it may be possible to do it through either component, or a HDMI analog down convertor to VGA.
Blackmagic specifically advertises the Intensity as being something you can use with an Xbox and there are numerous videos on the Web of people using the included software to capture their gameplay. In almost all cases, these people are using the HDMI out on the Intensity to pass through to a monitor or television set (something I've done with my PC and my cameras).
As for audio that is not an issue because I can find room for a small set of speakers or simply use a gaming headset.
Thanks for taking the time to look for us and I hope I made sense
I can patch Isadora to run the feed full screen on the main monitor. Of course, normally, you'd have Isadora pumping the feed to external displays or projectors. Since you work in live video, maybe Isadora is something you have access to -- it could be a solution.
Isadora with the Intensity produces an extremely minimal delay. It is certainly not laggy in the least, and at least with my camera feeds, you
really, really have to watch closely to notice it.
I don't know if this would be a dealbreaker for gaming or not. Like I said, I had my PC connected into the Blackmagic and captured some gameplay there, I didn't seem laggy, but I wasn't focused on it since I still had the computer connected to my television.
For example, I could totally see plugging a game console into the Intensity, patching the feed into Isadora, and use the gameplay as an effect in a performance piece or VJ set, but I'd almost certainly have a TV connected for the actual players to use in that case. This would be a pretty "routine" use of Isadora and the Intensity with a game console by my standards.
Doing this for gaming at home strikes me as an extremely complex workaround with mixed results, but if you're doing to use the Intensity for live video, you might really like it.
