Premium Member Brad Grimmett Posted July 17, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted July 17, 2009 "hey, do you know if its possible to use a macbook pro laptop as a monitor via cable to a digital camera - sony pmw-ex1?" A director friend of mine asked me this, and I don't know the answer. Can this be done, and if so, how? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted July 17, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted July 17, 2009 You may want Adobe OnLocation. This is what DV Rack used to be; I've never used it, but I believe it offers scopes and so forth. You could, if an operator was available, actually record the show to it, and have everything precaptured. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Williams Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Remember though, you won't be monitoring the full HQ signal, it'll be HDV. 25Mbit 1440*1080. One thing I plan to try in the future is a new HD-SDI express card adapter recently released. http://www.imperx.com/frame-grabbers/hd-sdi-express With a decent laptop which has a quality screen, some realtime software waveform, scope, parade, etc, you'd have a handy tool. A portable production monitor that records and manipulates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Brad Grimmett Posted July 18, 2009 Author Premium Member Share Posted July 18, 2009 OK, pretend I'm a complete moron (which I may or may not be) and just answer the question....please. She doesn't need scopes or to record to the hard drive, or anything fancy whatsoever. She's working at comic-con and my assumption is they will have a camera set up on sticks and they want to monitor it with the Macbook. To re-iterate, they want to use the computer as a monitor and nothing else. Is that possible without being an electronic/hardware/software/video expert? She is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted July 18, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted July 18, 2009 Well, any capture application - just pop up the capture window and fullscreen it! You will probably find that it's pretty laggy, though. It's often an intrinsic characteristic of HDV firewire outputs. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Brad Grimmett Posted July 18, 2009 Author Premium Member Share Posted July 18, 2009 Cool, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Andrew Rawson Posted July 18, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted July 18, 2009 Remember though, you won't be monitoring the full HQ signal, it'll be HDV. 25Mbit 1440*1080. One thing I plan to try in the future is a new HD-SDI express card adapter recently released. http://www.imperx.com/frame-grabbers/hd-sdi-express With a decent laptop which has a quality screen, some realtime software waveform, scope, parade, etc, you'd have a handy tool. A portable production monitor that records and manipulates. This is great and this looks like your solution Brad. I have a Sony EX-1 and have often wished I could use my Mac Book Pro to monitor it since I have it out there in the field with me anyway to do all the archiving from SxS cards to HD's. Instead I always end up having to rent a 17" monitor. This HD-SDI express card looks like it might be the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hyslop Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 This is great and this looks like your solution Brad. I have a Sony EX-1 and have often wished I could use my Mac Book Pro to monitor it since I have it out there in the field with me anyway to do all the archiving from SxS cards to HD's. Instead I always end up having to rent a 17" monitor. This HD-SDI express card looks like it might be the answer. Alas, I don't think so. As far as I can tell, it has no Mac OS X support, only Windoze. Pity, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Andrew Rawson Posted July 19, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted July 19, 2009 Yeah, finally got around to checking out the specs ( and the price, almost $1000) and was very disappointed. I sent an email to imperx and am waiting to hear back, really quite unbelievable that they would not support mac os. This is exactly the product I've been looking for... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Williams Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Sorry guys, mac compat didn't occur to me. I have a nice HP ready for it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Andrew Rawson Posted July 22, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted July 22, 2009 Here was the response I got from the guys at Imperx. Imperx is not supporting MAC OS, but we have every intention of doing so in the future. Norpix software solutions is offering a support for Windows OS on MACBOOK Pro with their proprietary software. Please contact Luc at Norpix, ln@norpix.com, and he can give you details. If you are satisfied with his solution, he can sell you the card and his solution. Best Regards, Nathan Nathan Cohen Imperx, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Sprung Posted July 22, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted July 22, 2009 To re-iterate, they want to use the computer as a monitor and nothing else. Is that possible without being an electronic/hardware/software/video expert? She is not. I don't know, but I know who does: http://www.melrosemac.com/ Since you're local, just walk in the door with your gear, and they'll get you hooked up with whatever it takes to do what you want. -- J.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Brad Grimmett Posted July 23, 2009 Author Premium Member Share Posted July 23, 2009 Thanks for the tips guys. I think she just ended up using a monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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