Christopher Benes
July 26th, 2008, 09:08 AM
How do people use multiple A1s or an A1 in combination with another camera (like a HVX200) in a live SD (not HD) video mixing situation?
Any and all advice/insight would be truly appreciated!
I'm needing to select from multiple SD sources (component, S-video, or composite) - one of those being at least one A1 - feed them into a video mixer (like the HS-500), actively switch between them to create one analog output signal (component) to stream live over the Internet via a computer.
I've discovered there are not many cost-effective video mixers (I've found two: HS-500 and Edirol V4) to use in this scenario and both of these mixers do not accept component input - only composite and s-video.
Since the A1 doesn't have s-video out the quality of the streamed video is down to composite - no better than a $300 consumer camcorder!
The cheapest video mixer I've found with component inputs is the $5,500 Panasonic AG-MX70 - way out of my budget.
Thanks!
Any and all advice/insight would be truly appreciated!
I'm needing to select from multiple SD sources (component, S-video, or composite) - one of those being at least one A1 - feed them into a video mixer (like the HS-500), actively switch between them to create one analog output signal (component) to stream live over the Internet via a computer.
I've discovered there are not many cost-effective video mixers (I've found two: HS-500 and Edirol V4) to use in this scenario and both of these mixers do not accept component input - only composite and s-video.
Since the A1 doesn't have s-video out the quality of the streamed video is down to composite - no better than a $300 consumer camcorder!
The cheapest video mixer I've found with component inputs is the $5,500 Panasonic AG-MX70 - way out of my budget.
Thanks!