I'm assuming all this will be available when I receive my nanoFlash unit?

I'm wanting to use the nanoFlash to play my HD demo reel at a trade show the first week in August.

Thanks,

Jim

Dear James,

By "all of this", I am assuming that you mean the nanoFlash that you pre-ordered and the File Converter Utility.

We are scheduled to ship your nanoFlash before the end of July.

A working, "Beta Version" of the File Converter Utility is downloadable from our website today.

I do not feel that we will have an newer version of the converter posted by the time we ship your nanoFlash.

You could test the utility today, if you so desire.

Thus, you could use our utility to produce a file in our format. Then, if desired, you could play the new file in your NLE, just as a way to prove that our utility works.


Note: Our utility is limited to approximately 4 GB "chunks".

If your file is larger, then just set up and render your larger file in segments so that each segment is less than 4 GB.

When the individual files are loaded to a CompactFlash card, the nanoFlash will play the files, in sequence, seamlessly, provided that they are all in the same format, 720 or 1080.


Also, the File Converter Utility is not needed, if your computer has a HD-SDI output capability. If it does, just play your timeline to your HD-SDI output and record to the nanoFlash.

We have not tested it, but if you can play your timeline to HDMI, the nanoFlash could record your timeline in the same manner.

Please note that HDMI never has timecode, as this is a limiitation of HDMI. But the nanoFlash can generate timecode on its own, if desired.

Dear Friends,

Playing a timeline out of a computer, using an HDMI or DVI-D Video Graphics Card can be iffy.

If you have the right video card, if it supports the correct resolutions, color space, and frame rate, then it should work fine.

But, some only suport "True 60" frame rate instead of 59.94, and this may cause a problem.

In any case, it should be tested on an individual basis.


Another very good way to get a timeline out of a Mac (with an ExpressCard 34 slot), is the Matrox MXO2 Mini at only $450 (US).