Hi everyone,
Thank you for reading this. I’m really hoping that together we can find a solution.
I have an upcoming shoot with 2 camera signals — most likely from ARRI Alexa Mini cameras using Vaxis / Teradek transmission systems.
Each receiver will give me a 1080p 10-bit signal.
What I want to do:
I want to combine these two 1080p signals side by side and get a 2160p / 4K output from the multiviewer.
Also, I want to be able to scale/crop each input separately, because the camera signal includes metadata/frame lines/status info, and I want to remove that from the visible image as much as possible, so I can use more clean image area on the monitor.
After that, I want to take the multiviewer output and capture it with a UVC capture card into a tablet — iPad, Android tablet, or something similar.
One more very important thing: I’m trying to build this setup as lightweight, compact, and mobile as possible.
The idea is to have a small monitoring / multiview system that can be moved around the set easily, not a big DIT cart or heavy rack setup. Mobility is very important for me, because I need to be able to quickly move the whole system during the shoot.
Shortcut of what I need:
- at least 2x 1080p inputs — SDI or HDMI
- at least 1x 2160p / 4K output — SDI or HDMI
- ideally 10-bit inputs and 10-bit output 🤞🏾
- it would be really nice to have a remote controller or any other way to switch between Cam A / Cam B / Multiview
- maybe this could be done through Ethernet/IP control, ideally from iOS or Android
- maybe there are some powerful capture cards with built-in multiview? This is just my imagination flying 🐼🥹
- the whole setup should be as compact, lightweight, and mobile as possible — ideally something that can be moved around the set easily
I’ve had a huge headache for the last few days because I’ve been searching 24/7, checking equipment and reading specifications.
What I found so far:
- Decimator could be very cool, but the output is only 1080p.
- Blackmagic MultiView 4 HD / 4K does not seem to allow scaling/cropping each screen exactly how I need for side-by-side clean images.
- Craltech Bre4K looks nice, but it seems you cannot scale/crop the picture.
- BZBGEAR has some interesting options, but the inputs seem to be 8-bit.
P.S. I can’t just get a clean feed from SDI 2 output on the camera, because I still need the metadata on other devices in the chain.
Maybe someone has a solution?
I even started looking into less professional devices. Maybe there is some hidden diamond from China... 🐼🔫
Thank you for reading :)