User Manual Mac OS X SD|Fidelity SD|Focus SD|Prime Monday, April 21, 2008
Contents Contents.........................................................................................................................................................................2 Limited Warranty ............................................................................................................................................................4 Support Contact Details. ............................................................................................................................
Typical Connection Workflow 2 ...........................................................................................................................33 Typical Connection Workflow 3 ...........................................................................................................................34 Typical Connection Workflow 4 ...........................................................................................................................35 Driver Installation ........................
Limited Warranty Bluefish444 warrants that this product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of three (3) years for category A products and two (2) years for category B products from the date of purchase. This warranty is provided only to customers who register the Bluefish444 serial number at the place nominated on the Bluefish444 homepage.
Support Contact Details. If you have any questions please contact support at support@bluefish444.com. Email Support is free for the life of the warranty. For phone support you must register your product at http://www.bluefish444.com/support/techsupport. In order to speed the resolution of your problem, please ensure that you provide the following information when contacting support. • • • • • • System configuration and manufacture, Mother board type and Devices installed. SCSI or RAID controller card type.
Introduction SD|Fidelity & SD|Focus SD| Fidelity and SD| Focus is the latest Single link PCI Express 1 lane video card dedicated to SD digital and analog video and audio from Bluefish444. SD| Fidelity and SD| Focus brings the highest quality SD video and audio to the Window platforms. The SD| Fidelity and SD| Focus supports 12 bit digital SDI I/O, capable of supporting the complete range of SDI connection standards up to 12 bit single link YUV (4:2:2).
SD|Prime SD| Prime is the latest PCI express1 lane card, dedicated to SD SDI digital and audio I/O. SD| Prime brings the highest quality SD video and audio to Windows, Apple and Linux platforms. SD| Single Link Pro supports a range of memory formats such as 10 and 8 bit RGB/YUV uncompressed video and Apple QuickTime v210. Support for DV25 and DV50 codecs is also supported all within your Apple power Mac or windows systems (Application dependant).
Feature Comparison Hardware SD| Fidelity SD| Focus SD| Prime Video Modes PAL 720 x 576 (4:3 and 16:9) NTSC 720 x 486 (4:3 and 16:9) Digital Video I/O Signal Formats 8/10 bit SD SDI I/O Dual link 4:4:4, 4:4:4:4 (RGB) I/O Dual link 4:4:4, 4:4:4:4 (YUV) I/O 4:2:2:4 Video and Key (YUV) I/O Single link 4:2:2 (YUV) Input Single link 4:2:2 (YUV) Output 2 x Independent Video streams Routable Video channels 1 3 1 3 1 1 Analog Video Input Signal Format 12 bit Component YUV 12 bit Composite 12 bit S-Video Analo
SD| Fidelity SD| Focus SD| Prime Hardware Features 2 x General Purpose I/O ports LTC I/O ports Internal RS 422 Serial Ports External RS 422 Serial Ports Audio sample rate converters Real-time hardware color space conversion Real time hardware overlay for internal keying Built-in safe area, safe title and letterbox generator Genlock 1 port 1 port 1 port 1 port 1 port 1 port 32MB 32MB 32MB Onboard Memory.
Software Feature Control The Bluefish Feature Control provides ancillary features and low level control of the Bluefish444 products. Depending on the type of card you have installed will determine the functions available in the utility. This Tab panel applies to all Bluefish444 Products installed on the Apple MacOS The Feature Control is the control interface that runs independently to the applications using the Video card.
Final Cut Pro Studio Bluefish444 provides support for the Apple Final Cut Studio consisting of; • Final Cut Pro 6.0.3 • Motion 2 • Sound Track Pro Final Cut Pro 6 Supported Features • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Support for NTSC and PAL. Support for 8 bit video. Support for 10 bit video.
Motion 2 Motion offers true film-quality output, GPU accelerated performance, and an astounding toolset. Now you can create advanced motion graphics with drag-and-drop ease, startling clarity, and unprecedented color fidelity — all in real time. Soundtrack Pro Apple’s revolutionary audio editing and sound design application lets you express your sonic vision quickly and economically.
Adobe After Effects CS3 (Application Software not included) Animate your ideas. Adobe® After Effects® 7.0 software helps you create compelling motion graphics and blockbuster visual effects with efficiency, precision, and infinite variety. Take advantage of unmatched integration with other Adobe software, flexible 2D and 3D compositing, and hundreds of effects and Animation Presets to bring a new dimension to your film, video, DVD, and Macromedia® Flash® productions.
Photoshop CS3 (Application Software not included) Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 software, the professional image-editing standard and leader of the Photoshop digital imaging line, delivers more of what you crave. Groundbreaking creative tools help you achieve extraordinary results. Unprecedented adaptability lets you custom-fit Photoshop to the way you work. And with more efficient editing, processing, and file handling, there's no slowing you down. • • • SD broadcast monitoring.
What’s in the Box SD| Fidelity SD| Focus PCI e 1 lane Card. PCI e 1 lane Card. • CDROM Software and documentation including Symmetry application, Feature Application control panel, Adobe Production studio plugins for Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop and Audition, QuickTime 10 bit YUV V210 Codec. • Warranty and Reference card cable connection guide.
SD| Prime PCI e 1 lane card Digital Audio S/P DIF I/O 1 x HD 15 pin with 8 BNC consisting of 4 pairs Labeled ‘DIG AUDIO IN’, DIG AUDIO OUT’, ‘1/2’, ‘3/4’, ‘5/6’, ‘7/8’ Digital Audio AES/EBU I/O 1 x HD Sub 15 pin with 3 male & 3 female paired XLR Labeled ‘DIG AUDIO IN’, ‘DIG AUDIO OUT’, ‘1/2’, ‘3/4’, ‘5/6 Deck Control Mini Din 8 pin RS 422 to 232 deck control cable for RS 422 ports.
System Requirements System Configuration Minimum requirements Card SD| Focus SD| Fidelity SD| Prime Slot Type PCI e 1 lane Card. Item Minimum Macintosh Operating System QuickTime Editing/Production Software Suite Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 QuickTime 7.4.5 Final Cut Pro 6.0.3 Adobe Photoshop CS 3 Import/Export plug-in’s After Effects CS3, Sound Booth, Motion 2 Mac Pro Quad 2.
Slot Installation Requirements PCI e Mac Pro Quad Bluefish444 PCI E card. Installed in slots 4 or 3 Atto UL5D SCSI Card installed in Slot 2 Storage Requirements The SD product range is primarily an uncompressed capture and playback card providing an unprecedented level of quality on the Windows, Linux and Apple Mac OS X systems.
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SD| Fidelity SD| Focus RS 422 Deck Control Analog Audio (1) RCA 2 Ch Analog Audio (2) XLR 2 Ch Digital Audio (1) 8 Ch S/P DIF (BNC) Digital Audio (2) 6 Ch AES/EBU (XLR) Analog Video Digital Video & Genlock 20
SD| Prime RS 422 Deck Control SDI A OUT SDI A IN Digital Audio (1) 8 Ch S/P DIF (BNC) Digital Audio (2) 6 Ch AES/EBU (XLPCI Genlock 21
Cable Types Digital Video I/O & Genlock (DVID 1) SDI ‘A’ OUT (DVID 2) SDI ’B’ OUT (DVID 3) SDI ‘A’ IN (DVID 4) SDI ‘B’ IN Mini Din male 9 pin (DVID 5) SDI ‘X’ OUT GENLOCK SD| Greed Supports two SD SDI inputs and two SDI outputs. SD| Greed supports independent inputs and outputs allowing for a combination of two simultaneous capture and playback streams. The digital video cable can be customized to support a range of SDI dual link and single link modes.
Analog Video I/O (AVID 1) Y/G/CVBS Output (AVID 2) U/B/Y Output (AVID 3) V/R/C Output (AVID 4) Y/G/CVBS I/O Mini Din male 9 pin (AVID 5) U/B/Y I/O (AVID 6) V/R/C I/O The analog video cable can support a range of input and output combinations. Combined with the SDI I/O cables the SD| Greed provides effective broadcast quality conversion between digital to analog and analog to digital.
Digital Audio Option 1 - S/P DIF BNC 8 Channels I/O, Unbalanced DIG AUDIO IN 1/2 DIG AUDIO IN 3/4 DIG AUDIO IN 5/6 DIG AUDIO IN 7/8 DIG AUDIO OUT 1/2 DIG AUDIO OUT 3/4 DIG AUDIO OUT 5/6 DIG AUDIO OUT 7/8 SD| Greed and Single Link Pro supports 8 BNC connectors. Each BNC connector supports a pair of pair channels. There are 4 pairs for input and 4 pairs for output. Note: These BNC connections produce digital signals and can not be used with analog speakers.
Digital Audio Option 2 - AES/EBU XLR 6 Channels I/O, Balanced DIG AUDIO OUT 1/2 DIG AUDIO OUT 3/4 DIG AUDIO OUT 5/6 DIG AUDIO IN 1/2 DIG AUDIO IN 3/4 DIG AUDIO IN 5/6 The SD product range provides 6 XLR connectors, supporting AES/EBU balanced digital audio. 3 female XLR pairs provides 6 channels of input and 3 male XLR pairs provides 6 channels of output.
Analog Audio Option 1 - RCA Dual channel, Unbalanced AN AUDIO IN LEFT AN AUDIO IN RIGHT AN AUDIO OUT LEFT AN AUDIO OUT RIGHT SD| Greed provides 2 RCA, unbalanced analog input and 2 RCA unbalanced analog output connectors, one for each channel. The connectors are RCA-style (“phono”) jacks which allow you to connect into a range of analog monitoring devices such as phono jack speakers and headphones for in expensive monitoring of audio.
Analog Audio Option 2 - XLR Dual channel, Balanced AN AUDIO OUT LEFT AN AUDIO OUT RIGHT AN AUDIO IN LEFT AN AUDIO IN RIGHT SD| Greed provides 2 balanced analog input and 2 balanced analog output connectors, one for each channel. The connectors are XLR male for input and female for output.
Deck Control A Male DB8 connector provides connection between the Bluefish444 card and decks, DDRS, cameras and other supported devices using RS422 SMPTE (Sony) protocol.
Installation Installation Check List. Make sure you have the following installed prior to installing your SD| Greed, SD| Fidelity and SD| Focus card. Requirements. Item Minimum Operating System Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 QuickTime QuickTime 7.4.5 Editing/Production Software Suite Final Cut Pro 6.0.3 After Effects CS3 Adobe Photoshop CS3 System Mac Pro Quad 2.66GHz (2GB RAM) Host Controller ATTO UL5D PCI e SCSI card with version 4.2.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/ Installing the Bluefish444 Hardware Bluefish444 provides detailed information on tested and certified hardware configurations for a range of common motherboards and computer systems. Please refer to this free informative section available on our web site at the following Link; http://www.bluefish444.com/support/compatibility/hardware/ • • • • • • • Place your system in an easily accessible place that has sufficient lighting.
Connecting to the outside world The Bluefish SD product range is an extremely versatile Video/Audio I/O card that can connect to a range of devices. The range of connection workflows that can not be covered by this manual instead we will focus on two typical connection work flows commonly used in the professional broadcast industry. Taking advantage of video cards with Analog video and audio I/O, provides a powerful analog to digital converter in one PCI card.
Typical Connection Workflow 1 The following example is a typical workflow you might use if your source is SDI but you have analog monitoring for video and audio and two channels of audio are required. • • • SDI video I/O Digital XLR audio I/O 4 Channels of Audio Analog video and audio monitoring Your source and master is Digital SDI for video and Digital Audio by AES/EBU XLR. Your monitoring is Analog component and analog audio.
Typical Connection Workflow 2 The following example is a typical workflow you might use if you wish to edit and monitor with 6 channels of audio for surround sound 5.1 editing and ingest Digital Video via SDI and Audio via AES XLR • • • • SDI video I/O Digital XLR audio I/O 6 Channels of Audio Analog video monitoring - component Genlock Your source and master is Digital SDI for video and Digital Audio via AES/EBU XLR .
Typical Connection Workflow 3 The following example is a typical workflow you might use if you wish to ingest Analog Audio and Video and master the SDI video and audio without the use of external 3rd party converters. • • • • SDI video Output with 8 channels of embedded audio Analog Audio XLR input two channels Analog video Input Component Genlock Your source is an analog deck providing video and Digital Audio via XLR . Your master is a Digital SDI deck.
Typical Connection Workflow 4 The following example is a typical workflow you might use if you wish to ingest Digital Audio and Video • • SDI video Input and Output with 8 channels of embedded audio Genlock Cable Connection Guide SDI Monitor SDI Source and Master Video and Audio DIG AUDIO OUT 1/2 DIG AUDIO OUT 3/4 DIG AUDIO OUT 5/6 DIG AUDIO IN 1/2 DIG AUDIO IN 3/4 DIG AUDIO IN 5/6 Digital 5.
Driver Installation Driver installation is very much straight forward. At this point you should have a Bluefish444 card installed in the relevant slot, in a system that meets the requirements as outline in the previous sections. You should also have QuickTime and relevant 3rd party application pre installed. Installations can be categorized in the following; • • New Installations. Updating Previous Installations. New Installations 1. 2. 3. 4. Insert the ’Bluefish444 Installer CD-ROM’ into your Macintosh.
Feature Application About the Feature Application. The Bluefish444 feature application allows you to control and monitor your Bluefish444 Video I\O card. It can be used as a diagnostic tool and provides an interface to enable or disable extended features independently of your current software application. The Bluefish444 feature app provides at a glance a range of information about what video mode and pixel format your card is currently operating in. Main Control Interface.
Letter Box This section controls the letter box feature that Bluefish444 hardware supports. Letter box blanks the top and the bottom of your viewing area is much like what you see with widescreen 16:9 movies displayed on your 4:3 monitor. Reference Timing This section allows you to introduce timing delays to the selected Genlock source received by the Bluefish444 cards. Vertical (lines): Adjusts the vertical timing delay in lines. Horizontal (pixels Adjusts the horizontal timing delay in pixels.
Video Input Play Through The video is passed through the video card for monitoring of SDI and analog output. This is very useful when altering analog properties without having to load a 3rd party application. NOTE; Make sure you switch ‘play through’ off before using any video capture applications. Preview Opens up a small preview windows to the right for desktop monitoring of the input signal.
Bluefish444 Device Provides crucial information on current driver and firmware currently used by your Bluefish444 hardware. Safe Area Enables and disables safe area region on the video output. Safe Title Enables and disables safe title region on the video output.
Analog Features The Analog Features tab panel will only be present when you have Analog/SDI capable cards such as the SD| Flex, SD| Greed and SD Single link Pro card installed. Saving Presets. You can save your properties and configurations by selecting Save As from the file menu. This provides you the ability to save custom presets for different projects saving time re adjusting and provides the ability to share presets.
• • • • V Gain Hue Black level Sharpness NOTE; the output setting are preserved independently for each analog signal type e.g. component, composite, SVideo and RGB Unity This button centers each slider bar to the default values of 0.0 gain Zero This buttons returns the values to zero value Lock U and V Gain Checking this box will lock the U and V levels together Apply NTSC Pedestal Enable pedestal (setup) feature for NTSC analog decks. This is used to control the black levels for output.
Signal Routing Bluefish444 analog cards supports flexible signal routing of the SDI or analog signals to a range of SDI and Analog, component ,composite, S-Video and RGB outputs. Input is selectable between SDI or Analog. Output can be a combination of SDI and multiple analog outputs. A few common configuration combination examples are below. There are many other combinations that are not shown.
Input = Composite Output = SDI + Composite + S-Video Input = S-Video Output = SDI + Composite + S-Video 44
Input = SDI Output = SDI + Composite + S-Video + Component 45
Analog Configuration Guide The SD| Greed supports an array of configurations that can be selected by using the “Analog output signal type” selector and the “Input signal type” selector. Numerous combinations are available. In general any of the analog video connectors that are not used as inputs can be used as outputs. Therefore the table below is arranged to show which output signal types will be available given the output signal type that will be used.
Audio Depending on the type of Bluefish444 card installed, a range of audio options can be achieved. The tables outlines the connectively for the audio.
Signal Routing to Analog Audio With the SD| Greed you can monitor and range of audio channels with the analog audio outputs. For example of you wish to monitor to digital outputs 1 & 2 and wish to route them to the analog pairs for monitoring you simple select AES channels 1 and 2 to route to analog left and right pairs. In this example above, Analog L is monitoring Analog channel 1 and Analog Right is monitoring Analog channel 2.
3rd Party Software Final Cut Pro Bluefish444 video I/O cards supports the latest version of Final Cut Pro ™. The best approach to setup your Bluefish444 video I/O card with Final Cut Pro ™ is to select the Easy setup presets available. Setting up Final Cut Pro with your Bluefish444 hardware 1. Launch Final Cut Pro 2. In the Final Cut Pro menu bar 3. Select Easy Setup 4. In the Easy Setup menu dialog box, select the drop down menu for a list of available presets.
5. After you have selected the drop down list you will be presented with a range of options to select from. 6. Select Setup, Final Cut Pro will load the relevant settings and place the Bluefish444 card in the mode you have selected.
7. You can configure your 3rd party device control settings in the Audio/Video settings menu item of the Final Cut Pro HD menu 8. Final Cut Pro is now Bluefish444 ready. 9. For further information on capture and editing in side FCP ™ please refer to the manuals and documentation supplied by Apple™. Final Cut Pro Embedded Audio playback How to configure a sequence in Final Cut Pro to playback audio via the embedded audio channels 11 & 12 1.
3. Click the Outputs combo box 4. Select 24 outputs 5. On the timeline at the foot of the display, for audio channel A1, control-click the Audio Select icon (the icon to the right of the padlock).
6. On the timeline at the foot of the display, for audio channel A2, control-click the Audio Select icon (the icon to the right of the padlock).
Final Cut Pro Embedded Audio capture Configure Final Cut Pro to capture embedded audio 1. From the Final Cut Pro menu select Audio/Video Settings 2.
3. Click Edit 4.
5. From here you can select either Analog, SDI or AES/EBU audio from the combo box 6. Once the QuickTime audio input is selected, Specify the audio channels you wish to capture within the Final Cut Pro interface.
7. Open the Log & Capture window and in Clip Settings, enable the appropriate number of embedded audio channels (11-24). Screen shot shows 4 selected channels for embedded audio: 11,12,13,14. 8. To prevent capturing silence from the AES channels, disable channels 1 & 2 To capture AES (referring to Picture 7 when AES is set in the Audio/Video Setting capture preset) re-enable 1 & 2 NOTE We recommend that when capturing embedded audio, you disable the AES and Analogue channels.
FCP Audio Channel Support SD| Fidelity AES EBU External Analog SDI Input Output 1-8 1-8 9-10 9-10 11-26 11-26 Note; Final Cut can only supports 24 Channels of audio SD| Focus AES EBU External Analog SDI Input Output 1-8 1-8 Not Supported 9-10 9-24 11-26 Note; Final Cut can only supports 24 Channels of audio SD| Prime AES EBU External Analog SDI Input Output 1-8 1-8 Not Supported Not Supported 9-24 9-24 Note; Final Cut can only supports 24 Channels of audio 58
Creating your own presets in Final Cut Pro If you wish to create your own presets (or if you are in a NON English speaking locale) the audio/video settings or each of the presets are configured as follows. Final Cut Pro settings Should you need to configure Final Cut Pro's Audio/Video settings manually, the recommended settings (from Final Cut Pro 5) are displayed below. On some non-English language systems, the Final Cut Pro Easy Setup files installed may not work correctly.
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Adobe After Effects Bluefish444 supports Adobe After Effects on Windows and the Mac OS X. Bluefish444 supports real time video output of After Effects composite window. Real-time playback of layers and effects can be achieved via the RAM preview playback. Setting up After Effects with your Bluefish444 hardware. 1. Launch After Effects 2. Select the After Effects menu item 3. Select Video Preferences 4. Select Video Preview 5.
6. You will be presented with a range of 8 and 10 bit output options that are selectable, select the desired RGB output for your project.
Combustion 4 Bluefish444 supports Autodesk Combustion for video preview output for both Windows and Mac OSX. The difference between the two versions is that Mac OS X version supports the QuickTime component API where the Windows uses the Combustion API. Setting up Combustion with your Bluefish444 hardware 1. Ensure the Bluefish444 MAC OSX driver and your Bluefish444 hardware is correctly installed 2. Launch Autodesk Combustion 3. In the Combustion menu bar, select Preferences 4.
Motion 2 http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/motion/ Bluefish444 supports SD video preview output for Motion and Motion 2 Setting up Motion 2 with your Bluefish444 hardware. 1. With Motion launched, select Motion in the menu Tab 2. Select Preferences 3. Select Output preferences 4. In the Video Output, select the Bluefish444 video output you require.
Soundtrack Pro Bluefish444 hardware can also utilize the Video and Audio outputs to monitor Video and Audio tracks from Sound track pro. This is simply selected by selecting the Video mode you are working with. Setting up Soundtrack Pro with your Bluefish444 hardware. 1. With Soundtrack Pro launched, select SoundTrack Pro on the menu bar 2. Select Preferences 3. Select Video Out Preference 4.
