Overwhelmed - Need gear advice for Windows

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Dee Makron

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Overwhelmed - Need gear advice for Windows

PostTue Jun 27, 2017 4:34 pm

Hi everyone, first post here. :-) I'm a bit overwhelmed with all the products here and am not sure what is overkill for what I need. Any hardware help would be greatly appreciated. :D

I run Windows, have 2 Canon D70 DSLR cameras (HDMI and USB), 1 Xf100 Canon camcorder (HDMI), and a Mackie audio mixing board along with a few mics.

My goal is to do live streaming as well as pre-recorded shows using these cameras, and software like Wirecast for switching. What I'm unsure of is the hardware to get those 3 cams into my computer and software. The product list here is a bit confusing, as I'm new to streaming and multiple cam set ups.

4k is not necessary, as I am in SE Asia and we simply don't have the internet speeds to push 4k consistently, and I doubt we will anytime in the foreseeable future.

Upon looking it seems I need a mini converter (3 of them?) but I do not use SDI and do not have Thunderbolt. I suppose I could buy a Thunderbolt card for my PC if I need to, but would I need one for each cam?

Huge thanks in advance for the help. I'm new to all of this and the more I read the more confused I get, and most of the videos I find on Youtube are for Apple.
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Re: Overwhelmed - Need gear advice for Windows

PostTue Jun 27, 2017 7:42 pm

You'll need three capture devices for the cameras. Since they're all HDMI, it probably makes more sense to buy individual HDMI capture cards rather than buy a multiple input SDI capture card. Wirecast works fine with the Decklink cards.

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Re: Overwhelmed - Need gear advice for Windows

PostSat Jul 08, 2017 7:44 pm

Jack Fairley wrote:You'll need three capture devices for the cameras. Since they're all HDMI, it probably makes more sense to buy individual HDMI capture cards rather than buy a multiple input SDI capture card. Wirecast works fine with the Decklink cards.



Thank you. The W-DLK-06 looks like it will do exactly what I need.

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