Teranex 2K DCI (2048x1080) downconvert to 1920x1080?

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Teranex 2K DCI (2048x1080) downconvert to 1920x1080?

PostThu Apr 26, 2018 3:24 pm

I asked Blackmagic Sales about this a while back but didn't get a reply, so thought worth asking here...

Can anyone confirm exactly how a Terenex box would convert 2K DCI (2048x1080) to 1920x1080?

It seems many / most systems use a centre crop technique to get from 2K DCI to HD. This would not work for us. We need the image scaled down and the vertical resolution padded back to 1080.

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Re: Teranex 2K DCI (2048x1080) downconvert to 1920x1080?

PostThu Apr 26, 2018 6:21 pm

Just run it through any software with decent scaling (Resolve, ffmpeg, etc)- it will be as good if not better.
It will of course have bit of black bars top/bottom.
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Re: Teranex 2K DCI (2048x1080) downconvert to 1920x1080?

PostFri Apr 27, 2018 10:16 am

Thanks, but that is not relevant to our workflow.

This is a Baselight 2K DCI output going to a projector, that also needs to be fed into a live encoder box. For this we need a 1080p signal, hence why I asked about Terenex. Anyone able to confirm the downconversion method Terenex uses for 2K DCI to 1080p?

Also are we able to feed a dual link 444 signal into the Terenex for this downconversion - getting a single link 1080p signal out?

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Re: Teranex 2K DCI (2048x1080) downconvert to 1920x1080?

PostFri Apr 27, 2018 7:59 pm

It should be possible- have you checked in Teranex manual or with BM support?

Manual says nothing about 2K to 1080 preset, but you have custom aspect adjustments (page 34) which allows for quite a few settings, so it's most likely possible.
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Re: Teranex 2K DCI (2048x1080) downconvert to 1920x1080?

PostFri May 11, 2018 9:46 am

Have now tested this and indeed it does work as expected.

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