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Hi guys,
I am here to ask a question about the timecode output from Ursa Mini 4K. In previous versions of the Ursa there was a dedicated time-code SDI port but now that is gone, is there any easy way of extracting the timecode information from the SDI signal? I presume that the SDI signal is going to be full of lots of complex coded raw data and very hard to extract a time-code from without the proper hardware.
My objective is to use the timecode from the camera to very precisely fire one LED light per frame of video. I am shooting in 120 FPS and need only one LED on per-frame. I am using an Arduino to control my LED lights but unless I can read the signal from the camera I am unable to synchronise the lights to the camera shutter accurately.
Does anyone think that the Blackmagic SDI Shield for Arduino could help me? I have read people saying that this shield is only for controlling and sending signals to the camera and not for reading anything from the camera. Is this correct?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Felix
I am here to ask a question about the timecode output from Ursa Mini 4K. In previous versions of the Ursa there was a dedicated time-code SDI port but now that is gone, is there any easy way of extracting the timecode information from the SDI signal? I presume that the SDI signal is going to be full of lots of complex coded raw data and very hard to extract a time-code from without the proper hardware.
My objective is to use the timecode from the camera to very precisely fire one LED light per frame of video. I am shooting in 120 FPS and need only one LED on per-frame. I am using an Arduino to control my LED lights but unless I can read the signal from the camera I am unable to synchronise the lights to the camera shutter accurately.
Does anyone think that the Blackmagic SDI Shield for Arduino could help me? I have read people saying that this shield is only for controlling and sending signals to the camera and not for reading anything from the camera. Is this correct?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Felix