Robert Baker wrote:Xtreemtec wrote:BUT!! As broadcaster you do not want to have scaling on your sources.. At least you want to have control over it, instead of scalers that are always in line of the source.
I'd rather have them inline and configurable than have to break my signal flow to insert them when required and then take them out. That could lead to further problem down the road.
With all the different formats that are sent our way these days having scalers available have become important.
I don't say i would not like it. I have a 4K obv and many setups we have struggles on how to input those other lines that aren't 4K yet. Or that 2 Micro Studio cameras that are only 6G.
Have 2 Teranex AV's in the truck. But latency can be an issue depending on what the source is and how it is used.
But the problem is that with the current TVS 4K Pro there is
NO control at all over the scalers. You can not even see if they are engaged or not. Same with the Framebuffers. You sync all your cameras to Genlock. But you have no idea how much you have to set your ursa cams in front or after the sync pulse to get it dead on with the framebuffer. 2 lines can make the difference between right on time and a full frame on the buffer.
And since the creation of the Atem. There has never been a way to see the status of the framebuffer or to see how much in sync it runs with the framebuffer. While this is info that the Atem knows. As it knows exactly how much lines it puts in the FIFO buffer for each camera to be in sync with eachother.
So based on those facts. I do not expect we will ever get control over those scalers inside the Atem. And so you may say they are always on.