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Thank you, for your extended answer, although i'm happy with the results of the Intensity Shuttle, i still look for a more automated workflow, with hardware only,I recently bought a Video Assist 5" (6G) mainly to use it as a recorder for my Lumix G7, but i'm trying also to use it for VHS capture with a DVD recorder, which has a HDMI output so i can use it as a passthrough for a VCR or camcorder, i don't think the HDCP is a problem in my case, but my guess is that the "handshake" of HDMI is a big problem, i'm going to try out some things for that in the future....
I did some research on the Tricaster (switcher) what i understand from it is: it's a dedicated pc system, with switcher hard and software, with as well old analog legacy as also new digital solutions,
For my situation i hope to find a hardware device that will convert component video to a HDMI connection, what BMD offers is mostly SDI, or is the h.264 Recorder, which needs a PC/Laptop again, other non BMD devices are more of a 50/50 gamble to work, or will give quality loss, so in short... i look for a push-button VHS transfer to file solution to Prores422 LT or straight to h.264 "format"
I did search the product line of BMD, but could not find something, or did i overlook something ?
btw. HDDR ? as a device ? i have a Panasonic DMR-EH63 which records to HDD, it has HDMI which will not work to output from, and i guess it records to MPEG2 onto the HDD.
Only other solution i see is to convert the RGB SCART output to HDMI and force a resolution setting somehow on the HDMI output, a lot of European VCR's have RGB output, which was used for CRT tv's or decoder boxes.
I find HDMI very hard to use with most capture devices, HDMI from camera's is no problem. Is HDCP always switched on, although no copyrighted protected media recording is "in play" ?
My main goal is to avoid the use of composite or s-video connections....