BM Video Assist to record macbook pro screen?

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BM Video Assist to record macbook pro screen?

PostTue Nov 27, 2018 3:09 pm

Hey,

Is it possible to plug the thunderbolt/HDMI output from a Macbook Pro laptop into the BM Video Assist in order to record the screen?

I've read in another forum that this depends on the computer, because the video assist expects some specific video output, but I wasn't able to find any information about whether it's possible with the MBP. Has anyone been able to try this out?

Basically I just want to record whatever is shown on the computer, as if it was recording what you see on a monitor.

I know it's possible to do screen recordings in software, but I run very CPU intensive programs so running a screen recorder is way too slow, so I'm looking for a hardware option that can take the load off of the computer for the video recording part.

If this is not possible with the Video Assist, can you please recommend some other hardware that can do this?

Thanks!
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Re: BM Video Assist to record macbook pro screen?

PostTue Nov 27, 2018 6:26 pm

what a concept! I never would have thought of trying this, but just did using my Mac Mini, and it worked. I got a nice live recording of the screen, including mouse movements, etc.
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Re: BM Video Assist to record macbook pro screen?

PostTue Nov 27, 2018 11:28 pm

Brad Hurley wrote:what a concept! I never would have thought of trying this, but just did using my Mac Mini, and it worked. I got a nice live recording of the screen, including mouse movements, etc.


Awesome that's good to hear, thanks for testing it out.

Was the screen resized to 1920x1080 when you plugged it into the VA? Or was it cropped/clipped in some way? Did you have to run any special software to send the correct resolution or did it automatically work just like a regular monitor? Thanks again.
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Re: BM Video Assist to record macbook pro screen?

PostWed Nov 28, 2018 3:37 pm

bloodsample wrote:
Was the screen resized to 1920x1080 when you plugged it into the VA? Or was it cropped/clipped in some way? Did you have to run any special software to send the correct resolution or did it automatically work just like a regular monitor? Thanks again.


According to mediainfo (see report pasted below) it's 1920x1080, but the image was cropped a bit (it didn't capture my full monitor screen, which is 2560 x 1440. I'll post an image shortly

Video
ID : 1
Format : ProRes
Format version : Version 0
Format profile : 422 HQ
Codec ID : apch
Duration : 24s 800ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 388 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Clean aperture width : 1 888 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Clean aperture height : 1 062 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Clean aperture display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 60.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:2
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 3.115
Stream size : 1.12 GiB (99%)
Writing library : bmd0
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2018-08-04 13:32:17
Tagged date : UTC 2018-08-04 13:32:17
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
matrix_coefficients_Original : BT.709

Audio
ID : 2
Format : PCM
Format settings : Little / Signed
Codec ID : in24
Duration : 24s 800ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 2 304 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Stream size : 6.81 MiB (1%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2018-08-04 13:32:17
Tagged date : UTC 2018-08-04 13:32:17
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Re: BM Video Assist to record macbook pro screen?

PostWed Nov 28, 2018 3:44 pm

Here's a still:
VA MacMini Capture_1.1.1.jpg
VA MacMini Capture_1.1.1.jpg (537.79 KiB) Viewed 5670 times
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Re: BM Video Assist to record macbook pro screen?

PostThu Jul 15, 2021 1:41 pm

I have tried both Video Assist 12G and Web Presenter with Apple USB-C HDMI dongle.

The Video Assist is detected as 1080p display but the device crashes instantly and the screen starts flickering wildly. The device doesn't recover after removing the HDMI cable and I need to remove the batteries.

Web Presenter (the old mode) just flickers wildly and shows some frames here and there. It also doesn't crash but the feed is unusable anyway. If it would work, then I'd expect that the program out would be usable for an external recorder.

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