Build Your Own Studio
On this page you'll find products that might come in handy when building your own BoinxTV studio. We've learned about these products when facing particular issues. Some of the products we have used ourselves, others were pointed out to us by customers. Please note that these are products by 3rd party vendors. Check the vendor's information on tech specs, pricing, service/support and warranty.
Remote Control
Novation Nocturn Controller
The Novation Nocturn Compact Intelligent Plug-In Desktop Controller with Automap Universal Technology allows to control BoinxTV with eight user-assignable illuminated buttons and a smooth, professional 45mm cross-fader. Requires the free Nocturn Video Mixer layer for BoinxTV (1,45 MB).
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Video Input
Matrox MXO2
The Matrox MXO2 is certified for use with BoinxTV to input video through SDI, HDMI, Component, CVBS and S-Video. (Note: The Matrox MXO2 can't be used for output!)
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Grass Valley ADVC55
The Grass Valley ADVC55 captures analog video over composite and S-Video connectors as well as audio over RCA and converts them to a Firewire DV stream that can be used in BoinxTV. It is compatible with all Macs that have a firewire connection.
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Sonnet USB/FireWire ExpressCard|34
Add a FireWire bus to your MacBook Pro with this ExpressCard for multi-camera setups with BoinxTV. (Please make sure your MacBook Pro has the appropriate ExpressCard slot. In the new MacBook Pro models this slot has been replaced with a Thunderbolt port. Note: You can only connect one FireWire camera to one FireWire Bus, so you can only connect one camera to this device!)
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Epiphan VGA2USB
VGA2USB is a compact external VGA signal grabber capable of capturing output from virtually any VGA source. It can be used for getting a PowerPoint (or Keynote) presentations into BoinxTV and for streaming live to the Internet through a second computer. Please note that the basic VGA2USB delivers interlaced video and reduced frame rates at higher resolutions. You might want to consider a VGA2USB LR or better if that is a problem. Please note that the DVI2USB has no audio input!
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Epiphan VGA2USB LR
VGA2USB LR is a compact external VGA signal grabber capable of capturing output from virtually any VGA source. It can be used for getting a PowerPoint (or Keynote) presentations into BoinxTV and for streaming live to the Internet through a second computer. The device captures VGA up to 1280x1024 at framerates up to 60 FPS - progressive. Please note that the DVI2USB has no audio input!
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Epiphan DVI2USB Solo
DVI2USB Solo is a compact external DVI signal grabber capable of capturing output from virtually any computer source. It can be used for getting a PowerPoint (or Keynote) presentations into BoinxTV and for streaming live to the Internet through a second computer. With various adapters it is even possible to capture VGA and HDMI sources. This makes the DVI2USB Solo the most universal portable video capture device. Please note that the DVI2USB has no audio input!
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Blackmagic UltraStudio Mini Recorder
The UltraStudio Mini Recorder lets you capture HDMI or SDI Signals over Thunderbolt into BoinxTV. Like this it is possible to ingest high quality, latency free signals into BoinxTV. With a current MacBookPro or iMac it is possible to connect SD or HD standard resolution souces. Due to the high amount of data that is delivered by this device, you will need a high end Mac with a dedicated graphics card.
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FireNEX-CAT5™ S400
Use the FireNEX-CAT5™ S400 to connect DV cameras up to 65m from your computer.
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Startech 3+1 Internal Port PCI Express FireWire Card
Add a FireWire bus to your Mac Pro with this PCI Express Card for multi-camera setups with BoinxTV. (Note: You can only connect one FireWire camera to one FireWire Bus, so you can only connect one camera to this device!)
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Sonnet FireWire 400-to-800 Adapter
A FireWire 400-to-800 adapter makes it easy to connect your FireWire 400 peripherals to the latest MacBook Pro.
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AJA IoHD
Users report that the FireWire interface from AJA, an effortless, transportable plug-in solution for HD and SD, works fine with BoinxTV.
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CamTwist
With Steve Green's CamTwist it's possible to stream to the Flash based web services such as uStream and Stickam or to the Apple QuickTime Broadcaster. You can also find a tutorial here.
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elgato Turbo.264 HD
The Turbo.264 HD by elgato is a hardware encoder for H.264 video format. If installed BoinxTV is using it to transcode the recorded movie file to H.264 with high speed.
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Apple DVI to Video Adapter
Use the DVI to Video Adapter to connect the DVI port on a Mac Pro (with ATI graphics card) to any S-video or Composite enabled device.
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Matrox MXO
The Matrox MXO is certified for use with BoinxTV to output an SDI signal for easy integration into existing workflows.
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