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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Fri 04th of Nov 2011 04:24:30MichaelThwaite Got to love @BoinxTV All this from a Macbook PRO [link] with no post editing!
Thu 19th of Jan 2012 10:17:35Students Use BoinxTV to Create, Learn and Tell Stories
Tuesday, January 24, 2012Fryeburg Academy, a day and boarding school in Maine, is an independent preparatory school that prides itself on providing a supportive yet challenging environment for their students. The Academy believes its strong school community fosters learning and growth in all of their students, and its comprehensive co-curriculum cultivates generations of students who graduate well prepared for the future. A recent addition to the school’s curriculum to help further the Academy’s mission is Filmmaking and Broadcast – a course that requires its students to create content for, report, shoot and edit their own news show. After weeks of hard work and behind-the-scenes efforts – made easier through the class’s use of BoinxTV – FATV is broadcast online to the news team’s fellow classmates and faculty. “We could not be doing the news show at all without BoinxTV,” said Mike Dana, a former motion picture cinematographer and creator/teacher of Filmmaking and Broadcast at Fryeburg. “We use one of our editing...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011Our resident BoinxTV mastermind, Bastian, recently came across another great piece of equipment to use alongside BoinxTV - the HDMI to Composite /S-Video Converter 3RCA CRT TV CVBS from Portta. Designed to convert HDMI to either Composite Video or S-Video, this converter allows the devices only equipped MiniDisplayPort output to be connected to CRT TV. "We receive many requests from schools for an adapter or converter to use with BoinxTV," says Bastian. "This converter is perfect for school use, as many schools may be using HD devices and Macs that only allow for digital video playout, but are only equipped with analog TV. This takes care of that problem, converting your HDMI to analog, and allowing schools to run BoinxTV at the best possible quality." Bastian outlined the three different scenarios in which schools might use the HDMI converter to run BoinxTV in a handy little diagram - click here to view. Here's a breakdown of each diagram: Case 1: Mac with a DVI-out port: You have your...
moreAppletell Takes a Look at BoinxTV
Monday, October 10, 2011Bill Stiteler from Appletell recently posted a short video review of BoinxTV, calling it a "very intuitive program." He quickly goes through the various aspects of our tv production software, from lower thirds, to layers, logos, and tickers, and suggests that users try one of the many "extremely professional looking," BoinxTV templates. "Really, the only thing you are limited by when using BoinxTV is the video processing power of your computers' video card," says Bill. Watch Bill's video made with BoinxTV here and see just how easy it is to create your very own broadcast!
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