BoinxTV, a Mac and other components together form your BoinxTV studio. This leads to literally thousands of possible configurations. The following example configurations should give you an idea about what you need to create great videos with BoinxTV.
Home Use – 1 Camera
An iMac is a very affordable and powerful solution for working with BoinxTV at home or in schools. It is a good choice for a single camera setup using a Firewire camera as in this example.
Home Use — iMac 21.5-inch
This sample setup should be sufficient for one camera:
- 3.20GHz Intel Core i3
- 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM
- 1TB Serial ATA Drive
- ATI Radeon HD 5670 512MB GDDR3 SDRAM
Order at the US Apple Store.
Camera 1
Use the following two items for a simple 1 camera setup:
- A Firewire DV camera. There is a huge number of brands and models available. We work successfully with Canon HV-40 cameras.
- A IEEE-1394 Firewire Cable 4-9 M/M. All newer iMac computers feature a Firewire 800 (9 pin) port while DV cameras use small 4 pin connectors.
Alternatives / Options
Video Input
- USB webcams: Common webcams work as input for BoinxTV. Video quality is usually inferior to a DV camera.
- S-video / composite input: Connect a Grass Valley ADVC110 via FireWire.
Video Ouput
- SDI output: Matrox MXO connected via a Mini DisplayPort to DVI adaptor can provide you with SDI output of the BoinxTV signal.
See our Equipment page for more information.
Mobile — MacBook Pro 17-inch
The Core i7 processor combined with 8GB of RAM should provide enough power to even stream a BoinxTV show:
- 2.66GHz Intel Core i7
- 8GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
- 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm
Order at the US Apple Store.
Camera 1
- A Firewire DV camera. There is a huge number of brands and models available. We work successfully with Canon HV-40 cameras.
- A IEEE-1394 Firewire Cable 4-9 M/M. All newer MacBook Pro computers feature a Firewire 800 (9 pin) port while DV cameras use small 4 pin connectors.
Camera 2
A second camera can be connected via the ExpressCard slot of the MacBook Pro 17".
- FireWire ExpressCard/34, e.g. Sonnet’s FireWire/USB ExpressCard/34. This gives you an additional FireWire 400 bus (with 2 connectors).
- A Firewire DV camera. Ideally use the same brand and model for all cameras connected.
- A IEEE-1394 Firewire Cable 4-6 M/M. The Sonnet card spots a Firewire 400 (6 pin) port while DV cameras use small 4 pin connectors.
Alternatives / Options
Video Input
- SDI / HDMI input: Connect more professional hardware like the Matrox MXO II series via the ExpressCard slot of the MacBook Pro 17".
- S-video / composite input: Connect a Grass Valley ADVC110 via FireWire.
Video Ouput
- A Matrox MXO connected via a Mini DisplayPort to DVI adaptor can provide you with SDI output of the BoinxTV signal.
See our Equipment page for more information.
Studio — Mac Pro 8-Core
You don't need faster processors and hardly more RAM to work with BoinxTV. The RAID card and more than one hard drives are essential to get enough bandwidth for recording HD content.
- Two 2.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Westmere”
- 8GB DDR3 ECC SDRAM
- Mac Pro RAID Card
- 3 x 1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive
- ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
Order at the US Apple Store.
Camera 1
- A Firewire DV camera. There is a huge number of brands and models available. We work successfully with Canon HV-40 cameras.
- A IEEE-1394 Firewire Cable 4-9 M/M. All newer Mac Pro computers feature Firewire 800 (9 pin) ports while DV cameras use small 4 pin connectors.
Camera 2, Camera 3
Each additional camera should be connected via a dedicated FireWire bus. PCI Express cards provide an affordable way to increase the number of FireWire buses on Mac Pro computers.
- PCI Express IEEE-1394 FireWire Adapter Card. Many different brands and models are available, see our Equipment page for examples.
- A Firewire DV camera. Ideally use the same brand and model for all cameras connected.
- A IEEE-1394 Firewire Cable. Depending on the card chose you need either a Firewire 400 (6 pin) to 4 pin connectors cable or a FireWire 800 (9 pin) to 4 pin cable.
Alternatives / Options
Video Input
- SDI input: More professional hardware like the Matrox MXO II series can be connected via a PCI Express card.
- HDMI input: Hardware like the Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro or Matrox MXO II series can be connected via a PCI Express card.
- S-video, composite input: Connect a Grass Valley ADVC110 via FireWire.
Video Ouput
- A Matrox MXO connected via a Mini DisplayPort to DVI adaptor can provide you with SDI output of the BoinxTV signal.
See our Equipment page for more information.
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| Chroma Keying | One Camera | One Camera | Three Cameras |
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| Playing Video | SD movies | SD movies | SD and HD movies |
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| Multiple Cameras1 | 2 SD cameras2 | ||
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| Skype In | |||
1 BoinxTV Home only allows the use of one camera.
2 Requires additional hardware, e.g., ExpressCard/34 input card.
3 Network cameras are not available in BoinxTV Home.
Studio Equipment
Find in- and output devices, audio components, lights and other equipment to complete your BoinxTV system.
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