System Requirements
BoinxTV requires either an Intel-based Mac with discrete graphics or a dual-processor PowerMac G5 with a ATI graphics and a minimum of 2 GB of RAM. BoinxTV runs on all current notebook and desktop Macs (including the MacBook with NVIDIA GeForce 9400M) with the exception of the Mac mini and the (white and black) MacBook with integrated Intel GMA graphics.
On the software side BoinxTV requires Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.5 or higher), the latest version of QuickTime (7.5.5 or higher) and iLife '05 or later or one of the Apple Pro software packages to be installed.
Is Your Mac Fast Enough?
If you thought that your current Mac is fast enough, think twice. BoinxTV likes fast hardware, and with a complex layer and multi-camera setup, performance is in high demand. BoinxTV scales with faster graphics and multi-core CPUs.
Recommendations
At the time of release ATI graphics card greatly outperform NVIDIA chipsets due to a combination of the current state of drivers and the underlying used Quartz Composer technologies.
Different workflows have different requirements. A multi-camera setup for example needs multi-core hardware and a fast graphic card. We recommend for the following usage scenarios:
| Use the built-in iSight and simple graphics to create movies for YouTube. |
| 640 × 480, 15 fps, simple layers |
| → Requires Intel iMac or latest MacBook |
| Use a DV cam and more complex graphics, including greenscreen. |
| 854 × 480 (widescreen), 30 fps, layers with medium complexity |
| → Requires MacBook Pro, fast Intel iMac |
| Use multiple cameras and complex graphics, including greenscreen. |
| 960 × 540, 30 fps, complex layers |
| → Requires Mac Pro with ATI HD 3870 graphic card |
Chroma Key
- Substitute the studio background with a movie, image or a camera input.
- Sophisticated chroma keying with green or blue screen or any other color.
- Artificial shadow suggests depth.
Video Input
- Use QuickTime compatible video sources such as DV cameras with FireWire (sometimes called i.Link or IEEE1394), HDV cameras (if they support progressive mode), HDMI cameras (with HDMI interface card such as Blackmagic Design Intensity), iSight camera, USB webcams (if supplied with QuickTime driver) and many more.
- Integrate with GrabberRaster to record your screen content for screencasts or video conferencing.
- Apply core video filters to any video source to create amazing effects.
- Play back any QuickTime movie.
Audio Input
- Use any audio device available in your system.
- Integrate with Soundflower and other audio routing utilities for audio interviews with Skype, iChat and others.
- Adjust volume for each layer separetely.
Output
- Record directly to disk as QuickTime file.
- Play out simultaneously over second screen connector.
- Convert to Internet stream using external converter or 3rd party software. (not included)
- Convert to SDI using external converter (not included)
- Submit to Apple Podcast Producer automatically after recording.
- Execute an AppleScript after recording.
Layers
BoinxTV ships with more than 40 layers. And you can make your own too!
Analog Clock – Displays the time anywhere in the world
Audio Only – Assign audio devices or media files
Basic Lower Thirds – Two line animation overlay
Baskeball Score Keeper – For your favorite team
Boinx Crawler – RSS ticker with headlines and summaries
Interview – Two video sources side-by-side
Logo – Shows graphic logo overlay
Painter - Draw on-screen using the mouse
Single Video – Shows single source
Scrolling Text - Suitable for closing credits
Video Switcher – Select between four video sources
World News - Rotating globe
…and 20 more!
