ELGATO TV EYE recording via freesat box to mac

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ELGATO TV EYE recording via freesat box to mac

I am creating a 4 min film closing film for a sports event next month.
Now I need to get footage of certain athletes throughout the week to add to this closing film.
The BBC will be broadcasting the sports event all week but I know from previous experience that getting footage from the BBC takes ages and its in Digi beta!

So i thought why dont i record the events myself and capture the transmission myself from the BBC HD channel. As far as i know SKY plus HD boxes wont let you download recorded footage so I have been looking at the ELGATO TV eye (not sure which one to get) and a FREESAT box instead, so I can record direct into my Mac Pro then bring the footage into FCP and edit it. anyone had any experience doing this? Many thanks in advance

Dual G5 2.5GHz & Dual G4

Posted on Sep 18, 2010 12:28 AM

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Answer 1

Shane Ross

Level 8

43,110 points

Sep 18, 2010 12:46 AM in response to Allister Gourlay

It doesn't matter HOW long they take to get the footage to you. You will be in a WORLD OF HURT if you use footage you capture off air. It's a matter of RIGHTS and CLEARANCES.

Shane

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Answer 2

Sep 18, 2010 12:48 AM in response to Shane Ross

Its ok Shane... we have clearance from the BBC and the events organiser its purely the logistics of getting footage we need in time and not waiting for some editor at the BBC getting it to us! we are talking 2 sec clips of each athlete to use in a film collage to ad to the rest of the footage we have editied.

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Answer 3

RedTruck

Level 4

2,145 points

Sep 18, 2010 6:37 AM in response to Allister Gourlay

The EYE TV records H.264 at about 6 Mb/s or so. Just be aware of that. If you have permission from BBC, I'd wait for the original tapes. You could record from the EYE TV to do a rough cut, just so you could get the creative, offline, work done. But EYE TV is also a USB connection, and you will get slightly jumpy video as frames are dropped, internet connection gets interrupted (even momentarily, like when searching for mail, or updating Tweetdeck…). I record a lot of shows on EYE TV DVR, but they never come in perfectly clean. They're okay to watch so I don't miss the show, but I sure as heck wouldn't want to use the footage to deliver a professional product.

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