Storm 3G

4Kover3D · 01-26-2012, 12:59 AM

Is STROM 3G limited by hardware to 8 channels of audio over HD-SDI (or is 16 channels juts not enabled)?

Proton · 01-27-2012, 08:58 PM

I don't have a definitive answer, but at least if I reply it will bring your post back up the list!

I can monitor the first 12 of the 16 possible channels of SDI audio, but with Storm 3G I have only ever seen modulation on 1 & 2.

I don't know if you have a Storm 3G but the manual only describes the Edius Device preset dialogues. 8 channel output mode only seems to be mentioned for HDMI (e.g. Storm manual page 44). Edius Help doesn't seem to cover 8-ch output at all, unless I haven't thought of the correct search term!

The Storm 3G specifications only say that the SDI output complies with SMPTE 299M, 272M_A.

The SMPTE say that 299M & 272M allow "up to" 16 channels.

I was disappointed with this when I first tested the Storm 3G, but so far I haven't needed to monitor any more than the stereo mix, so I stopped worrying. This means I may have missed some setting or other!

4Kover3D · 01-27-2012, 09:51 PM

You can capture, monitor 8 channels no problem. Strom 3G is simple but great card- rock solid.
SDI by nature can support 16 channels, but many solutions support only 8.
I expect is to be just "not enabled", but maybe it's hardware limit.

It would be also nice to have ability to capture to avi+ seperate mono wavs (not only embaded into AVI). Another option is to be able to choose specific channels- Edius does always 8 (or 2).

Andreas_Gumm · 01-27-2012, 10:45 PM

Mmmh,
HDCAM-SR tapes are using much often all 16 audio channels!

We have DigiBETA & BETACAM SP in our office, so we don't miss that actually.
But it would be interesting if this is limited by hardware or driver & if this can be changed.
Maybe we need this feature in future?
Who knows....

Proton · 02-01-2012, 03:07 PM

I'm sorry my previous post didn't help.

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4Kover3D

You can capture, monitor 8 channels no problem.

Ah - then I have missed something!

I would like to be able to monitor more than two channels with Storm 3G - please will you tell me how you do it?

01-26-2012, 12:59 AM	#1
4Kover3D Banned Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Posts: 271	Storm 3G Is STROM 3G limited by hardware to 8 channels of audio over HD-SDI (or is 16 channels juts not enabled)?

01-27-2012, 08:58 PM	#2
Proton Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: England Posts: 76	I don't have a definitive answer, but at least if I reply it will bring your post back up the list! I can monitor the first 12 of the 16 possible channels of SDI audio, but with Storm 3G I have only ever seen modulation on 1 & 2. I don't know if you have a Storm 3G but the manual only describes the Edius Device preset dialogues. 8 channel output mode only seems to be mentioned for HDMI (e.g. Storm manual page 44). Edius Help doesn't seem to cover 8-ch output at all, unless I haven't thought of the correct search term! The Storm 3G specifications only say that the SDI output complies with SMPTE 299M, 272M_A. The SMPTE say that 299M & 272M allow "up to" 16 channels. I was disappointed with this when I first tested the Storm 3G, but so far I haven't needed to monitor any more than the stereo mix, so I stopped worrying. This means I may have missed some setting or other! __________________ Proton 1: Edius 5.11 + HX-E1 :: PAL & 1080/I/25 :: Supermicro X6DAE-G2 + Dual 3.2G Xeon + 2G RAM :: 512MB nVidia GeForce 9800GT :: 512MB RAID0 :: XP Pro 2: Edius 6.03 + Storm 3G :: PAL & 1080/I/25 :: Asus P6X58D-E + Intel core i7 970 3.3G + 12G RAM :: 1GB nVidia GeForce GT430 :: 2TB RAID0 :: W7 Pro 64 SP1

01-27-2012, 10:45 PM	#4
Andreas_Gumm Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Germany, Berlin Posts: 2,940	Mmmh, HDCAM-SR tapes are using much often all 16 audio channels! We have DigiBETA & BETACAM SP in our office, so we don't miss that actually. But it would be interesting if this is limited by hardware or driver & if this can be changed. Maybe we need this feature in future? Who knows.... __________________ Andreas Gumm post production / authoring PC 1Intel Core i7-970 (6 x 3.20 GHz), ASUS P6T Deluxe V2, 12 GB RAM, Geforce 9800GT Windows 7 Ultimate, GV software: EDIUS 7.42, VisTitle v2.5, GV hardware: 3G Storm software SONY DoStudio Indie + EX 4.0.11 PC 2 Intel Core i7-3770, GIGABYTE Z77X-UD5H F14, 16GB RAM, Geforce 650 GTX, 5x HDD, Windows 7, GV software: EDIUS 7.42, ProCoder 3.0 GV hardware: HD SPARK software: Telestream Switch, DTS-HD MAS, Dolby Media Meter

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01-27-2012, 09:51 PM	#3
4Kover3D Banned Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Posts: 271	You can capture, monitor 8 channels no problem. Strom 3G is simple but great card- rock solid. SDI by nature can support 16 channels, but many solutions support only 8. I expect is to be just "not enabled", but maybe it's hardware limit. It would be also nice to have ability to capture to avi+ seperate mono wavs (not only embaded into AVI). Another option is to be able to choose specific channels- Edius does always 8 (or 2).