> On Oct 6, 2017, at 5:31 PM, Devin Heitmueller <dheitmuel...@ltnglobal.com> > wrote: > >> Sorry, what I meant was: >> Nothing inside FFmpeg except the decklink device could use >> VANC? > > Ah, I understand now. > > Yes, the decklink device is currently the only SDI device which is supported > by libavdevice. I’ve got a whole pile of patches coming which add support > for a variety of protocols for both capture and output (e.g. EIA-708, > SCTE-104, AFD, SMPTE 2038, etc). But today the decklink module is the only > device supported. > > Would love to see more SDI devices supported and potentially interested in > adding such support myself if we can find good candidates. The DVEO/linsys > cards are largely obsolete and the AJA boards are significantly more > expensive than any of BlackMagic’s cards. If anyone has good experiences > with other vendors I would like to hear about it (and there may be an > opportunity to extend libavdevice to support another SDI vendor).
The President of AJA has publicly stated an intent to add an open license to their SDK, https://twitter.com/ajaprez/status/910100436224499713 <https://twitter.com/ajaprez/status/910100436224499713>. I’m glad to hear that handling other VANC data is in the works, I’m particularly interested in VITC and EIA-608 with inputs. Dave Rice _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel
