Hardware setup options
Reeltime allows routing, capturing, and playing back SDI video signals on-set. The application comes with built-in integrations for
- video I/O devices by AJA, Blackmagic, and DELTACAST,
- video routers by AJA and Blackmagic,
- Stream Deck USB controllers,
- and allows audio recording and playback with any class-compliant audio interface supported by macOS.
Please refer to the article All device integrations for an overview of all Reeltime device integrations.
You can flexibly add up to 4 input/output slots (3 inputs + 1 output or 2 inputs + 2 outputs or 1 input + 3 outputs) with Reeltime Lite
You can add up to 3 input slots and up to 6 output slots with the Reeltime Pro 3-Channel option
You can add up to 6 input slots and up to 9 output slots with the Reeltime Pro 6-Channel option
This article explains typical hardware setups with diagrams of four example setups.
Basic hardware setup (1 camera / 1 monitor)#
This is a low-budget setup for a single camera shoot with one SDI monitor. You can increase the number of cameras if you add more devices with SDI input ports, and you can increase the number of monitors if you add more devices with SDI output ports, or a video router for splitting up one outgoing signal to multiple destinations.
Basic hardware setup with 1 camera and 1 monitor
Basic hardware setup (2 cameras / 2 monitors)#
This is a basic setup for a two-camera shoot. In this example, there are two monitors that can either be used as a pair for the same watcher (to show each camera signal on a separate monitor), or they can be used by two separate watchers, e.g., one for the Director and the other for Script/Continuity. Since the AJA Io 4K Plus has 4 bi-directional SDI ports it can handle two inputs and two outputs simultaneously.
Basic hardware setup with 2 cameras and 2 monitors
Advanced hardware setup with external video router (2 cameras / 2 monitors)#
This is an advanced setup with external video roter for a two-camera shoot.
The video router allows for more flexible video routing options. For example, you can set up a video routing configurations that routes the live signal directly to the monitors for lowest latency as possible. Another video routing configuration routes the signal through the software in order to show playbacks, or processed live signals.
Advanced hardware setup with an external video router, 2 cameras and 2 monitors
Advanced hardware setup with Livegrade (3 cameras / 2 monitors)#
This is a typical setup for shoots where the DIT in the camera department adds live color to the unprocessed signal using Pomfort Livegrade and LUT boxes. The graded signal is then routed to the video playback station.
Advanced hardware setup with a Livegrade station, and 3 cameras and 2 monitors at the video playback station