Updated: My Ultimatte 12 HD to Unreal Engine SDI Port setup (Overview for Virtual Production) Part 1

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@Josef1cnc 8 ай бұрын

Hey Edward thanks for taking the time to make this video, I have been looking everywhere to find out how to connect my ultimatte, I only have the mini version with hdmi connections but I think it will work fine when connected like this. Just need to order an adaptor to hdmi to fit the sdi out on the PCI card

@GTshortStories 8 ай бұрын

I'm glad I could help. I also was looking everywhere for a video on the Ultimatte setup and couldn't find one. Thanks for watching.

@Josef1cnc 8 ай бұрын

@@GTshortStories I got everything working thanks again. I also I found out if you use 'media capture' in the virtual production tab at the same time you can output from 2 Cameras to separate Unimattes.

@GTshortStories 8 ай бұрын

@@Josef1cnc That's awesome to hear. I'll keep that in mind for future productions.

@tommywright 2 ай бұрын

What's the difference between the 12 and the 12 mini (other than like $400!)?

@Josef1cnc 2 ай бұрын

@@tommywright the mini uses Hdmi connections and not sdi.Also they mini doesn't have as many outputs ie you can't output the foreground without the background and I think maybe you can on the 12. Think it has more controls available too

@madedigital 22 күн бұрын

A very good straight to the point Tut! I have the Ultimatte mini HD but i have a converter and a Video assist , i been trying toi get it working with UE and got a HTC vive system...at the time there were no good Tuts, this hits the nail on the head Thank , im now a new sub

@marcogrob3899 Ай бұрын

You are so so helpful sir!! THANK YOU!!

@GTshortStories Ай бұрын

🙏🏾Thank you for watching.

@gabimorosan 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing all your knowledge

@GTshortStories 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@MrSWATS1 5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@GTshortStories 5 ай бұрын

🙏🏾

@cthrower 9 ай бұрын

You not playing that's for Damn sure....Inspiring...Keep up the GREAT work!

@GTshortStories 9 ай бұрын

😂🙏🏾

@LilSmokey 8 ай бұрын

Amazing what’s possible for an individual setup all within your house! Keep inspiring, GT! Side note: with Xsens do they limit how much mocap data you can export a month?

@GTshortStories 8 ай бұрын

🙏🏾 It’s definitely crazy the amount you can produce in your house. When it comes to the Xsens, there’s no limit on how much mocap data you can export out a month. Which is awesome. Thanks for watching

@tommywright Ай бұрын

Hey Edward! Where do end up recording your final footage? I'm guessing you do it all in real-time (the comp and all)... but there where does it get recorded?

@GTshortStories Ай бұрын

For my live action footage I record it from the camera. The virtual footage I record it from Unreal Engine. I render out whatever settings I used making sure the camera and UE line up. Then I would take it into something like Adobe After Effects or Davinci Resolve to comp it all together and do a final grade or color correction to. From there I will edit it all together in Adobe Premiere.

@tommywright Ай бұрын

@@GTshortStories So do you use Take Recorder in UE or are you recording to some deck from the Ultimatte for the UE stuff?

@GTshortStories Ай бұрын

Yes, I’m using the UE’s take recorder. I prefer other software to do my final keying but the Ultimatte works great as well. I’ve used the Blackmagic Hyperdeck before and it was ok. It really depends on your workflow and how much time you have to get something out there.

@grumiog1012 2 ай бұрын

Great video thank you for sharing. I wanted to ask why are you using the 8k pro instead of the duo, im interested in what is the difference because i plan to get the duo, its cheaper.

@GTshortStories 2 ай бұрын

The only real difference between the two are the 8k pro can support resolutions up to 8k while the duo only supports up to 1080p.

@CX3Productions 5 ай бұрын

Well this is pretty cool 😎

@GTshortStories 5 ай бұрын

🤘🏾

@ibrahimmomoh 8 ай бұрын

very nice thank you. I have a question, how do you get unreal not to crash? because i dont trust its stability during a serious live production.

@GTshortStories 8 ай бұрын

I don’t probably have the right answer for that but I basically grabbed the most expensive GPU that I could afford when built my computer and I haven’t had any issues with Unreal crashing. I’m running an RTX A6000. But to give you a more realistic answer it would be to check your viewport mode and move it down from cinematic. There’s so many ways to adjust your settings that can potentially help from crashing but also I don’t know your system or see your level map to pinpoint why this could be happening.

@ibrahimmomoh 8 ай бұрын

@@GTshortStories I have an RTX 4090 with a Ryan’s 7950x and 64gb ddr5 ram.. it seems like it’s a common issue for many people, I have been working in virtual production for many years with other dedicated solutions but I have recently decided to learn and use unreal engine. It’s good when it works but the crashes are annoying… thanks for answering me though. Your tutorial was straight to the point

@GTshortStories 8 ай бұрын

@@ibrahimmomohYeah, it seems like you have more than enough to handle it. It’s definitely one of those things that I’ve been on forums trying to figure out. The setup that I’m running at the moment haven’t ran into any crashes so far and I just did a presentation at GDC where I used my computer and had it running UE for 10hrs, with a heavy level map, livelink streaming Xsens, Vive Mars and it held without hiccup. But I totally understand the frustration sometimes things can happen and there’s never a direct answer for it. I’m not an expert in UE just passing the info I use to make it work for my setup. Hopefully you find an answer and pass it on to me 😊

@ibrahimmomoh 8 ай бұрын

@@GTshortStories 😄.. 10 hours thats serious stuff. well ill keep searching. maybe in need to reinstall again

@DanielsYoffe 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your video on virtual production. Regarding the use of Media Capture and Composure for background imagery, what guided your choice between them, and what objectives were you aiming to achieve with this method? I find your first method with Media Capture to work much better. What advantages of using Composure for BG output?

@GTshortStories 9 ай бұрын

Both are great ways to achieve the goal. When I was prepping for my GDC demo and trying to learn all the ways to approach virtual production I noticed with this step I had less frame drops when it came to running the vive mars, Genlock, the game engine playing all of my background animations, live streaming Xsens into UE, feeding the live camera into it and making sure it maintained the 24fps. I also was reaching out to HTC Vive Techs and Blackmagic to find out what the best pipeline to utilize everything. I agree with you that the first method works better and it seems easier to get there as far as steps. This method is another way that I used that I didn’t run into any hiccups once achieved. Thanks for watching

@DanielsYoffe 9 ай бұрын

It's great to see your dedication to finding the best pipeline and your effort to maintain high-quality production standards. Your videos are informative and beneficial to the community. Please keep sharing your knowledge and experiences; I look forward to learning more from your future videos!@@GTshortStories

@marcogrob3899 Ай бұрын

One question sir… would you not need to gen lock your camera too?

@GTshortStories Ай бұрын

I’ve done projects without Genlock and it’s worked as well. You have to just do your tweaking to make sure everything is dialed in. I believe the Genlock is just another tool to add to securing it.