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Requirements

3. Hardware Requirements

3.1 Calibrators

One of the associated calibrators, bought from the Miraxyz website with the software, will be required:

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CalibFX - Lens is compatible with

  • CalibFX Pyramid Boards A, B

3.2 Measurement Equipment

It is often required to be able to measure a distance. You can use measuring tape, and/or a laser meter, which is a bit more convenient and precise.

3.3 Video Input

There are a few options to get the video feed from the camera into CalibFX applications. For now there is no direct support for SDI video capture cards, so currently all solutions convert the video stream into a webcam-like feed.

Direct USB support

A few cameras provide a direct link to USB (for exemple if you want to calibrate a DSLR or a webcam). In this case they should be readily supported. Most professional cinema and broadcast cameras do not offer this option.

SDI to USB adapter

It is possible to use a hardware SDI to USB adapter to achieve the same result.
An exemple of such an adapter is https://www.aja.com/products/u-tap-sdi.

Virtual Camera

If a software on your computer can read the non-USB flux and allows creating a virtual webcam, this can be used too. We recommend using OBS with the DroidCam Virtual Output plugin. It works with both Decklink and Aja video capture cards.

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The built in virtual camera in OBS is not compatible.

Detailed page : Setting up OBS for CalibFX

4. Tracking Requirements

4.1. Raw Lens Data

A single tracking protocol is currently supported by CalibFX Lens, FreeD:

  • FreeD is the most common protocol for receiving tracking data in render engines, so if you already have a virtual production studio, there is a very high chance your tracking equipment already supports sending tracking data in FreeD. Just set the computer running CalibFX as target, with the same port as specified in CalibFX (see Tracking).