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  Decklink Extreme 5.1 – Capture prob in FCP 5.0.1

  Posted by Andrew Huebscher on September 28, 2005 at 7:39 pm

  I’m having trouble with capture in FCP using a Decklink Extreme version 5.1. I mark my in and out points, go to capture, and it never recognizes my out point. It keeps digitizing and I can only cancel the capture, which does not save anything. This problem does NOT occur when i use the Blackmagic deck control utility to capture clips. I tried uninstalling and then reinstalling the drivers – to no avail. Also tried reinstalling the 5.0.1 FCP update. And trashed all prefs, zpped PRAM, ran disk utility. Same problem. . This is using Mac OS 10.4.2. Device setting is “Blackmagic NTSC 29.97MHz.” Also tried different TC settings (VITC, LTC, LTC/VITC – same prob).

  This problem occurs with driver versions: 5.0, 5.0.1r2, and 5.1. I went back to 4.8 and all is well — at least as capture is concerned.

  Andrew Huebscher
  Los Angeles, CA

  Andrew Huebscher replied 20 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Kristian Lam

  September 29, 2005 at 2:01 am

  Hi Andrew,

  What VTR are you capturing from?

  Have you tried toggling the various RS422 protocol options in the Device Control Presets? For example, if you’re using a Panasonic VTR, switch to ‘Panasonic RS422’ in the Protocol option.

  regards

  Kristian
  Blackmagic Design
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  Andrew Huebscher

  September 29, 2005 at 2:09 am

  It’s a UVW-1800. I’ve not tried other presets as I’ve never had a problem with this machine in FCP, and it worked fine in earlier decklink versions.

  Andrew Huebscher
  Los Angeles, CA
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  Andrew Huebscher

  September 29, 2005 at 4:14 am

  I installed my old Keyspan serial/USB adapter and encountered the same prob. So reintalled FCP, then FCP 5.0.2, then 5.1 decklink drivers and all is OK now. I had other strange problems, too…like no preview in capture window.

  Thanks,
  Andrew

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