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LHi and ProHD
Greetings;
I’m at a standstill. We just got a new JVC GY-HM70CHU camera that shoots to Sony’s ProHD codec quicktime in full HD. Problem is, when I try to view these files in FCP 7.0.2 the footage all looks as if I have a posterizer on it. Specifically, the LHi and BETA SP deck don’t seem to be communicating color space effectively. At least, that’s my guess.
We’re running OSX.6.3 with the new Final Cut Studio. Please help, we have clients getting more and more vocal about this quality issue…
Thank you;
Brian Wheeler
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So you are monitoring in SD? Do you have the downconvert set properly?
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[Brian Wheeler] “Specifically, the LHi and BETA SP deck don’t seem to be communicating color space effectively.”
how is the deck connected?
If analog, the Video out should be SMPTE not betacam.gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows for the Digitally Inclined
Chicago, ILhttps://blogs.creativecow.net/24640
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We are monitoring through an SD router, but I don’t see a downconvert option in the AJA control panel…
Brian Wheeler
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Analog out is in SMPTE, but nothing seems to be helping.
Brian Wheeler
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Set FCP in the HD easy setup that matches your footage/timeline. Then right click on the appropriate output triangle in the Kona Control Panel (let’s say it’s the analog out) and choose secondary from the drop down menu. Then right click again and choose 525i29.97. You should know see a downconvert icon on the analog output. The manual expalins this if this proves to be an unsatisfactory explanation.
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[Brian Wheeler] “but nothing seems to be helping. “
since you are being rather secretive about the exact workflow its hard to help
We cannot guess at what you are doing and if you do not walk us thru EVERYTHING we are flying blind.
what format and frame rate
what deck, how is it connected and how are you monitoring?is the software and firmware on the card current, have you re-installed both to make sure.
The aja products do not need FCP to run. are you getting a clean signal out of the LHi without fcp open.
Have checked the manual?
did you call tech support.gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows for the Digitally Inclined
Chicago, ILhttps://blogs.creativecow.net/24640
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Apologies, I had no intentions of being secretive, I’ve never posted here before.
I’m running (or rather trying to run) footage captured from a GY-HM700CHU in quicktime 720p on the new Final Cut Studio. We’re running OSX.6.3 out of an AJA KONA LHi card into a Sony BETASP PVW-2800 (I know…).
I’ve tried the footage in another bay using a Blackmagic card and it looks fine, and everything else coming through our deck is good, so it has to be the card. I’ve quadruple checked the settings and they all seem nominal. In fact, all the footage off the BETA SPs looks good, but with this high def stuff it looks like the colors are dithering, rather than blurring in a normal gaussian fashion. Sort of like you threw a posterizer effect on the frames.
I’m calling AJA now, but with NAB going on they haven’t been much help. I’ll have to call next week when they’re lead techs get back.
Brian Wheeler
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Did you follow the steps I outlined?
What format is your timeline?
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As we are still dumping to BETA for the time being (our master control is getting an overhaul as we speak/type)m we really can’t cut in HD yet, so we’re cutting using the Apple ProRes (HQ) easy setup. I did try the steps, but the card seemed to like that less as we lost all sync with the deck at that point.
Brian Wheeler
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OK, Brian. It is obvious that you are very new to this.
You say ProRes HQ, but is that in HD or SD?
The deck wants SD, your footage is HD, the Kona can handle this conversion for you in real time, but it must be setup correctly.
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