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How are you liking your new G5?
I am going to be buying the new G5 Dual 2.3GHz this week. Wanted to hear some opinions.
1. How is the firewire preview out of NTSC monitor? The G4 I’m using now with FCP 4.5 has terrible monitoring in my opinion. The image is very shaky. I used to use the Matrox card, which is now useless but at least it gave me great previewing. Is the preview better on the G5 or should I look into some kind of Matrox-like solution? I use the NTSC monitor all the time and I can’t edit like this.
2. Analog out. I have clients that still want VHS copies. My DSR-11 deck only has one output which I was using for the NTSC monitor. I don’t want to have to keep plugging and unplugging to make VHS copies through the deck. Is there any other solution for analog output besides going through the deck?
3. For those running Tiger, FCP 5, DVDSP 4…how’s the stability?Thanks for the help.
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1) Hmmm, the firewire out looks exactly that same as it did on my G4, but I thought that was just fine! I’m thinking you have a problem somewhere along the line. Hopefully the problem is in your G4, and not your DSR-11. It should look fine, is there a camcorder you can put in place of the deck to test it? That might help let you know if the deck or the computer is the problem.
2) Does your VCR have an S-video input? Can you get one? Plug the DSR-11 into the VCR and then pulug the VCR into the monitor. If you’re not running a tape these machines usually just pass the signal straight through without touching it. This means the quality won’t be altered when you’re just editing and not dubbing.
3) So far Tiger’s been great. My FCP5 is still in the mail so I can’t comment on that yet.
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[JLW] “2. Analog out. I have clients that still want VHS copies. My DSR-11 deck only has one output which I was using for the NTSC monitor. I don’t want to have to keep plugging and unplugging to make VHS copies through the deck. Is there any other solution for analog output besides going through the deck?”
Hi,
The DSR-11 has both composite and Y/C. You could use one for your monitor and one for your analog deck.
Best Wishes,
Mitch
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Thanks for the responses. I have the same shaky preview (on clips where there is a lot of motion) when I tested the firewire in both the DSR-11 and my camera. Someone told me it might be that the upper field dominance is not being compensated for and that the Matrox card balances out both fields. I assumed firewire would do that but apparently not.
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