Any progress on fixing various Tiger, FCP5, Decklink issues?

[Luke Maslen]

Hi Chris,

Are you experiencing a problem. If so, please post it so we can check it out.

Regards,

Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design

[Danny]

I have problem with this issue.
I use FCP5, Decklink Pro & Extreme (Mac 1 & Mac 2), OS 10.4.2, Driver Decklink V5.0, FCP Update to 5.0.2
But i have no video out on sdi output.
when doing the capturing, the sdi output can display images.
but when i want to do the print to tape, can’t work it out.
heard from Kristian Lam that my PowerMac wasn’t supported by Decklink, since i has only PCI slot not PCI-X.
Is there anyway that i can have the sdi output, besides changing my PowerMac Dual 2.0GHz??

Thanks in advance.

Danny

Danny

[Chris Tomberlin]

[Luke Maslen] “please post it so we can check it out”…

I guess I should have been more specific. I posted this thread July 14:
https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=124&postid=854921

A similar thread with additional detail is here:
https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?univpostid=856611&forumid=2&postid=856611&pview=t

I also sent this same info to Kristian Lam, who reproduced the problem on July 18th and forwarded it your engineers. Now, I know that it has only been about ten days, but you guys have spoiled me in the past with your incredibly fast response to issues! So, it would be great if you could check in to this.

FYI — It is the same problem posted more recently (July 27) by Richard Squires here:
https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=124&postid=855168

This particular issue is a real problem for a workflow like mine that involves both FCP and AE, and in particular, using AE for color correction.

ALSO, a potentially related issue is noted in this thread, started July 15:
https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=124&postid=854946

I would be happy to talk with you or any of your engineers, as I have done quite a bit of troubleshooting and may be able to save you some time. I do know that there seem to be no satisfactory work arounds for either of these issues, and that action is needed by BMD and or Apple to correct these issues.

Thanks
Chris Tomberlin
OutPost Pictures

[Neil Sadwelkar]

Also I’d like to draw attention to the “Enable QT playback” option being grayed out.

https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=124&postid=854969

I don’t think this has been answered satisfactorily. If it has, please let me have the link.

And, why does the ext video output vanish in Tiger 10.4.2, BMD 5.0 and QT 7.0.1 and reappear when the same system is booted under Panther 10.3.9, BMD 4.8.1 and QT 6.5.2.

Neil

[Richard Squires]

Hi Chris

I wonder if you have this problem too. I am using PAL 10 bit Uncompressed 16:9 settings. I have made an easy setup by duplicating the 4:3 ratio Blackmagic 10 bit uncompressed set up, and adjusting the aspect ratio setting.

Place a 10 bit uncompressed clip into After Effects. Toggle 16 bit on and I see horrible digital artefacts hard to explain so here’s a picture I grabbed:

https://homepage.mac.com/rsquires/blackmagic/ae10bit_artefact.jpg

I have tried exactly the same clip on my old setup ( Panther 10.3.9, AE 6.5, FCP 4, and BM 4.8 ) and it shows no difference with none of these artefacts. I know my Panther set up is not a supported system set up but it works the way it should.

regards

Richard

[Chris Tomberlin]

[Richard Squires] “I wonder if you have this problem too.”

Yes, I have this problem too. Check out this entire thread in the AE forum:

https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=2&postid=856696

There is definitely a problem with the 10-bit codec in Tiger. I’m pretty sure that Apple added this new “feature” with the newest unompressed 10-bit codec that comes with Quicktime 7 and Tiger.

I sure hope somebody is working on all this. It’s not very satisfying when all the stuff that is supposed to be new and better really just breaks everything.

Chris Tomberlin
OutPost Pictures

[Paul Provost]

open quicktime, go to preferences, full screen, decklink, and you get quicktime playing out of your ntsc monitor.

[Steve Drew]

Hmmm – no option like that exists in my version of QT7 preferences.

See pics:
http://www.firstlightdigital.com/Picture%201.png
and
http://www.firstlightdigital.com/Picture%203.png