Capturing Offline HD 1080 59.94i

[Jerry Hofmann]

There should be a preset for this in your easy setups. Choose the 8 or 10 bit 29.97 preset. Post back if this doesn’t work.

Jerry

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Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D

[Gary Adcock]

[JeffreyJohn] “1) First, I can’t get the capture settings for this frame rate to match up with the device control and sequence presets. Does anybody know of the correct settings, maybe the Panasonic 59.94?”

SONY calls that 29.97,

and the Kona board is only AES audio not analog, thats why there is not audio.

gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows

[Jeff Coffman]

Thanks for everything so far, things are starting to clear up a little bit. Although I still don’t get a picture in the log and capture. I think it may have to do with the deck J-H3 deck flashing 23.98, but nothing seems to change that.

1) Sony calls 59.94 29.97, so am I editing on the timeline in 59.94 or 29.97? The preset for 1080i 29.97 has a fps selection set to 29.97, do I change that 59.94? My original intent was to capture this at low res, maybe 384×216 Photo Jpeg.

2) That makes perfect sense about the Kona2 only accepting AES. So how would I solve that with my deck that only has analog? Do I need some type of router to run the audio through.

[Jeremy Garchow]

Use the DVCPRO HD 1080i 29.97 easy setup. You also need to change the deck to 59.94 (29.97). 29.97 FRAMES pre second is the same as 59.94 FIELDS per second. Are you sure your footage is 29.97 and not 23.98? You should be able to get picture and sound through HD SDI.

Jeremy

[Michael Alberts]

Your audio is embedded in the SDI steam. Take a look at the Kona control panel for your audio selection. It would seem that you have never used a Kona card before, let alone worked with HD. I would highly advise against changing your capture preset to such an odd frame size. You’ll make your life miserable when you go back to recapture. All your motion adjustments will be out of whack. Just offline using the DVCProHD codec. There should have been a PDF manual that came with the Kona card. I would suggest reading that and getting a bit more familiar with the hardware before you proceed too much farther. You are making some assumptions that could really cost you in the long run.

Michael Alberts
Ambidextrous Productions, Inc.

[Jeff Coffman]

Thanks for the good advice, and yes I have only worked with HD once, which was 23.98 captured as DV NTSC, which is also where it stayed. I had come up with that frame size (384 x 216 Photo JPEG) from the FCP manual about offline capturing. It sounds like the HD SDI is a specified cable apart from a standard SDI cable?

Thanks for your input

Jeff

[Jeff Coffman]

Thanks for the good advice, and yes I have only worked with HD once, which was 23.98 captured as DV NTSC, which is also where it stayed. I had come up with that frame size (384 x 216 Photo JPEG) from the FCP manual about offline capturing. It sounds like the HD SDI is a specified cable apart from a standard SDI cable?

Thanks for your input

Jeff