Capturing SDI with Kona LS

[Shane Ross]

If I am not mistaken, that capture card is a Standard Def capture card, and that deck is a High Def deck…so you cannot capture from it. YOu will need a high def card to do so.

And there aren’t specific SDI codecs…just uncompressed 8-bit and 10-bit variations. Whether you capture via SDI or component it doesn’t matter.

But your issue is with a high def deck and standard def card.

Shane

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[Walter Biscardi]

[Ashley James] “Just got new Kona LS with KBox for my FCP 5.0 system. I’m trying to capture SDI material coming off my XDCAM 1500 deck. I can’t find the SDI drivers that allow me to capture an SDI signal with embedded audio. There don’t seem to be any in the Capture Presets.”

They’re not in the Capture Presets, they’re in the Kona Control Panel. You set the audio inputs in this control panel. Look at the documentation that came with your card, it clearly explains how to use the Control Panel.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com

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[Ashley James]

I’m specifically looking for SDI anamorphic driver. Where in the Kona Control Panel does it reside? I’ve selected SDI in the input window but we also have an IO and the SDI drivers show in the FCP Capture Preset menu. There is nothing that shows SDI in the system with the Kona card.

Thanks all for getting back to me, I really appreciate it.

[Walter Biscardi]

[Ashley James] “I’m specifically looking for SDI anamorphic driver.”

There’s no such thing. You set Anamorphic in the Audio / Video Setting. In your Capture settings. Set it to Anamorphic.

[Ashley James] “There is nothing that shows SDI in the system with the Kona card.”

Your Kona Control Panel will show the SDI input(s) on the left.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Ashley James]

There is no anamorphic setting for the AJA capture settings. If I’m capturing through the Kona card shouldn’t there be AJA anamorphic settings either on the AJA control panel or the FCP capture settings. I;m trying to bring in SDI w/embedded audio and work in DV anamorphic then bring it back full res by exporting /importing an EDL.

Thanks Walter for getting back to me so fast. I’m under a crunch and I need to make this work. We’ve done a five camera shoot with XDCAM (SD) 30P and this is all bleeding edge. Have any idea why the AJA IO supplies the SDI settings so they appear in the FCP as SDI and the Kona LS doesn’t?

Ashley

[Jeremy Garchow]

You need to create your own anamorphic preset. Choose an AJA preset, open the audio video settings, duplicate the sequence and capture presets you want, and then change the anamorphic settings. Then save a new preset named anamorphic DV or whatever you want it to be.

Hope that all makes sense.

Jeremy

[Ashley James]

Thanks Jeremy, Walter, et al. I think I’m almost there. I did as suggested and created an DV anamorphic preset for capture and sequence in the Audio Video settings. In my capture window I have a nice anamorphic picture with black bars up and down and correctly structured pictures. However, when I place that clip into my anamorphic sequence it remains vertically stretched. Any ideas? I’m going to go to my Sony 1500 XDCAM deck to see if there is anything there.

Thanks for your patience and input

Ashley

[Jeremy Garchow]

Double click any of the anamorphic clips that are in your sequence to load in the viewer. Once it’s in the viewer, click the motion tab, twirl down the distort option, and tell me the number that reads in the aspect ratio parameter.

Also, double check your sequence to be sure that in fact, it is anamorphic. With your sequence selected hit apple-0 and make sure the anamorphic box is checked.

Jeremy

[Ashley James]

Jeremy — The number is zero.

Thanks again

[Jeremy Garchow]

What you are seeing is then correct? Do you have a broadcast monitor? If so, punch the 16:9 button and you will see that the image is now properly letterboxed.

Jeremy