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choking on DVCProHD???
I am in someone else’s HD suite with all the latest stuff….newest mac, newest final cut, new Kona card, new g-tech raid, 8GB RAM. I know that they have previously had a successful final cut pro edit in this suite (dvcpro hd), and it has been used little since then, so I don’t know what could have changed and why things are no longer running smoothly.
I am an after effects animator and am merely trying to view some rendered quicktimes in Final Cut on an HD monitor to check for quality, moire, motion jitter, etc..
I tried viewing some uncompressed TIFFs and some quicktimes rendered with Kona’s codec, but the machine choked on them. (My final deliverables will be uncompressed TIFF quicktimes).
So, I resorted to rendering DVCProHD animations. Surprisingly, they do not seem to be playing back in FCP in realtime. They have some motion stutter to them whenever the motion is a bit fast.
However, when I play them on the desktop in the quicktime application, they do not have this motion stutter issue.Any idea where my problem lies? I’m assuming in Final Cut.
There is no reason this machine should not be able to handle playback of DVCProHD.
I did reset the raid to eliminate redundancy, hoping that was the problem, but it wasn’t.
I don’t believe the problem is with the media itself since it plays back smoother in the quicktime app.
I have the latest version of Final Cut.
I am using Final Cut’s Easy Setup “AJA Kona LH-1080i 29.97 DVCPro HD”
I ran the Kona conflick checker and it found no conflicts.
My media and my Final Cut settings are Upper Field first, 1080i, 29.97 so it is not an ‘incorrect fields’ issue.
What else can I check?I am pretty sure my animations are fine, but I simply cannot deliver them without having first seen them playing smoothly on an HD monitor.
Thanks!
Alisa -
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Hey Alisa
Are you in the new building? Working on ID? You could try walking down to my suite. I’ve got a Blackmagic card.
David
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Hi!
Where are you? Will you be there long?
I am at DGA on 50 Hunt Street in Watertown.
Alisa -
I’m in the new building on Guest St. I’ll be here for an hour, then back later tonight.
call me at 300-4267
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[APlacas] “I tried viewing some uncompressed TIFFs and some quicktimes rendered with Kona’s codec, but the machine choked on them. (My final deliverables will be uncompressed TIFF quicktimes).”
There is no Kona codec. Either you’re working in Uncompressed HD or you’re working in DVCPro HD. Which is it?
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