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chronic monitor roll
this has been happening since i set up my system, and i’ve lately just avoided it, but here it is:
my external monitor will show what is on my timeline, but with a constant horizontal roll…and a fast one, that almost makes you dizzy! the monitor is fine when tapes (Beta) are played and capture, but it is only when coming off the timeline that i have this problem. i had originally asked my dealer about this, and their suggestion was, “it might be your deck (a Beta UVW-1800) or it might be your monitor.”
in the meantime, i’ve just not used the monitor and used the canvas screen for a rough idea of how it will all look (and haven’t had a client here for awhile, so i muddled through).
thanks for helping out a bonehead,
jtn
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How are you setting up the cabling for the monitor? i.e. thru the deck or direct from your capture card or?
Jerry
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[mortimer heathcliff] “i had originally asked my dealer about this, and their suggestion was, “it might be your deck (a Beta UVW-1800) or it might be your monitor.””
That’s a completely useless dealer. I’ve never heard of a deck causing a roll. If it’s the monitor, then your Vertical Roll is not set correctly, though that’s not even an option any more.
Most likely, you have a sync issue somewhere in your video signal that’s causing the roll. Find a real dealer who actually knows how to set up a video editing suite and they should be able to help you.
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What kind of capture device do you have and do you have a blackburst generator?
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good questions, guys. thanks for the input.
my monitor (an old Commodore 1084s – maybe that’s part of the problem?) is set up with an RCA cord out of my Beta deck…which works fine for TV and when Beta tapes are playing. i’m using a Blackmagic Decklink SD card for i/o between the deck and the G5. no blackburst generator being used.
thanks.
thanks for helping out a bonehead,
jtn
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Is it out of sync when you lay to tape? Do you have reference going from your card to the deck? I usually monitor directly out of my AJA IO using the S-VHS cable. I get a cleaner signal that way. I have my deck going to the “A” input on the monitor, and the IO going to the “B” input. For sync out of the IO, I use the ‘composite out’ going to the ‘Ref. Video’ input on the deck. I reverse it for digitizing from Beta. ‘Composite Out’ from the deck to ‘Ref. Loop’ on the IO.
pxlmvr
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I’d bet a black burst generator will solve this issue.
And you may wanna upgrade those ancient monitors at some point, no?Kevin Monahan
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