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Client Monitoring of Red Raw Files with BM Intensity Pro?
A couple weeks ago I was working with 5k Red RAW files in PP CS6, monitoring my timeline with a Matrox MXO2 Mini Max. I was astounded at the speed and flexibility in this setup. My 5k footage was viewable on a client monitor from both my source and record monitor in PP CS6 and it played smooth as butter. Very impressive.
Unfortunately, my primary NLE is Avid Media Composer and the Matrox MXO2 Mini Max is currently suffering some playback issues in Avid MC, so I swapped it out for a Blackmagic Intensity Pro card. The BM card works great in Media Composer and I’m extremely happy with it.
However, PP CS6 is quickly becoming my second editor (and my go to for certain types of projects — primarily larger format files that I don’t want to transcode: like RED.
The problem I’m having is that the things I thoroughly LOVED about PP CS6 and Red with the Matrox box don’t seem to work with the BM Intensity Pro. Unless I’m mistaken, the only way to get a video preview file out of the BM card is to select a 1080 or smaller sequence preset.
Is that true?
With the Matrox I could create a 5k sequence and still get perfect video monitoring from both the source AND record side. Now I feel hampered. I can set a 1080p sequence and get my record / timeline side to play to my client monitor, but the source side will not under this scenario.
Please somebody tell me I’m just missing a seting or something. I’m totally torn between having compromised editing in my PRIMARY editor with the Matrox or compromised editing in my favorite secondary editor PP CS6. I’d like to find the panacea and make them both work perfectly.
Chris Conlee
MacPro 4,1
24Gb RAM
OS X 10.7.4
GTX 285 (latest CUDA drivers)
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[Chris Conlee] “Unless I’m mistaken, the only way to get a video preview file out of the BM card is to select a 1080 or smaller sequence preset.”
We are finding that BMD can ONLY output 720 / 60 and 1080i / 59.94 (29.97) to an external monitor. We’re running PPro CS6 with AJA Kona boards in all our suites except our Resolve room. In that room I was trying to edit with 720 / 30 material and the BMD card would not output video or audio when I was playing the source material. I had to drop it into a 720 / 59.94 timeline in order to see it. Not very convenient when I have 25 hours of raw material to go through.
The AJA Kona boards will automatically convert the video to 720 / 60 on the fly so I can view both the raw source materials and the Sequence.
So the BMD cards are limited in what they can output to the screen unfortunately.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author, Chef.
HD Post and Production
Biscardi Creative Media“This American Land” – our new PBS Series.
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Thanks Walter. Er, I guess…
Do ALL the Kona cards work the same (ie the cheaper models)? I could pick an LHe up on eBay pretty cheaply. I’d like to find the perfect card for both Media Composer AND Premiere Pro CS6. I love the Matrox except for the fatal flaw that it won’t trim in Media Composer with audio scrub enabled.
What about the IO Express? Anybody have experience using it with both MC and PP CS6?
Chris
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[Chris Conlee] ” I could pick an LHe up on eBay pretty cheaply.”
Chris, they’re cheap now because they are end of life and no longer supported.
no cs6 drivers. (I just sold mine for this reason)The LHi and LHe Plus, 3 & 3G are still supported.
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Roger that. Thanks for the clarification. I actually figured that out over the weekend, but I’m glad you pointed it out to others who might have been inclined to make the same mistake I almost made.
Chris
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