Component Output to Panasonic Plasma?

[Walter Biscardi]

Your Component output has to match the output of your Sequence.

Easiest way to do this is do an Easy Setup in FCP and leave the AJA Control Panel alone. If you’ve already messed with the control panel, be sure the Component output is set the same as your Sequence.

I.e. if you have 1080i / 29.97 in your Sequence, then the Component output needs to be set the same.

We run component to all three of our Panny plasmas here.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[Seb Ratcliffe]

Thanks for the swift reply Walter.
Have tried with everything on the Aja panel out at 1080i25, and the sequence is ProRes 1080i25. No joy.

Something I forgot to mention is that in the fcp Audio/Video settings playback seems to have to be set to 625i25 8 or 10 bit to get a picture up at all. No other settings allow me to view on either of the monitors.

So with a 1080i25 seq (or other seq settings, such as dv) the panel set all to 1080i25 I get picture on Sony monitor and bad b&w interlaced on plasma – but only – through the fcp 625i25 Video playback.

Whats is going on?

Thanks again for all your help.

[Walter Biscardi]

Quit FCP and the AJA Control Panel

Trash FCP’s prefs,

Trash the AJA Control Panel Prefs.

Launch Final Cut Pro. Do NOT open the AJA Control Panel

Final Cut Pro > Easy Setup

Choose AJA Kona LHe 1080i / 25 ProRes

Now do you see proper picture?

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
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[Ron Craig]

I don’t want to appear to be hijacking this thread; I hope this adds value:
Walter, I assume you run your plasmas with component out because you judge that it gives you a truer picture. I have my Panasonic plasma connected both ways — component and HDMI — and I haven’t been sure about which I should use. I tend toward HDMI because I thought that staying in the digital realm was better for accurate color reproduction. I take it you figure it differently?

Thanks.

Ron

[Walter Biscardi]

[Ron Craig] ” I take it you figure it differently? “

We run component out of our Konas as there is no HDMI output from those and I really don’t have the need to purchase an SDI to HDMI converter. Plus the Component inputs were included in the first two screens, only the newest one has HDMI standard.

So it’s a matter of convenience. If the darn HD-SDI input wasn’t as much as the screen, we would probably just run that in there.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
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[Ron Craig]

If the darn HD-SDI input wasn’t as much as the screen, we would probably just run that in there.

Ha! Yes, I understand. I bought an AJA Hi5 SDI-to-HDMI converter when I was spending all that money putting in the HiDef edit system and those smaller components got lost in the budget.

Cheers,

Ron

[Walter Biscardi]

[Ron Craig] “Ha! Yes, I understand. I bought an AJA Hi5 SDI-to-HDMI converter when I was spending all that money putting in the HiDef edit system and those smaller components got lost in the budget. “

I may actually pick up three of those shortly as we’re switching over to FSI LCD panels to replace our CRT’s and all of those have HD-SDI loop through. So we could run HDMI now to all the plasmas from the Kona.

Just depends on the budget. As I said, we really don’t need them, but we’ll see.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
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[Seb Ratcliffe]

Hello,

So back with the system. Tried this:-

“Quit FCP and the AJA Control Panel

Trash FCP’s prefs,

Trash the AJA Control Panel Prefs.

Launch Final Cut Pro. Do NOT open the AJA Control Panel

Final Cut Pro > Easy Setup

Choose AJA Kona LHe 1080i / 25 ProRes

Now do you see proper picture?”

Unfortunately, no joy. Don’t get a picture on either monitor, just fuzz.

Again, if I switch fcp playback to Kona 625i25, get picture but only on pvm, plasma goes black.

Any other ideas? Would be appreciated.

Thanks again.

[Walter Biscardi]

No clue.

Have you tried feeding an HD Source other than the Kona directly to the Plasma screen via Component like the VTR or a BluRay Player?

If that shows correctly in HD, then call AJA Tech Support, which by the way they do have direct support in Europe. Very possible something is wrong with the card and they’ll overnight a new one to you.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
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[Seb Ratcliffe]

Hoping it was going to be something nice and simple.
Dvd/ vhs/ Z1 playback fine on plasma.
The card was only replaced in October.
For a moment thought it could be breakout cable, but that doesn’t explain the other playback options not working.
I’ll contact aja then, and post the solution for the record.