CVBS out question

[Gary Adcock]

[Marc Colemont] ” as the composite output only becomes active when downscaling to SD??
Is there a certain setting that I can do instead”

nope.
what are you using composite SD scopes for if you are not also monitoring in SD while in an HD capture?

gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows for the Digitally Inclined
Chicago, IL

https://blogs.creativecow.net/24640

[Marc Colemont]

Hi Gary,

The reason is that I have this unit, and is helpfull to check levels.

[Marc Colemont]

And we wanted to connect a DVD recorder on the composite output while recording in HD on the AJA Ki pro itself.

[Jeremy Garchow]

You can record HD and monitor SD.

[Marc Colemont]

I found the way to do this yes.
– Out Convert at ‘SD’
– Component out at ‘Out Convert”
The analog Component is hardware related to the Composite Out since there is only one DA inside, I was told by AJA support guy. Maybe the Menu should say ‘Analog Out’ instead of ‘Component Out’ then.

I do had to try multple times, as I only got green flickering output. (After trying and changing many settings) Rebooting the unit did the trick.

[Paul Rozon]

The manual indicates that all outputs are live except for the composite out unless you are downcoverting what you are recording.

has anyone else had success with this? It would be a huge bonus to be able to hand a client a DVD at the end of a show before taking the HD version into post production.

Can you give more details on how you did this?

[Gary Adcock]

The Composite port is ONLY active when the Analog outputs are set to downconvert your footage to SD.

gary adcock
Studio37

Post and Production Workflow Consultant
Production and Post Stereographer
Chicago, IL

https://blogs.creativecow.net/24640

[Jeremy Garchow]

As has been mentioned in this thread. Set the out
Convert to downconvert and composite will activate.

[Paul Rozon]

Thanks for the info. That confirms what I already believed to be the case.

I read the earlier thread and thought he was saying that you could record HD and still have a downconverted feed at the composite video out. Which would be nice.

[Marc Colemont]

Yes it does that. You can record in HD while activating the scaler in the output. It will generate a Composite signal simultaineously lile described above.