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  • Decklink HD Extreme to DVW-A500 channel condition problems.

    Posted by Michael Lansdell on March 3, 2010 at 10:33 am

    I’ve been delivering tapes to broadcasters for three years with my current set up and NEVER had this problem. But now I seem to have played out a bunch of tapes with channel condition flashes all over the place. I thought I’d solved the problem by updating my blackmagic driver, and whilst I don’t seem to be getting issues with my playouts I now seem to have lost SDI input capability and have gained a weird issue where when watching back over my tapes for channel conditions (having grown paranoid of them!) I get none if I watch a tape with just a deck to monitor setup, but if my computer is connected and I’ve got the Edit to Tape window up in FCP to control the tape whilst checking it I get channel condition flashes the whole time, as if the computer is sending out weird little pulses of bad to the deck that don’t actually effect anything…

    Any ideas? Anyone!?

    Any extra clarification needed, do say and I’ll reply right back. Cheers!

    Michael Lansdell

    Online/Offline Editor

    My system:

    2 x 3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
    5GB DDR2 RAM
    512MB ATI Radeon X1900 XT
    OS X 10.4.11
    Final Cut Pro 6.0.4
    After Effects CS4
    Blackmagic Design DeckLink HD Extreme (6.6.2)

    Take a gander at my personal blog:

    http://www.monstersareart.co.uk

    Michael Lansdell replied 16 years, 5 months ago 1 Member · 1 Reply
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  • Michael Lansdell

    March 11, 2010 at 9:57 am

    The fix is don’t use a machine with drum hours approaching 8,000…

    Ooops!

    Michael Lansdell

    Online/Offline Editor

    My system:

    2 x 3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
    5GB DDR2 RAM
    512MB ATI Radeon X1900 XT
    OS X 10.4.11
    Final Cut Pro 6.0.4
    After Effects CS4
    Blackmagic Design DeckLink HD Extreme (6.6.2)

    Take a gander at my personal blog:

    http://www.monstersareart.co.uk

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