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Device Control with Pro VTR and Serial
Hi,
We are having problems with device control in Premiere Pro – CS3. We have always used the PRO VTR Plug in, and it has always been very frame accurate for both import and export. It does not work great in CS3, and a software update does not seem to be real close. The problems we are seeing are:The provtr interface is greyed out when we go into capture mode. We need to reinitialize the interface by going into options, every time we go into capture mode. A real pain.
Second- during export to tape, it is also greyed out a lot, and when we do reinitialize it, it seems to crash the first time. We then reopen premiere, and it’s ok again. Again, a bit of a pain, as it’s happened very consistently. Since this is not working great, we tried the serial device control from within premiere. This is working correctly on both import and export. The problem here is it is not frame accurate. The amount that the video is recording on tape incorrectly is substantial (about 15-20 frames), and more importantly, it’s not consistent – so we can’t make an adjustment in the options dialogue. The third thing we tried was the blackmagic deck control. This did not seem to work at all. I was hoping someone may have encountered these same issues in CS3, and might have some suggestions for accurate output to tape.
Sincerely,
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[Michael Goldberg] “We are having problems with device control in Premiere Pro – CS3. We have always used the PRO VTR Plug in”
You saying you have always used the ProVTR plugin with CS3? or that you have used it in the past with other versions?
If the latter is true you may need a plug-in update -
Hi,
It’s always worked great in previous versions, not in CS3. I’ve contacted the plug in maker, and a software update is still not on the horizon.Mike
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I have experienced the same thing with ProVTR and CS3. What I do before I start an export to tape is to open the capture window and select ‘options’ next to the ProVTR selector. This invokes the cable dongle so it will all work also returning current deck status. Then I can go do all the normal export to tape stuff. But it has a 1 in 10 chance of being 1 frame off either way.
So what I do is run a vhs across the output of the record deck with its timecode displayed and as it is outputting I stop the VHS and go back and check the accuracy. If it is wrong I abort the export and do it all again. This is a great help when I am exporting hours at a time.
I gave up a long time ago on the Premiere Pro 2 serial control as it wasn’t even close! … and I couldn’t be bothered trying it with CS3 as I know Adobe would not have fixed it; no surprises there…
But the Blackmagic thing is odd. You are using the Blackmagics RS422 port yeah? It works on my Extreme and Multibride ok except I can’t enter minus values so everything I export to digibeta is one frame off because I can’t enter -1. They are working on a fix for that now so hopefully you can rid yourself of ProVTR very soon.
Just as an aside, here is a warning!!! – turn autosave OFF in CS3 as it will stop your export when it kicks in!!! DOH!!!
Baz
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