Downconvert Input through Kona 2?

[David Roth weiss]

Matt,

Select the Easy Setup in FCP for the format that you wish to capture and capture.

DRW

[Walter Biscardi]

[Matt Larson] “Bonus points if you can just tell me how to have the 1400 play downconverted video from the HD-SDI output.”

It doesn’t, you simply hook up the SD-SDI output for the downconvert.

For capture, David gave you the answer. Choose an Anamorphic SD format and capture.

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[Bob Zelin]

Matt writes –
I have a Panasonic 1400 deck hooked up HD-SDI to Kona 2 in a dual G5 running Mac OS X 10.4.8 with FCP 5.1.2 and XRAID.

Bonus points if you can just tell me how to have the 1400 play downconverted video from the HD-SDI output.

REPLY –
Matt. You say you have a Panasonic 1400 VTR. Have you even looked at the back of your VTR ? Do you see where the SD-SDI output is? Do you see where the composite video monitor output is ? Is it just easier to type on the computer, than to pick your behind up, bend down, and look behind the VTR ? (My apologies to you if you are a student, and have never used a VTR in your life before).

Bob ZElin

[Matt Larson]

[Bob Zelin] “Matt. You say you have a Panasonic 1400 VTR. Have you even looked at the back of your VTR ? Do you see where the SD-SDI output is? Do you see where the composite video monitor output is ? Is it just easier to type on the computer, than to pick your behind up, bend down, and look behind the VTR ? (My apologies to you if you are a student, and have never used a VTR in your life before).”

Bob – SD means Standard Def? I thought it meant Student Discount!

I didn’t think it was that unreasonable of a question to ask if a Pansonic VTR can play both SD and HD over HD-SDI since I have 2 Pansonic monitors that allow both standards over one cable. Not to mention the all-mighty Kona card does the same. As does my router.

It looks like I WILL have to “pick my behind up” take down a cabinet, roll out 3 Middle Atlantic enclosed racks, build a cable, and hook the deck up over SD-SDI.

I guess I should be glad it’s one cable and not 6 Component, 8 XLR, TC and sync…