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Dropped Frame on Monitor hooked to Sony DSR 1500A
I am getting random drop frames (1-4 black frames) when I print to tape. The dropped frames only shows up on the monitor I have hooked to the Sony deck, but not on the video mirrored on my desktop. Nor does FCP give me a dropped frame error. When I go back and look at the tape I mastered, I do not hear or see any audio or video dropout. I does not seem to effect the master but I would like to know what it is. Has anyone else experience this issue?
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[Carl Crawford] “The dropped frames only shows up on the monitor I have hooked to the Sony deck, but not on the video mirrored on my desktop. Nor does FCP give me a dropped frame error. When I go back and look at the tape I mastered, I do not hear or see any audio or video dropout.”
Sorry, but if this is exactly as you describe it, cannot be a problem with FCP.
If the tape is fine, then it must be a deck-to-monitor related problem.
Dropped, stalled, or black frames coming from FCP would show up on the tape, they would have to.If you ARE getting dropped, stalled, or black frames coming from FCP, try an Audio MIXDOWN before you dub out.
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Hey Carl,
This is strictly a firewire-1500 issue. This problem drove me crazy for three years, until a fellow cowhead reccommended putting the deck on a seperate firewire bus. Picked up a 30 dollar firewire card in comp usa, put it in the mac and PROBLEM SOLVED.
I never did get to thank that terrific cowhead.
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