FCP 5.0 No monitoring in Log & Capture window in HDV???

[Steve Connor]

What OS are you using?, what BM drivers are you using?, what capture preset are you using?, what machine are you capturing from? We need details if you want help!

Steve Connor
Cardinal HD

[Carlos Prio]

10.3.9
BMD 5.0b1
FCP’s HDV preset
Sony FX1

Carlos Prio
field dominance
prio(at)fielddominance.com
305/971-7037 ext. 208
Miami, FL
G5 Dual 2.0 w/ 2.5 gigs of ram, 160hd
OSX 10.3.9
Lacie 320 & 1T d2 extremes
BMD extreme card w/5.0B
Cinema Display
DVX 100a
PDX10
F1
and on the move to HD

[Steve Connor]

I think it may be a problem with the FX1 and FCP5, although it works fine with our FX1 other users are reporting the same problem. I’m not sure why ours works, but we are using a clean install of Tiger as the OS so that may help.

Steve Connor
Cardinal HD

[Carlos Prio]

I have been trying to hold off on Tiger…. I was excited when i read that i could upgrade w/o upgrading to tiger but here is the first bite! Now, if i hit “Now” it does capture the footage but never shows anything on the preview (monitor).

Note- the footage looks amazing out of the BMD Extreme downconverted and ported out to a Sharp Aquos and a Sony 13 studio monitor at 16X9

Thanks,
Prio

Carlos Prio
field dominance
prio(at)fielddominance.com
305/971-7037 ext. 208
Miami, FL
G5 Dual 2.0 w/ 2.5 gigs of ram, 160hd
OSX 10.3.9
Lacie 320 & 1T d2 extremes
BMD extreme card w/5.0B
Cinema Display
DVX 100a
PDX10
F1
and on the move to HD

[Robbie]

this was a post i made a few days back – this is an issue in 10.3.9 and Tiger!!!!!!!!!!

hi all

just started tinkering with FCP5 and some 1080i60 HDV footage

all seems promising, except for not having any video appear in the log and capture window

now, from a post over in the HDV forum i discovered that this is not a bug!!!!!!!!

This is from Apple’s “late-breaking FCP 5 issues” doc…

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HDV Log and Capture Preview Is Disabled When a PCI Graphics Card Is Installed

If your computer has a PCI graphics card installed and you are logging or capturing HDV footage, Final Cut Pro does not preview video or audio in the Log and Capture window. You can still log and capture, but you need to use your HDV camcorder display to preview video.

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first off, why on earth would they do this?????????????????

second, can anyone with a kona 2 confirm this ‘feature’ on their rigs, i have a decklink HD Pro in mine

i’m running FCP5, MAC OS 10.3.9, BM 5.0b1 drivers, QT7

cheers

robbie

[Steve Connor]

How come it works in my system with 6800 GT, Decklink HD Pro and Apple Fibre card installed?

Steve Connor
Cardinal HD

[Robbie]

good question………

are you looking at 1080i60 or 1080i50 steve?

[Steve Connor]

1080i 50

Steve Connor
Cardinal HD

[Robbie]

hhmmmm, then i guess that’s a bonus for PAL land

i’ve had people at apple confirm that this is an issue with 1080i60, and there have been the other posts too on the cow

G5 dual 2.5, 4.5 gigs ram, Mac OS X.4.1, FCP 5, QT 7.0.0, Decklink HD Pro, Blackmagic 5.0 driver