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fcp and a monitor
hey guys…
i am having problems with my monitor or beta deck on or the other…
…i have fcp set for video playback via a balckmagic card – 8bit – going out Y-R-B into the beta deck Y-R-B then into the monitor video – i cannot get the color correct for the life of me -i tried switching cords, changing monitors and even shuting everthing down and restarting everything…nothing…my video comes from the card/computer in to a beta deck and out to the monitor…i can’t get the red to show correctly…everytime it is off, color is all messed up…if i switch the beta deck back and froth from say…svideo to Y-R-B it holds the correct color for a second then goes away, switches to the poor playback…any suggestions? where is my problem? beta deck? monitor? fcp?
this is driving me nuts…
any help would be great…i haven’t been able to fix the problem for two days now and i need to export to beta now and cannot get the color to record correctly : (
thanks,
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8 Replies
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How does it look from card directly to monitor.
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You don’t mention which deck or monitor you are using.
Does the monitor need termination turned on?
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hey all thanks for responding…
i believe it uses a sync signal…the picture on the monitor looks like there is no red or lack of it…the thing is if i giggle the switch it will stay then disappear…it’s weird..it almost looks desaturated too or at times blown out in the highlights…
…i don’t know what “termination” means…maybe a little help there and i could tell you yes or no…
thanks again all for all your help…this is nuts…
nate
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…oh it’s a betacam sp (sony) too…blackmagic seems to work just fine in another player…
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…i can get the blackmagic card to play back just fine on a sony dvcpro…
…any idea how i’m screwing up the beta?
thanks…
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UVW, PVW, or BVW beta? Sounds like a termination or deck issue. Maybe a component connector for the y-r cable.
Termination is adding resistance at the end of a signal. Many machines have a switch to turn on termination, some older ones require putting a terminator on the output of the machine.
But sounds to me like a cable, deck, or monitor issue. Especially since it looks ok when you “giggle” the switch.
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…I had to leave the editing room but new cords or new connectors is the first thing I’ll try…
…it sucks when the simple things don’t work…
…thanks for all your help…
Nate
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It does kinda make the argument that one needs to be somewhat of an engineer to be an editor as well. If you have hooked up decks and suites in the analog world this is kind of an easy one. Plugging a cable or two directly from the card to monitor or trying a different output from the card, checking termination, etc. is a pretty quick one to diagnose. Especially a termination issue. But hard to debug or describe over the internet.
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