FCP edit to Tape forces Kona off ext ref and on to incoming video

[Andrew Gilmore]

During Edit to Tape I’ve noticed a similar thing…it would kick the K2 control panel frame buffer to the wrong setting as though the control panel was in the front…however, the edit to tape window then covers almost the entire screen and therefore I am no longer able to monitor the control panel status. What I did, then, was, drag the control panel all the way to the bottom of the screen, right next to where I have the dock. I kept the numbers I was interested in keeping tabs on visible and saw that upon activating the edit to tape, the frame buffer numbers kicked out of what I wanted but THEN returned to their previous and correct setting. It was only momentary that the edit to tape changed the setting.

I don’t know if this helps because I didn’t have the same issue as you, but if you can’t see the K2 control panel during edit to tape, try dragging it to the bottom edge of the screen.

[Steve Covello]

I have always had to output from K2 with the DBeta in Input reference, then switching back to Ref for all other functions. This has been like this from the beginning and it is annoying, but it is not, AFAIK, an unintended bug or defect.

steve covello
double wide post

[Benny Christensen]

This doesn’t seem like remotely acceptable behavior.

If I set a switch to External Ref it should stay there. The only way it should change is if for some reason I need to lock to a non-genlocked source and I change it myself.

I shouldn’t have to keep re-checking the reference every time I load a tape. That’s wasted effort on my part and a huge PIA.

Benny Christensen
Producers Playhouse
Oklahoma City, OK

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