Final Cut pro 7 4K playback

[Mark Suszko]

My interpretation of what you wrote is that you’re missing the firmware from AJA. Did you try a firmware update?

[Frederico Cengarle]

HI Mark,

thanks for the quick reply. I do have the Aja Firmware installed. In fact, if I look at my Aja control panel I can set it to Quad 4K. But in FCP, the video device is missing (greyed out) as shown in the screen grab attached

[David Roth weiss]

Sure, that’s because FCP Legacy was end of life’s before 4K was in use anywhere, and it only really supports 2K frames maximum.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los Angeles

David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

[Frederico Cengarle]

Thanks a lot David,

So 4K playback in FCP 7 is a no go? Do you know if FCP x supports it? Can FCPX output though a Kona card or is it only sharing (compressing) files?

[David Roth weiss]

X does indeed support 4K both natively and by transcoding to a mezzanine codec such as ProRes, which it does in the background. That being said, X does require that experienced users learn entirely new and unfamiliar nomenclature and editing techniques that are unfamiliar to most and require a learning curve that many are not willing to take the time to learn. In my opinion Premirre and Resolve offer most FCP user the easiest and most inuitve path for migration to a new NLE.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los Angeles

David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

[Frederico Cengarle]

Thanks again David,

but does FCPX allow output through Kona card? For this particular project, w’re not looking for an edit station but just a way to playback (with basic controls) our 4K in a 4K monitor (through Kona3g)

[David Roth weiss]

Certainly it does… All NLEs work with Kona cards except Resolve, which requires a Blackmagic card.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los Angeles

David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

[Michael Gissing]

Kona also has a playbak direct to card from a file so you don’t even need an NLE just for file playback. Same with Decklink. It has its own media player.

I used to use the Kona one to output DNxHD files to a HDCam becasue FCP7 always crashed or got the gamma wrong.

[Frederico Cengarle]

Thanks a lot David

[Frederico Cengarle]

Thanks for the cue Michael