Firewire player control?

[Jared Picune]

You can control your DV deck via firewire with the Kona 2 (you just change your control setting to firewire). However, if you want to capture off of S Video or Composite you will have to convert the analog video to SDI to go into the Kona.

Jared
Idea Spring Editing, Inc.
Denver Final Cut Pro UG

[Tim Langston]

Cool, that’s what I thought.

Thanks,
Tim

Tim Langston
Cryin’ Out Loud Productions
Fort Wayne, IN
http://www.colproductions.com

[Alexander Serpico]

Kona is SDI only. If your deck doesnt have an SDI board, you would need an IO if you want to load at anything other than DV compression. Otherwise, you should just capture over firewire.

[Alexander Serpico]

other than an IO, you can use any deck that has Analog to Digital conversion (like a Digibeta Deck).

[Walter Biscardi]

[Jared] “However, if you want to capture off of S Video or Composite you will have to convert the analog video to SDI to go into the Kona.”

Or you can do what I did, picked up an AJA Io LA for those times when I need to use analog inputs, such as S-Video from my DSR-11.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com

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