Getting Blackmagic NTSC from Intensity to work with FSI Monitor

[Shane Ross]

Try uninstalling then reinstalling the drivers. Make sure you get the latest ones. Somehow your computer isn’t detecting the Decklink card.

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[John Davidson]

Hello Shane, I went back in and reinstalled the software. It did seem to resolve the Final Cut issue, but the signal to my monitor is all scrambled. Also when I now have the playback set to Blackmagic NTSC 8 bit the timeline drops frames and loses sound. If I say the output is none then it runs fine. Now I can’t believe this new Mac Pro 2X2.26 Quad Core Intel Xeon with 8 GB & 1 TB of ram is not fast enough for the DV sequence, is it?

Thank You for helping.
John

[Walter Biscardi]

We have a BlackMagic forum, I would post your query over there.

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[Ken Jones]

Have you checked your Blackmagic settings in “System Preferences”? This is where you set the video and audio output connections and also the input and output processing (up-convert, down-convert). Perhaps one of these settings needs to be changed?

[John Davidson]

Hello Ken, I went to the preferences menu and it ids set for SDI & HDMI & NTSC/Pal (Y out} & S Video out.
I am going into the 1 input SDI position on the Flanders monitor. I also tried position 2 SDI in to no avail. Just as a side note, If I make the video out in the Final Cut say none then it plays this DV sequence fine. As soon as I put it to Blackmagic NTSC 8 bit it drops frames and stops. Also if I mute the audio tracks it plays through the timeline fine, no dropping of frames.

Thank You,
John

[Ken Jones]

Agreed that this needs to be in the Blackmagic forum, but…

Do you have a Decklink Extreme (as stated in your post), Intensity (as stated in your subject line), or Intensity Pro?

Neither of the Intensity cards has SDI out.

Intensity has HDMI I/O only.
Intensity Pro has HDMI, component, and composite I/O.
Decklink HD Extreme has SDI, HDMI, component, and composite I/O.

[John Davidson]

Hello, First off I appreciate the help. I have a Decklink HD Extreme. In the preferences it only gives me to choices out, SDI & HDMI & Y,R-Y,B-Y, and SDI & HDMI & NTSC/PAL (Y out) Pal.

Thanks Again,
John

[Ken Jones]

The only thing I can think of is to check to make sure you are connected to one of the SDI “out” on the back of the Decklink HD Extreme card. The SDI I/O aren’t labeled (on my card at least) so look in the Decklink manual.