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HD, Kona II, FCP 5, Tiger, Timecode and Audio Sync Issues
Look’n for anyone with a similar problem or setup that has a fix, suggestion, or similar tale to tell. I’m running Final Cut Po 5 on Tigger.1 with a Kona II card (v 1.1.1) and QT 7.0 0. From a Sony HDW-500F, capturing 23.98fps 1080 HD w/embedded audio via SDI and compressing w/DVCPro HD to an XRAID. Looks GREAT, but the timecode is out of sync between the clips and tape by as much as 5 frames (clip ahead of tape) and audio is out of sync by 2 frames (ahead of picture). I’m comparing a TC window burn on the HD output to the cooresponding clips TC data field. When you’re in Log and Capture the TCs match, but the resulting digitized clip TC does not match w/the window burn on the incoming picture. Does not matter if I batch capture or not. THEN, if I adjust the “Capture Offset” in the Machine Control Preset, it affects audio sync correctly (good), but the disparity between the actual tape TC/Picture and clip TC remains unaffected (bad). Talked with AJA and they say there’s an issue with FCP5 and there Kona II drivers (they’re working to fix it). Any suggestions or system configs using Panther, Kona II and FCP 4.5 that would be super stable for this HD setup? I need this working right now and I’m not in the mood to do any more beta testing of Apple software. I’ve followed the rabbit down the hole too far already. THANKS, Dan
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Take this to the Kona forum as there is already a thread on this
https://www.creativecow.net/forum/read_post.php?postid=111812501282217&forumid=98welcome to FCP5 and QT7. ( upgrade to 7.01 too)
Steve Swersky has posted his work around for the audio / video offsets that everyone is finding in the 23.98 1080psf capture (so far I have heard of this issue with everyones hardware)
It is not an issue in 720p and not so far at 1080 60i only in the 1080 23.98 timelines.
Could be the reason apple left that format out of the Manuals…
gary adcock
Studio37
HD and Film Consultation
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