HDV Playback on SD Monitor

[Wayne Carey]

HDV is a whole different creature in FCP, but I seem to have the same problem as you. Until this is solved, I monitor the signal from the HDV using the S-Video Out to my production monitor – this only works when you capture the footage. According to AJA, I should be able to monitor HDV using my Kona2 but that hasn’t happened just yet. I get the same results as you.

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Wayne Carey
wcarey@strikeking.com

[John Ladle]

you probably want to give AJA a call and get it rolling. the kona 2 and LH/LHE cards can definitely do realtime downconvert…it happens on the board, so likely there is a wrong setting or something. what does your control panel say?

[Wayne Carey]

From uncompressed:
< the kona 2 and LH/LHE cards can definitely do realtime downconvert...it happens on the board, so likely there is a wrong setting or something. what < does your control panel say? Well, my control panel says its outputting 525i29.97, which is my primary output since I broadcast in SD video. Therefore, my analog output (which I use for my broadcast monitor) is my primary output. Is that wrong? And what are the settings you are using? _____________________________ Wayne Carey wcarey@strikeking.com

[Jeremy Garchow]

Your primary format should be whatever format you are working in (Which sounds like HDV 1080i?). Then you set your secondary format as 525i29.97 and then select the analog output and change it from primary to secondary.

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[Kevin Wild]

I take everything in via DVCProHD, but the downconvert works perfectly for me. Matter of fact, I love it. It’s so awesome to have realtime output to my SD monitor with a choice of letterbox, centercut or anamorphic, all while I’m watching the HD version right above it on my Dell monitor.

What a great setup the Kona LHe is…

Hope you get it working with HDV…

KW

[Oliver Peters]

At least on the Kona2 you can definitely play HDV in real-time. I’ve seen it in HD, but I haven’t checked the SD downconversion. These are separate functions though, so it should work. Make sure you are in an HDV sequence though and don’t have a timeline with mixed media. In an all-HDV timeline, the sequence plays in real-time without any rendering/conforming needed. If you ask FCP to render – it will do a conform, but this isn’t needed for Kona2 output in real-time. If you have a mixed-format/codec timeline, then the HDV will have to be rendered first.

Sincerely,
Oliver

Oliver Peters
Post-Production & Interactive Media
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com