KONA 2- 720p 23.98 DVCPro HD settings are missing after 4.0 update

[David Roth weiss]

Simon,

What exactly are you unable to do right now? Playback and monitor, capture??? What is it you are unable to chgange that has you dead in the water?

Whe you installed that 4.0 drivers dod you uninstall the 3.4 drivers first as AJA recommends?

David

“No job is worth doing more than once…”

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Post-production Supervisor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

[Simon Sommerfeld]

Thanks for your speedy response David.

I’m unable to playback without the system choking on the 1080psf sequence preset that FCP 6 has chosen in leiu of 720p.

No, unfortunately I did not uninstall 3.4 before installing 4.0. I didn’t see anything informing me to do that. I did use the Uninstaller in 4.0 before reinstalling 3.4 however, but when 3.4 is installing it gets to a point where it says “there is nothing to install”. So I’m stuck with using 4.0 or nothing. I’m going to have to get back to 3.4 somehow.

I’ve actually just nixed using the KONA presets and am using the stock FCP DVCPro HD 720p24 preset. My timeline is running again but I’ve got no external monitoring.

Best,
Simon

Simon Sommefeld
Redwood City CA

[David Roth weiss]

Simon,

I can get ya up and monitoring in no time flat, but, I absolutely have to go walk my dog this very second before he pops.

If you want immediate help feel free to call me on my cell in L.A. at (3-ten)- seven-29-seven-906. My dogie won’t mind…

[Simon Sommerfeld]

Cheers David,

I would never come between a man and his best friend!

Just post me your wisdom when you return. I can live without external monitoring for a while. I’m up and editing again so no worries.

Best,
Simon.

Simon Sommefeld
Redwood City CA

[David Roth weiss]

Okay, dog mission accomplished, now onto your mission.

How exactly are you monitoring? Kona 2 is SDI I/O, so how are you turning getting that signal into your monitor?

[David Roth weiss]

Okay, Kona 2 is actually not SDI I/O like the Kona 3, its more like my Kona LH, which is good.

So, depending upon your monitor all we nee to do is change the Video Playback settings in the view menu and you’ll be good to go. So, what type of monitor are you using?

[Simon Sommerfeld]

Hi David,

Yes, KONA 2 is SDI I/O , just like the KONA 3. It’s more or less the same as 3 (missing a cross conversion I think, and doesn’t do 2K) but it is only PCI-X

I’m feeding a downcoverted 525i 29.97 signal to a Hi Res SD CRT monitor via SDI. I’ve just started working in HD and must get myself a proper HD monitor for that…. Any recommendations?

Anyway, I’m golden again – up and running 100%.
I managed to find and trash a few stray KONA 4.0 driver files on the system. This has allowed me to reinstall 3.4 OK. All of the 720p 23.98 prefs are there again and I have my external monitoring back and all, Amen!

All this has fried my brains a little I’m afraid…. I think a quiet sit down with a beer is in order.

David, many thanks to your quick responses and kind offers to help, even while on walkies!

All the best,

Simon.

Simon Sommefeld
Redwood City CA

[David Roth weiss]

Well done!!! Its much more rewarding to fix these things yourself.

BTW, always uninstall the Kona drivers before updating to the new ones.

[Simon Sommerfeld]

Wilco on that!

Best,

Simon.

Simon Sommefeld
Redwood City CA

[Gary Adcock]

[David Roth Weiss] “Okay, Kona 2 is actually not SDI I/O like the Kona 3, its more like my Kona LH, which is good.”

DRW

where do you get this? the Kona 2 is the precursor to the Kona 3 card, it is only digital in so single and dual link, sd and hd with analog monitoring.

gary adcock
Studio37
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