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kona 3 card seems loose inside mac pro
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I actually welcome the change as it’s easier to get in and out than before. There was nothing more frustrating than trying to fish out a tiny little screw out of the bottom of the G5.
If you travel a lot, it might come loose a bit more easily, but it’s a lot easier to put back together.
I think the RoHS compliance has made for a board that’s less stiff, but it’s a healthier compromise and might help to save future generations of editors and their families.
🙂
Jeremy
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[Bob Zelin] “The “end all and be all” product is the AJA I/O HD, which is being released tomorrow.”
Bob,
Exactly how does that figure to be the end all and be all? The I/O HD is connected via firewire and has no support for uncompressed HD.
David Roth Weiss
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Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY
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[Shane Ross] ”
OH…so it is the MacPRO that is different. gotcha.So it wiggles eh? That would cause me pause too.”
Yeah, that’s what he was asking about in this thread. The bar that is used in the Mac Pro does not hold all the boards as tight as a single screw per board. But it’s not been an issue for us at all.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Broadcast and independent productions.All Things Apple Podcast! https://cowcast.creativecow.net/all_things_apple/index.html
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Okay, here’s what I’ve found out. First of all, don’t take advice from my mother-in-law, OUCH!…
The software that came with the card was version 2, so I downloaded the latest version and it is recognizing the card now and the software looks noticably different.
It looks like I will need an adapter to get all of what I need, which will be fine because I still need the real time up-rezing to HD.The card literally was like a teeter-totter before you put that brace on, that is why I was worried. I understand cards aren’t secure until you lock them in, but this one was rocking.
Kona recommended putting the card in slot 3 for maximum performance in case anyone wants to know.
My next step is to get it working with FCP 5.1.4, so I may be asking some more questions.
Thanks for everyone’s help and constructive criticism. Honestly I’m very new at this and I swore SDI at first meant Standard Definition Interface. “Kona 3, everything SD/HD”
Ben
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[engineben] ”
Thanks for everyone’s help and constructive criticism. Honestly I’m very new at this and I swore SDI at first meant Standard Definition Interface. “Kona 3, everything SD/HD””If you’re really new at this then you shouldn’t go around criticizing a product you don’t even understand.
Also about my Kona. How is anyone getting analog component or S-video in with this card. It seems I need an $850 AJA adapter to go from analog component DVCPRO to SDI to the Kona card. They tout this card as being the end all input and output machine. Am I missing something?
We’re here to help, but jumping all over a product with no understanding of how it works is really not the way to get off on the right foot with everyone. This is a professional tool and with that comes the expectation that the end user will have a certain amount of knowledge. The leaders of this forum and many others who participate are happy and eager to help new folks along with any AJA product. If you don’t understand something, ask. If you’re not happy with the product after you fully understand it, then by all means criticize away.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Broadcast and independent productions.All Things Apple Podcast! https://cowcast.creativecow.net/all_things_apple/index.html
Read my blog! https://blogs.creativecow.net/WalterBiscardi
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I didn’t jump all over the card as if I hate it. It is hard to express feeling through typing so I’m sorry if you thought I was mad or angry or upset. Those comments were secondary to my real problem of the loose card. I’m going to get exactly what I want out of this card with my converter. Believe it or not I did research this stuff (just not enough) and I did install the software and I do speak and read “plain” english and I don’t have a mother in law, so who’s jumping all over whom.
Sorry for upsetting everyone,
Ben
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Sometimes I feel like Lincoln in this forum.
It seems that artists and their tools are intimately connected in a way that bears emotions seen mostly among owners and their pets. So it is to be expected that criticisms, however unintended, will be taken personally.
My wife is LIVID over the fact that Syracuse, NY has two art supply stores and NO GAMBLIN OIL PAINT!!! She’s a true believer.
Just pretend that that when you speak of AJA, you are speaking about the collective captain-of-the-cheerleaders girlfriend of all us geeks have who labor in dark caves, speak in acronyms and use terms like “organic” and “baked in”.
I should also say something useful like read the manual or something.
Read the manual, or call Tekserve in NYC.
steve covello
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[weevie833] “My wife is LIVID over the fact that Syracuse, NY has two art supply stores and NO GAMBLIN OIL PAINT!!! She’s a true believer.”
Wow, there’s two art supply stores there? 3 years of college there and never saw either of them! I found Aunt Josephine’s (or whatever it was called) Italian Restaurant though. yum!
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Broadcast and independent productions.All Things Apple Podcast! https://cowcast.creativecow.net/all_things_apple/index.html
Read my blog! https://blogs.creativecow.net/WalterBiscardi
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[weevie833] “t seems that artists and their tools are intimately connected in a way that bears emotions seen mostly among owners and their pets. So it is to be expected that criticisms, however unintended, will be taken personally.”
Doesn’t the old adage say…”AJA…as passionate as you are”….?
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