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KONA LHe PCIe or DeckLink Extreme PCIe for Quad/FCP5. Conversion for PAL 25/50 needed?
Which of these cards is better for HDV? – I will connect a Dell 2405. (or cineama display 23′?)
I heard that both cards are problematic when you have to work in PAL 25/50 because you have to work in 30/60 and convert – which does not look good … – Any experiences from PAL-users?What is a proper PAL-solution for PCIe?
BTW: Anyone with experiences with Quad and HDV? How fast is native HDV-editing
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The decklink extreme, I believe, is an SD only card. It won’t handle HDV, unless you plan to edit your HDV in SD.
I have a Kona 2 (not LH) and it works fantastically for my purposes. I tried decklink both SD and HD cards, and the Kona 2 has been far less problematic, but I’m just one guy with one opinion. If you are planning on downconverting your material, double check decklink’s settings and I’m not sure they can handle downconversion in hardware just yet. I know for a fact that 720p24 downconversion used to not be available at all on any of their cards, but maybe that has changed.
Jeremy
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Also, please keep in mind that the KONA LH, KONA LHe, and KONA 2 all uniquely hardware accelerate the playback of the HDV codec within Final Cut Pro 5.
They also hardware accelerate Dynamic RT Extreme in FCP5, and the DVCPRO-HD codec in FCP4.5 and FCP5!
All of this results in more processor power available, which means more RT, etc.
The KONA cards are the ONLY cards on the market that perform this unique accelration, which was developed in conjunction with Apple specifically for FCP!
Thank you,
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AJA Video Systems
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what about the pal 50/25 thing?
is it true that you have to convert the 60/30 to 50/25 – and that this does not look good? why is there no native pal solution? -
It would be madness to konvert 50/25 i or p footage to 60/30 i or p footage during edit. That would really look like poo-poo. However, it’s true that AJA has little information about PAL-format support.
They do support:
1080i 50
1080i 25
625i 25 (standard def PAL)However, the most interesting format for me would be
720p 25 or 50
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Currently, Final Cut Pro does not support 720p/50, so please factor that into your discussion. That beoing said, our next driver release will have support for more HD formats used in Europe and Asia.
Thank you,
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AJA Video Systems
(530) 274-2048 Intl.
(800) 251-4224 US
sales@aja.com
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