Creative Communities of the World Forums

The peer to peer support community for media production professionals.

Activity Forums Avid Media Composer Ouch!!! -Video out stopped working

  • Ouch!!! -Video out stopped working

    Posted by Nick Griffin on September 4, 2013 at 6:43 pm

    I was jumping back and forth between MC 6.5 and AfterEffects CS6 this morning and while in AE with MC still open in the background I got some kind of error message about a hardware conflict (I believe) which, in haste, I paid no attention to. When returning to MC, with AE quit, I’m no longer getting anything but black on my external Flanders HDSDI monitor. Not noise, but black.

    I returned to AE and switched off its use of the external monitor. I re-booted. Nothing. I shut down for 5 minutes and re-booted. Still nothing. And I searched through the various MC settings to see what I could find, with no luck.

    The output is through an AJA Kona 3. The video test pattern displays fine when the Avid is not in use. Otherwise its black. Media 100 Suite 2.2 also displays just fine on the monitor. I’m stumped and hoping that someone in this brilliant pasture can point me in the direction of a fix. Thanx in advance for any and all ideas.

    Kevin P mcauliffe replied 12 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
  • 3 Replies
  • Kevin P mcauliffe

    September 5, 2013 at 12:24 pm

    Hey Nick

    Have you tried toggling your hardware on/off inside of MC? There is a button right above your timeline that does this.

    Let me know if this works, and if not, we’ll try something else.

    Kevin P McAuliffe
    Creative COW Leader
    kevinpmcauliffe@gmail.com
    Twitter: @kpmcauliffe

  • Nick Griffin

    September 5, 2013 at 12:32 pm

    Now we have proof that I am an idiot. Thank you, Kevin! I can’t believe I tried soooo many things and it was something as simple as the fact that I must have inadvertently hit this button. Jeeezzz! Again, THANK YOU, Kevin!!

  • Kevin P mcauliffe

    September 5, 2013 at 12:45 pm

    Glad it worked out!

    Kevin P McAuliffe
    Creative COW Leader
    kevinpmcauliffe@gmail.com
    Twitter: @kpmcauliffe

We use anonymous cookies to give you the best experience we can.
Our Privacy policy | GDPR Policy