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Overly Hot Video on Batch
My machine is doing a really weird thing. When I batch footage in it is coming in really really hot. It looks fine in the monitor but hot in the computer. What is odd is this only seems to happen after my system has been on for a couple of hours. If it is at the begining of the day it batches in fine. We are working in a really warm enviroment I am not sure if that has anything to do with it or not.
My system is an Avid Media Composer, on an HP XW8400 work station, utilizing an avid analog mojo and storing on Sea Gate harddrives
Thanks for any insight anyone has.
Stasia
Stasia Lenhart
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you sure it’s not just when ya play? Does it go back to normal when you pause?
This happens on every adrenaline I have been on. Just part of the big downgrade.
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Grinner, your problem has to do with wrong monitor setup.
As for the original question, if it plays fine on the client monitor, why even bother? It’s fine.
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Have you checked your video on outboard scopes?
Jon
“The Almighty tells me He can get me out of this mess. But He’s pretty sure you’re F%$#*D!”
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I probably wasn’t clear in my first post. The original footage is fine, but when it batches in it blasts out, and if you edit and put that footage to tape it is still blasted out. I checked the original footage on external scopes and it is fine. Using the scopes that are built into the system on the batched footage it is peaked out. I contacted avid support they told me to post the question on a forum….
Stasia
Stasia Lenhart
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It sounds like your software scopes aren’t set right during input.
You said you’re using an analog Mojo–if that’s the case, I assume you’re bringing it in via Composite, S-Video, or Component. If it’s any of these, you likely need to adjust your software scopes before you Batch Capture.
Open your Capture window, then click the scopes button. Choose the input you’re using, and adjust the parameters available to that input until the scopes read what they should. Then save these settings, I suggest based on tape name. Do this with every tape, that way if one tape is running hotter than another you can adjust the settings for it, save them, and when you put it in later to Batch you can immediately pull up the proper settings for that tape.
Hopefully you have some bars laid to tape so you can at least get a starting point, then adjust based on the footage after that. Let us know what you find out.
Michael.
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Thanks, I appreciate your help. I certianly will do that. Unfortunately, that was not the problem. I think I might have a mojo that needs to be replaced. The footage when set correctly with scopes for component batch capture, would get hotter and hotter while it was being captured. Today I ran into a problem with it no longer putting our 21st line of video (close captioning) to tape. The cc is in the preview window fine, it is in the program window fine, and does not show up on tape. I ruled out a deck issue because cc does show up from the deck to the monitor on other tapes. So are there evil editing spirits? Maybe that is the issue.
Stasia Lenhart
co-creator of modeletics tm
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