premiere does not shut down completely when using decklink hd extreme

[Callum Mclay]

Hi Eric

What type of PC are you using your Decklink card with? If possible, could you please post your system specs for me and which driver versions you are currently using?

Callum McLay
Technical Support Consultant
Blackmagic Design EMEA

[Eric Heimhilger]

hi callum,

i use the following components/versions:

MB: ASUS P5B Deluxe
CPU: Intel Core 2 6700
RAM 3GB
Graphic: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT PCIe
Decklink HD Extreme PCIe Driver: 7.2

Windowx XP SP3

my problem started with wrong clip timecodes after capturing a batchlist with driver 8.-8.3: every clip started at tc 00.00.00.00 but the batchlist shows the correct tcs when the clips are offline. that was a shock because i,m working with 300 clips and i need the real tcs… a friend have this problem, too and told me to use an earlier driver so i went back to decklink 7.2 and here we are. tcs are now correct but these shut down problems. so i worked today with this workstation because i have a big project in it and everything works fine. i only have to close premiere in the taskmanager. i,m sure reinstalling xp, premiere, decklink will fix the problem but in this running project i don,t want to risk anything. so if you have no other solution i will do that after finishing my project.

best eric

[Peter Corbett]

I also have the same problem with my HD Extreme. I’m not sure if it is related but I have to stop the premiere.exe process in Task manager before I can relaunch CS3 after a crash. It may be a co-incidence that we both have HD Extremes.

Peter Corbett
Powerhouse Productions
http://www.php.com.au

[Martin Rose]

Same problems here with shutting down and timecode, also hdv footage is not scaling to standard def on output unless you place transparent video on the track above.

HD Extreme
6.8 drivers
ASUS p5k Deluxe Motherboard

Blackmagic projects seem to use a lot more system resources than premier projects. ie cpu use is 3 to 4 times higher. Is this normal?

Thanks

Martin Rose

[Ninetto Makavejev]

I can also confirm this bug: all timecodes are set at in-point “0” with the 6.8 drivers.

I am using a system similar to Eric Heimhilger, ASUS Board, BetaSP, PremierePro…

I have just recently aquired the Decklink HD extreme. The many quirks with Decklink HD are beginning to worry me…

regards,
Ninetto M.

[Ninetto Makavejev]

End of the week and still no sign of life from BMD?

It would be nice to hear if this is a bug or “just” an anomoly for specific systems…

ALSO I was unable to find anything equivalent to an “update log” listing the changes between driver versions. Does BMD list this info anywhere? It would help making decisions on this end vis a vis down/upgrading drivers!

regards,
Ninetto M.

[Peter Corbett]

Same here Eric. All my captures via RS-422 with the latest drivers are capturing with timecode start at 0.00.00.00.00. This is a real PITA as we can’t recapture if we have a RAID failure. BMD guys; can you check this please?

Peter Corbett
Powerhouse Productions
http://www.php.com.au

[Eric Heimhilger]

hello everbody,

nice not to be alone…
i fixed my clip tc problem by using driver 7.2.
don’t worry about recapturing. when i installed this driver version all tcs switched automatically back to the original tcs. or when you have batched clips and they are now tc 0000000 put them offline and than you can see the original tcs in the offline clips and you can recapture.

best eric

eric heimhilger
schnittwer.tv

[Peter Corbett]

eric I can’t find driver V7.2 I’m on the latest V64 driver 6.8.3 This is super annoying. We’re doing an urgent Sunday edit and I can’t capture timecode. I’ll try loading an old driver.

Peter Corbett
Powerhouse Productions
http://www.php.com.au

[Eric Heimhilger]

hi peter,

here you will find it:

https://www.blackmagic-design.com/support/software/archive/

best eric