Premiere & Final Cut Use Same Card?

[Walter Biscardi]

Yep, the Driver for the card itself is the same.

You just need to install the CS 5.5 plug-ins so Premiere Pro can use the card. Be aware that as of right now there is sluggish performance from Premiere Pro / AJA Kona and the workaround to improve performance is to set the Preferences > Player to Adobe.

Also you need to set the Preferences > Audio Hardware to anything BUT the AJA Kona.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[Peter Tours]

Same for PP CS5 (not 5.5)?

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[Walter Biscardi]

I believe you have to step up to 5.5 for the latest plug-ins, but you can look at the Kona LHi Support page to find out for sure. I believe there is a plug-in for CS5, but 5.5 is definitely very stable.

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[Peter Tours]

Just heard from AJA and current software has a known issue that does not allow component analog output. I have composite (only as a “video presence detector”) and HDMI. I don’t have an SDI monitor so don’t know if that works. AJA says component analog will be in next version.

Both FCP7 and PP5 work OK on same card, just need to save preset for each for quick setup.

Peter Tours
TnT Video Services, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL

TRI EA5 1974-1977
Convergence ECS1B 1977-1979
Sony BVE 500 1979 – 1984
Datatron Vanguard 1984 – 1993
GVG VPE141 1993 – 1998
Media 100 1995 – 2006
Final Cut Pro 2005 to infinity and beyond!

[David Scott]

Interesting….
I’m running FCS2 and CS5 together… and I’d already installed the recomended codec and switched the Premiere preferences, but don’t get an SDI output from the Kona card…?

David Scott,
Senior Editor,
GOD TV (UK)

[Walter Biscardi]

[David Scott] “I’m running FCS2 and CS5 together… and I’d already installed the recomended codec and switched the Premiere preferences, but don’t get an SDI output from the Kona card…?”

The latest plug-in from AJA is for CS 5.5 I believe.

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[David Scott]

Thanks for the reply Walter.
Yes the lastest Kona driver is for CS5.5 but I installed the one for CS5 – version: “AJA Mac Plug-ins for Adobe CS5 Version 8.5”
As the driver and CS version were the same I was suprised not to get a picture on the external display…..?!
Wondered if anyone had that combination working?

David Scott,
Senior Editor,
GOD TV (UK)

[Peter Tours]

For what it’s worth, with the same driver I get composite and HDMI.

Peter Tours
TnT Video Services, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL

TRI EA5 1974-1977
Convergence ECS1B 1977-1979
Sony BVE 500 1979 – 1984
Datatron Vanguard 1984 – 1993
GVG VPE141 1993 – 1998
Media 100 1995 – 2006
Final Cut Pro 2005 to infinity and beyond!

[David Scott]

Hi Peter
I’ve got the Kona LHe which has SDI and component out, but no composite or HDMI….
but appreciate you letting me know…
🙂

David Scott,
Senior Editor,
GOD TV (UK)

[Chris Holland]

I think that issue where component doesn’t work is only if you have Lion installed.

We are running FCP 7 & CS 5.5. We run component out to a BETA deck and then to an SD monitor and we run HDMI to a TV and ti works fine on the system running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 but the compenent doesn’t work on the 2 systems with Lion.

We have 4 systems and of the 2 that run Snow Leopard only the one has the lag issue in Premiere and for me switching to the Adobe Player doesn’t fix it. I am talking about Lag in the timeline not when playing clips so maybe it’s a different thing Walter is talking about.

Chris Holland
Editor/Animator