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problems viewing HDV footage on 24″ dell
Greetings all!
Trying to solve a problem, I work in HDV on a mac using FCP 5. I want to monitor my footage using a decklink pro card and the HDlink. When I view my footage on a 24″ dell I get an image in the middle of the dell with around 3 inchs of black not being used around the image. The image is also very soft and I see what looks like interlaceing? Is this normal?
Thank you for your help,
Kevin
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7 Replies
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It will not use some areas to keep the aspect ratio and exact
dimensions size.you will see interlacing if your HDV is 1080i.
720p will not show interlacing.
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Yes, I should see an image with a black bar on top and bottom of about 1.5 inchs or so, and the image should be clean and tight. It Isn’t. Its blurry. I’m using FCP 5.04 but I don’t think that is the problem.
Kevin
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Hi Kevin,
What is the exact specification of your HDV footage? 1080? 720? What frame rate is it?
regards
Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design -
It’s 1080i 60. When I hook up the dell to my radeon 2600 card it looks great. When I view the source tapes from the camera to the dell it looks great. All my settings are using decklinks 1080i hdv 59.94 or whatever from the easy set ups. I’m beginning to believe I have a bad card. (deck link pro) I’ve tried throwing out all preferences and starting from scratch and it still gives me the small, blurred image size.
Is there a way to check my card?
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A shot in the dark (Long Shot) on your decklink preferences is it set to automatically Downconvert to SD?
DrewChaos is the beginning of everything.
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In the “HDTV up / down converter” it is set to “Output HD to SD letterbox 16:9” the option to turn off this feature is grayed out. If I select the other option which is “anamorphic 16:9” I get a distorted image.
Thanks for your input, I hadn’t tried the different setting yet.
Kevin
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Hi Kevin,
DeckLink Pro card? Not DeckLink HD Pro?
The DeckLink Pro is a standard definition card. It will always down convert your HD clip to your SD on output. That is why the option to turn down conversion on is greyed out.
regards
Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design
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