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Serial device control issues with Betadeck and ADVC300
I’m using an ADVC300 with Permiere Pro CS3 and a Betacam Deck PMW-2800. The Beta is going into Premiere through the ADVC300 via the S-Video connector and the unbalanced audio connectors. In Premiere I am using the SERIAL CONTROL in device control options for deck control, SONY RS422, LTC, and with USE VTR INTERAL CUE checked. I have a proper RS232-RS422 adapter in place on the serial cable going to the deck. The deck is in remote. With the deck in STOP I see the timecode from the deck perfectly in the Premiere capture window….
…AS SOON AS I PLAY THE DECK, the time code in the capture window switches to the ADVC300’s internal TC generator which is just rolling forward from 00:00:00:00 regardless of whether the deck is rolling or not. Seems like a free run timecode interally on the ADVC300. This false number then ends up in the IN and OUT of the capture window markers which then becomes useless because the deck won’t cue up.
By the way. I had this all working SUCCESSFULLY about two months ago without issue but then my edit system had to be rebuilt and now it won’t work. Very frustrating.
Another possible clue is that when I make changes to the TC type such as VITC+LTC etc. the change never STICKS or stays lit. Every time I open up the device controls window it has gone back to LTC only. The deck’s timecode mode is in AUTO and VITC TC is ON.
Please help!
Nate
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One other thing of importance is that I am using a serial wacom tablet in conjunction with a USB to SERIAL converter. I just realized that Beta capture was working just after the NLE rebuild. The tablet installation took place a few days later. I think this may be the source of my issue but all my attempts to uninstall both the tablet and the USB to SERIAL converter device have failed to fix the issue. Luckily I do have an image of the drive just after the rebuild so if I have to I will re-image the drive. Ugh.
Nate
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FIXED IT!
Before the reinstallation of the NLE I had saved my prefs in a secure location. I copied and replaced the entire folder named “3.0” which was here:
C:\documents&settings\user\application data\adobe\premiere pro\3.0
…where “user” is whatever logon your user account is. Once I over wrote the new “3.0” folder with the old one everything went fine! Within the 3.0 folder is another folder called “Media I/O” and perhaps this is what really did the trick. I don’t know but it’s done! And I am happy! Make sure that you’ve allowed your windows browser window to see hidden files or you’ll never see the folder called “Application Data”.
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