st.t.t.t.tuttering, lagging audio….

[Bob Zelin]

something is up here. You get it working, you launch Adobe, and the problem comes back. You must have some Adobe plug in that is conflicting with the AJA stuff. Do you know where your FCP preferences are – in this folder is a plug in folder. EMPTY this plugin folder, and try it again. Bad plug ins will cause havoc with your system.

If you have an ESE ES219, this wins the award for the worst black generator ever built. It will stop an AVID Adrenaline from working. Although this is not your current problem, I would throw that unit in the garbage. You are better off using “internal” than an ES219.

Bob Zelin

[John Davidson]

Hey Bob/Gary,

Thanks for the feedback – I will be upgrading to a new blackburst generator asap. I am running CS4 which must be the problem. I wasn’t aware that AJA drivers didn’t work with CS4 yet. I will be keeping an eye out for those new drivers and shutting off AJA external monitoring in AE until drivers do come out.

Thanks again guys.

John
Magic Feather Inc.

[Gary Adcock]

[John Davidson] “I’m using ProRes 8bit, not even HQ. “

There is no such thing as 8bit ProRes

Both ProRes formats are 10bit.

gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows

Inside look at the IoHD
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/adcock_gary/AJAIOHD.php

[Gary Adcock]

[John Davidson] “I wasn’t aware that AJA drivers didn’t work with CS4 yet.”

It clearly states on the download that the drivers are not CS4 compliant.

gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows

Inside look at the IoHD
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/adcock_gary/AJAIOHD.php

[John Davidson]

You’re right, Gary. I just assumed that it worked with CS4. I’m terribly sorry for wasting everyone’s time because I didn’t read all my documentation. I now know also that ProRes is 10 bit and won’t put out that false information anymore.

Best,

John
Magic Feather Inc.

[Bob Zelin]

you did not waste anyones time ! I didnt’ read this either (lazy !). Post like this are educational, and not a waste of time.

Bob Zelin

[Hank Simon]

Leopard 10.5.6 Expansion slot utility is broken. I have this problem now after I just bought 10.5.6. Aja told me to go to earlier version. The lanes were not correct and I couldn’t fix them. Apple is sending me 10.5.4 for free.

Hank Simon

[Jeremy Garchow]

That was going to be my suggestion, but this is a newer MacPro so you shouldn’t need the Expansion Slot Utility.

ALso, if you download the combo update to 10.5.6, it sometimes will fix it.

https://support.apple.com/downloads/Mac_OS_X_10-5-6_Combo_Update

[John Davidson]

Hank, your profile doesn’t show what system you have, but you know that newer mac pros don’t use the expansion slot utility, right?

John
Magic Feather Inc.

[Bob Zelin]

Hi –
dare I say it – AJA is wrong, Dulce is wrong, and I was wrong.
Warren Eig put the effort out to contact Apple engineering directly (he is less lazy than all of us !) – this is a cosmetic problem with the earlier MAC Pro 2008 models that used Expansion Slot Utility.
When you update to 10.5.6 in these early 2008 models, it APPEARS that the Expansion slot utility is wrong (you change it, you reboot, but when you check it, it still shows a x1 slot).

WELL, Warren found out that IT DOES CHANGE AND KEEP THE CHANGE – if you go into your system info, you will see the slot has changed to x4, but this is not reflected in the expansion slot utility. Warren confirmed this with Apple Engineering.

Bob Zelin