White Sparkles with 8-bit Output

[Warren Eig]

Had a similar issue. Call AJA.

Warren

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[Sean Oneil]

Thanks. I sent them an email. To amend the original post, I’m also seeing the problem with AJA TV, so it doesn’t seem to be a Final Cut related issue.

Sean

[Ted Griffis]

I noticed this about a week ago on some DVCProHD from P2 coming out though a Kona 3, thought it might be the files, but its on everything regardless of source, codec, 8bit or 10bit, and not viewable in QT. I’ve been out of town but will be calling AJA as well.

Curious to know what the verdict is and such a relief to know I’m not the only one.
cheers,
Ted

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[Sean Oneil]

They had me downgrade to the old 32-bit DMA firmware and the problem went away. Not sure what new problems this may cause though.

Sean

[Jeremy Garchow]

I had to do the same thing.

It won’t cause any probelms unless you work with Red footage.

Jeremy

[David Hartnett]

We have been having a similar problem. Can you clarify “white sparkles?” We are getting random flashing white pixels. I.e. on a still frame there may be several pixels randomly flashing white. Seems to be frame specific and you can see them while the video is playing as well.
This happens over SDI and component output, through both Final Cut and AJA tv.

We reported this to AJA who immediately sent a replacement Kona card. The replacement seems to have the same problem. We may try the driver rollback which has been suggested and will post the results.

[Walter Biscardi]

Hmmmm, must be those latest drivers. I just noticed that while we have updated Final Cut Pro to the lastest 6.0.5 all around, our AJA Drivers are still 6.0.1 except on one machine which does have the latest drivers, but not seeing that issue.

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[Jeremy Garchow]

[walter biscardi] “Hmmmm, must be those latest drivers. “

It’s more in the firmware update, not really the drivers.

David Hartnett-

Yes, that’s it. Try rolling back the fimrware only, not the drivers.

Jeremy

[Ted Griffis]

I had the latest AJA firmware and drivers with the seemly frame specific white “sparkles” or “white pixels”.

I just rolled back the Firmware as suggested by others here and we are looking good again.
AJA Utilities -> AJA KONA Firmware Updater.app

I’ll report back with any issues should they arise again, and I’ll be contacting AJA anyway so they are aware that this is not an isolated issue.

Thanks everyone!
Ted

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GriffisART
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[Ramona Howard]

We are using the same firmware and not seeing this issue within Rave.

Cheers,
Ramona