[Bernd Fütterer]

OK, nothing works…
I tryed the plugin – nothing changed
I tryed to restart the RS422 – nothing changed
I tryed to restart FCP – nothing changed

once the problem occurs, the option “in to out”
has gone…

Bernd Fütterer
Germany
http://www.visiomotion.de

[Bernd Fütterer]

“Genarts Sapphire Plugins” contain a filter called “shake”. It’s perfect! …but expensive…

Bernd Fütterer
Germany
http://www.visiomotion.de

[Bernd Fütterer]

No, no, we are talking about Sony-Decks: UVW1800 & DVW-500 (same Problem).

I’ll try the plugin and let you know if it works…

Bernd Fütterer
Germany
http://www.visiomotion.de

[Bernd Fütterer]

I found something on the Apple-Support-Page. Do you think this may help?

Serial device control and “Tape trouble” messages
When capturing from or outputting to a device using serial control (RS-422), Final Cut Pro regularly queries the device about its current state. If this polling is held off for any reason (such as the other factors listed in this article), Final Cut Pro may display a “Tape trouble” dialog. Updating to the latest Kona drivers and Mac OS v10.5.3 should help resolve this. If polling interruption is still an issue, increasing the polling interval may result in fewer warning dialogs.

To increase the serial device control polling interval, take the following steps:

1.Use TextEdit (or another plain text editor) and create a new document.
Note: If you are using TextEdit, make sure the document format is plain text (not rich text) by choosing Format > Make Plain Text (or press Shift-Command-T).

2.Copy and paste the following lines (or type them exactly) into the plain text document:

startuponly
FileVersion(60243, 41391, 68)
code

dictput(0,”kgDeviceControl”,”useAltETTPolling”, “value”);

3.Choose File > Save.

4.Name the file DisableAltETTPolling.txt and save it in this location:
/Library/Application Support/Final Cut Pro System Support/Plugins

5.Close Final Cut Pro and reopen it for the change to take effect.

[Bernd Fütterer]

Many thanks for your quick answers!

I think “reset the port” means: choose another controller
(FireWire for example) and then go back to RS422 ?!?

Do you know if it’s a problem of AJA or is it FCP?

[Bernd Fütterer]

The blinking is a result of interlaced video. When a horizontal line is too thin (baybe only one pixel) it will only be displayed in every second (half) Frame. I think you also can’t stop it, working in progessive-mode cause the TV is working interlaced and the effect will be the same.

You can stop it with:

1. making the line bigger or/and
2. aplying a decent blur on your image or/and
3. turning the graphic vor 0.5 degrees, that the graphicline won’t
be in just one line of the TV

[Bernd Fütterer]

What about a better timecode-window, which shows everything in just one look. Clip-length, complete timeline-length and (most wanted) length from “in” to “out” in Timeline…

When the autor asks: How much time can we save with deleting these five clips (whole selection)? I’m forced to put out my calculator…