Bruce Greene
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Bob, If the detail settings are at the factory setting…then master detail = 0 is quite a lot of detailing. A setting of of -4 master detail is subtle, but noticeable. A setting of -7 is just about invisible.
Setting master detail to off is a safe choice, but you might find the image lacks a little bit of punch. Adding detail in post is ok, but it might also add detailing to compression artifacts, and thats not so good. So, if you can find a setting you really like, you might want to set it in the camera.
Good luck with your new show!
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Just for the record…I would find the ability to display pro-res from the mac to a broadcast monitor a valuable, and perhaps, persuasive reason to purchase the product.
Don’t know if it’s possible, but it makes the product more useful to me. Significantly so.
Thanks for listening!
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Perhaps your back focus shifted as the camera and lens heated up in the prompter “tent”.
I guess also, it might be wise to set back focus through the prompter glass as well, after the camera has been on for 1/2 hour in the prompter environment.
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Now, the picture is playing back fine, but the audio seems to be recorded at a different speed. How does this happen?
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[gary adcock] “his is the bare minimum config for an IoHD. It will always be right on the edge for its ability to handle the data particularly for playback of HQ content.
try capturing and playing back plain ProRes – you will see that it works like a charm and you will see noticeably less errors “
Thanks Gary,
Is the processor the bottle neck? Or, will more RAM help?
And, If I have AJA VTR exchange set to abort on dropped frames, can I assume I’m having only a playback issue if the capture does not abort?
I really want to capture 10 bit HQ if possible for color grading, and I’ve already captured 1/3 of the movie in this format. I’ve played back 1080P ProResHQ before without issue, so I thought that 720P wouldn’t be a problem.
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Gary,
I have a MB pro with 2.2 ghz core 2 duo and 2gb ram. The drive is a g-tech e-sata raid through the e-sata bus adapter. The I/O is firewire 800 connection.
Do I need a reference for playback through fcp? I wouldn’t think so.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “Does the digital giberish happen at the same time in the file or does it happen sporadically?
Is the digital giberish apparent if you watch the Quicktime movie in Quicktime on your computer monitor?
Do you have reference running to the io, if so how? If not, how is your reference setup? Have you tried free run?
“The digital digiberish happens at random times and not twice in the same place. The QT files play fine on the computer screen.
What’s a “reference”? I’m just playing back through the fcp timeline or viewer to the AJA/HD monitor.
I’ve found that adding a filter to the clip will make for smoother playback at slightly reduced resolution, but I changed some setting in fcp and now it always tries to playback at full res and drops frames when a filter is applied. I guess I screwed with the RT settings and can’t get them to change resolution for the non-rendered clips anymore. It seems like I need a little faster mac or there is a bottle neck in the data bus somewhere. I’m using an e-sata bus adapter and e-sata raid so that only the IO is on the firewire bus.
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thanks Jeremy.
What is AJA TV?
When playing back through fcp, some frames have flashes of digital giberish, usually in the bottom of the frame.
I think I’ve set up the frame rates correctly…
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Los Angeles, CA
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I’m using the L95 li-ion batteries with the Varicam. I started with PAG because I built a Steadicam that uses PAG-Lock mounts and the L-95 PAG-lock batteries also work on my Steadicam. I have an AB-PAG adapter on the back of the camera.
As for pricing, I found they cost the same or a little less than the AB Dionic 90 batteries, but that was a few years ago and exchange rates have changed since then.
I bought all my PAG products from STE-MAN in Burbank, CA. https://www.ste-man.com/contact.html
There are two versions of the L-95 battery. One talks to the camera and calculates running time, the cheaper one does not but does have a battery meter in the battery. Maybe you priced the more expensive version. The PAG batteries are available in PAG, AB, or V mount I believe.
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Los Angeles, CA
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LI-ion batteries have a better chance than others of catching fire. I would be very cautious charging non-PAG batteries with the PAG chargers.
Other manufacturer’s batteries may have additional sensors/chips which communicate with the charger and will not be able to communicate with the PAG charger.
You could call the PAG people in England as well as the manufacturer of the 3rd party batteries to see what they have to say. It just might work as the PAG chargers do not rely on sensors/chips in the PAG batteries to determine the rate of charge (I think…)
Personally, I just use the PAG batteries with my PAG chargers.
Varicam/Steadicam Owner
Los Angeles, CA
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