Daniel Levy
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Hey Dean,
I really like the shoulder mount kit you referenced. I already use one by Varizoom (https://www.varizoom.com/product-p/vzdvmediarig.htm). Love the rig combined with a remote zoom control (https://www.varizoom.com/product-p/vzrockex.htm), but as you can see, your recommended gear is significantly less money. I purchased mine at a discount after last year’s NAB.
Unfortunately, the Varizoom rig doesn’t have a good accessory mount for the Sennheiser wireless receiver. The one by BEC looks great, plus it has a very reasonable price. My Bracket1 bracket will do the job, but at a significantly higher cost ($140 before shipping and tax).
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Subject will will lecturing in front of a large crowd and will walk about and write on a whiteboard while he speaks. I actually thought of using a wired system, but the room will be crowded and large.
I’ll use a small lav mic attached to a Senn wireless transmitter. The Senn receiver is not the model you mentioned, but rather the Senn EK 500 which is quite small (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sennheiser-EK500-Beltpack-Receiver-For-Sennheiser-Wireless-Microphone-System-VG-/200804160193?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ec0dc52c1#ht_2213wt_1156). Looks like an earlier edition to the Senn G3 system you mentioned
I’ve subsequently purchased the Bracket 1 unit I mentioned earlier (https://bracket1.com/brackets.php) along with their adapter for the Senn receiver (https://bracket1.com/adapters.php#06). Both appear well made.
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Looks like a great product, very well designed. I should get the assembly by Bracket1.com Monday. If it’ doesn’t work as advertised, I’ll return it and order one of these. Cost is equivalent. Thanks a lot for the link!
Daniel
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It does. Thanks.
Daniel
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That’s a real good idea. I’m going to try one of the brackets by Bracket 1 (https://www.bracket1.com/). Not cheap, but it looks pretty solid. I’ll report back to the forum.
Daniel
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Yes I have. So far, no Windows versions available.
Daniel
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The FX4400 doesn’t work either with Premiere Pro CS4. Sad!
Xena tech support has recently responded that several others have had the same experience that I have had with CS4.
I just ordered a copy of CS3, and will install and test it when it comes. Other posters on CreativeCow have mentioned their successful downgrade to Adobe’s previous edition as an effective solution. I’ll post results.
Daniel
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I just picked up a used fx4400 on E-bay. Curious, what nvidia driver are you using for the card? Are you running Premiere Pro CS3 or CS4?
Thanks!
Daniel
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Sorry, that was a typo on my original note. It’s an LH card.
I can play through multiple clips in a long sequence perfectly as long as I don’t stop or pause the playback. At the end of the sequence or if I stop playback in the middle of the sequence, Premiere locks up and I can’t play anything else until I resart the program entirely.
Interestingly, when the crash occurs, the thumbnail image on each clip in my clip bin is lost. I can still see clips there, but only as gray objects. I can double-click on them and clips load into the source window, although I can’t play them back. As a result of this behavior, I now lean towards a video card compatibility problem with Xena drivers for CS4. (As I noted in my original post, Premiere works perfectly if I avoid the Xena board and drivers entirely.)
AJA tech support replicated my problem once, but then said everything there was working fine. However they admitted that all their previous testing of approved workstations and video cards was done with CS3. They don’t have my Dell workstation in house to retest with CS4.
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Sad state of affairs. I found a used Quadro FX4400 on E-Bay for ~$140. Another poster on Creative Cow said that card was working well for him with Xena, so I thought I’d give it a try. If nothing else, it should help with my animation.
I’ll post results when the board arrives, as prices on these previously very high end cards have come down a lot.