[David Eells]

OK, so I’m capturing BetaSp to my DVCProHD project. Video is coming in, playing on the timeline, and visible in the monitor.

BUT–

the captured video plays back in SLO-MO! So the video is playing back at 29.97, and the Kona is capturing 59.94. This is not quite right.

What am I missing?

[David Eells]

You saw, you understood, you solved. Take your place in my Pantheon of Personal Heroes. Say hello to Jeremy while you’re there.

My profound gratitude,
B21

[David Eells]

Thank you for asking. Yesterday we were using a BlackMagic card. I don’t why it was changed – I was notified last night.

The monitor is component, not HD. Using 3.4 Kona driver.

[David Eells]

So it’s now Saturday morning and I’m in the room. I’ve captured a test clip of the Beta SP. It looks ok, FCP considers in DVCPro HD, it plays nice on the timeline….

BUT

I can’t get a correct feed to the widescreen (not HD) monitor.
FCP – 720p 23.98 easy setup
KONA CONTROL PANEL – My instructions were to set 720p 23.98 as the Primary format and 525i, 29.97 as the Secondary format. If I select 720p as the Primary, everything in the Secondary dropdown list is disabled except 720p23.98 and 1080sf23.98, and I get a prompt that says “Intermediate only – secondary output format must be selected.’
I don’t get a stable feed to the monitor this way.

If I choose 525i29.97 as Primary and 720p23.98 as secondary, I get a perfectly good 525 picture, but of course it appears squashed because it’s really 720.

Walter, Jeremy, Beuhler, anybody? Beuhler?

[David Eells]

Thank you for remembering.

This is a new problem with the same project.

I’m at the mercy of the in-house techs, but now they want to use a different card.

I think I’ve got a handle on it, but I expect to be on the boards this weekend.

See you there!

[David Eells]

It’s not a great situation, except I love the product. The producers look to me for my technical abilities (!), but we actually have to use the union boys in Production Services. Nice guys, but the clock is always running…(ka-ching!)

As for the 23.98 issue, that was not my decision. The EP likes the look, so that’s the look.

[David Eells]

Thanks everybody. It’s my favorite thing to switch hardware in the model of a big project!

But I’m glad for the benefit of your experience.

Thanks again.

[David Eells]

Thanks. I just got off the phone with Jerry at AJA. He thought the upconversion could be done to match our footage, but then he tried it and found he couldn’t. Anything else I should know about incorporating SD footage into HD?

[David Eells]

Thanks for you help Walter. I don’t know how much Beta footage is coming, but it’s at least two hours and could be much more. I think upconverting on capture is the way to go. If there is any rendering necessary, blood will be shed, and it will be mine.

[David Eells]

Unfortunately, the DVCPro HD footage (100 hours or so) is already captured. Is there something eles I need to to with this new footage? By the way, I just found out it’s BetaSP, not DBeta.