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David Willey
July 24, 2012 at 9:43 pm in reply to: Blackmagic 9.5.1 driver for Decklink SDI seems to crash Premiere Pro CS6 on Mac under Lion 10.7.4

Did you ever figure out your issue? I have the same issue with a MacPro, Decklink SDI card and a Quadro 4000 video card. Lion just seems doggy and every time a click from source to the timeline a get a loud buzz. Kind of annoying while editing 🙂 I also have the GenArts Sapphire plug-ine set.
Thanks fellow bovine friends,
David

Meredith Integrated Marketing
Des Moines, IA
David Willey
September 21, 2011 at 8:03 pm in reply to: So then, is there really an alternative to FCP after FCP X

And the culprit is… the Decklink SDI card. I pulled the thing out and Premiere works great, no crashing issues today at all. It works just as stable as FCP. I wish I had a better video card, like a Quatro 400 to take advantage of CUDA, but that has issues as well.

I really hope Blackmagic is listening and working on firmware/drivers that will work without crashing. I miss my monitor!

I would say Premiere is a good replacement for FCP. I am saving a ton of time working with the native .mxf files (no log and transfer process YEAH!!!) The editing work flow is fine, it’s just buttons placed differently, I’m still telling the same story. My clients/employers don’t care a hoot about what I edit on, just that I keep cranking out material.

If I have one complaint it’s that not all of my plug-ins work in Premiere. I have a bunch of transitions that were easy to plop in and now they do not work. But that is another topic.

Meredith Integrated Marketing
Des Moines, IA
David Willey
September 20, 2011 at 7:35 pm in reply to: So then, is there really an alternative to FCP after FCP X

Then I guess it’s best to stick with what you are doing and hope Blackmagic has an update soon to fix the issue. I also guess I’ll wait to upgrade until the bugs are worked out. BUMMER!!!

Meredith Integrated Marketing
Des Moines, IA
David Willey
September 20, 2011 at 6:55 pm in reply to: So then, is there really an alternative to FCP after FCP X

Tom, that’s very disheartening. I would not have expected to hear of that issue from AE. I also make tons of GFX in AE and that would be a real downer. Did you try rendering everything out of AE and placing in PPro like we had to in FCP? I wonder if that would fix the opacity issue. You would still have the speed of the 4000 but the pain of the extra step with AE.

I have to say one of the features I like best about PPro is the Browser. I like the direct link to my drives from inside the software and if I create something in AE of Photoshop it’s right there (at lease the way I organize my folders) ready to be brought in.

I really think my issues are mostly with the Decklink SDI card and not the ATI, but I’m working on it.

Thanks for the note,
David
David Willey
September 20, 2011 at 5:11 pm in reply to: So then, is there really an alternative to FCP after FCP X

I am in the process of switching from FCP to PPro and have a DeckLink SDI card attached to a Flanders Scientific monitor. I really am enjoying editing in PPro, love the layout, how it works with AE, and the interface. I plan on staying with it for quite a while. I have edited with Avid, Media 100, FCP and even the Video Toaster (yes, I am getting old).

While I like PPro I am having a ton of crashes. It can happen anytime. Open the program, make an edit, switch between programs, or breathe wrong. I’m sorting through the issues right now. FCP and AE work with just fine.

I am only at CS 5.0.4 right now and will be upgrading to 5.5 soon. I also have an ATI Radeon HD 4870 video card (512MB RAM) installed. The Mac Pro is version 4.1 a 2.93 Quad-Core Xeon with 16GB RAM, OS 10.6.4. I have updated all of the drivers to the current versions. I am going to upgrade the video card to a NVIDIA Quatro 4000 (2GB RAM)to take advantage of CUDA and in hopes that the crashes will go away.

So, I am having issues, but when PPro works the monitor out looks great. It works everywhere it is supposed to. I hope this helps.
David Willey
September 12, 2011 at 3:15 pm in reply to: Mac Video card recommendations?

Daniel – thanks for your response. I’ll look into that. Yes the 285 is hard to find. I really like the 4000 and don’t mind spending the $$$ as long as it works well.

I read some reviews and frequent kernel panics were mentioned. Anyone have any experience with this? What about the Quatero 4800 for mac? The 4000 has more CUDA cores and the 4800 is double the price?
David Willey
August 10, 2011 at 3:29 pm in reply to: CS5 constant crashing problems

I’m running 8.2 now. I guess I should move to the Beta 8.2.1.

I think the card is also making my audio fuzzy at times. When I’m in FCP, about every half hour everything sounds like I’m scrubbing for about 30 seconds and then back to normal.
David Willey
August 6, 2011 at 6:09 pm in reply to: Only a few frames plays then stops

Thanks guys, I tried deleting the com.apple.audio.AggregateDevices.plist file but it is not there. The problem is that I cannot login as the root user while I am on the road. My IT department keeps our machines very tightly restricted. I had them remote in a while ago, login as administrator and still nothing. I did have to delete that file on my MacPro at the office and it worked.

At this point I am switching to FCP and transcoding the footage to QT as I used to. I really want to keep working in Premiere as I like how the interface works, but I need to work the bugs out before I go there full time.

Thanks for your help,
David
David Willey
August 6, 2011 at 4:44 pm in reply to: Only a few frames plays then stops

No effects at all, just the raw MXF files. Everything imports and then will not play.
David Willey
July 26, 2011 at 3:24 pm in reply to: No Blackmagic options in Playback Settings (Premiere Pro CS5.0.4 Mac)

I figured it out. I forgot to start my sequence with a Blackmagic setting. All is good now, time to get to work.

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