[Doug Beal]

Yes it’s correct in FCP and correct on the file FCP captured when viewed in QT Player
It’s the h264 compression that is reporting the wrong TC

Doug Beal
Editor / Engineer
Rock Creative Images
Nashville TN

[Doug Beal]

And I don’t see Avid going to AJA
Avid DS AJA is a disabled Kona3 in a PC
Defeated is Control Panel UP/Down/Cross…422 control etc
DS is a hoss but… FS1 or Kona3 in a macpro opens the possibilities.
I’d love to be able to capture on a DS for Media composer etc Avid family but it’s a one way street and you can’t get there from here.
support is not AJA but Avid….

Doug Beal
Editor / Engineer
Rock Creative Images
Nashville TN

[Doug Beal]

It’s possible your monitor is introducing a delay. You could easily have 3 frames there
how are you monitoring audio…Kona thru D>A
If the monitor has a disembedded audio output try monitoring that. It’ll should be the same timing as the display.
we monitor the audio off the flanders (FSI) disembedder to ensure sync.

Doug Beal
Editor / Engineer
Rock Creative Images
Nashville TN

[Doug Beal]

No you first install the XDCam packages that allow you to read the card, and the XDCam Xfer software then you go file>import>xdcam transfer.
on some stations it opens in the background and you need to go to the dock to bring it foreground.
Inside the XDCam Xfer software under preferences>Import is where you set the destination drive.

The software is here
https://www.servicesplus.sel.sony.com/sony-software-model-PDZKP1.aspx

Doug Beal
Editor / Engineer
Rock Creative Images
Nashville TN

[Doug Beal]

Since you don’t yet know who it’s going to and you have likely done DVD’s before I’d go with what you are used to then build into the budget the cost of outputting to HDCam at 23.98 and recapturing the output as 59.94 letting the HDCam handle the pulldown.
also the 23.98 sequence can be dropped in a 720P 23.98 VFR sequence which will output at 59.94 yielding the 720P60. there may be a pulldown issue.
be aware that most network SD downconverts will be center cut 4:3 so… all GFX text etc will need 4:3 safe since your sides will be cut off

Doug Beal
Editor / Engineer
Rock Creative Images
Nashville TN

[Doug Beal]

The prefs were overwritten during the update.
this is normal behaviour for FCP
Pref manager from digital rebellion can help by saving your prefs and allowing them to be recalled and a great free software.
https://www.digitalrebellion.com/pref_man.htm
The other thing to do is as you create favorites drag them from the favorites into a project browser bin and name that project something like “Hold Favorites”
Then when prefs are trashed and/or you didn’t use pref manager to update etc you can open the project named “Hold Favorites” and copy your favorites back to the favorites bin

Doug Beal
Editor / Engineer
Rock Creative Images
Nashville TN

[Doug Beal]

Look in XDCam xfer >preferences>Import and hit the choose button for location

Doug Beal
Editor / Engineer
Rock Creative Images
Nashville TN

[Doug Beal]

If your machine is doing what you want it to do examine your reasons for wanting to upgrade
Be aware you’ll need to update a bunch of software and maybe drivers, maybe firmware

your current boot drive & start with a fresh formatted drive and build your system from the OS boot disk. I’d be ready to upgrade FCP ’cause 5.1.4 will need specific QT which will likely be older than what you’ll install with the updated OS. Once you’ve committed to upgraded FCP get everything up to date before FCP is installed. then update all that., it’ll likely take several software updates to get it all.
remember to repair permissions along the way.
Worst case you have your old drive where everything was working and boot from that. make a note of any firmware updates to the mac or cards in case you have to back down, guaranteed you won’t remember if you don’t write it down by the time the process is done

Doug Beal
Editor / Engineer
Rock Creative Images
Nashville TN

[Doug Beal]

Just a thought but Kona3 Control>ist drop down to test pattern> load file

perhaps you could create the required colors in photoshop, monitor your scopes off the Kona until you’d dialed in what you need, and save those patterns.

guessing you don’t have a probe, and an autosetup kit installed in that monitor?

camera rental house close by with probes? Sony broadcast guy anywhere near?
that’s a pretty old monitor, may be time to retire it pick up an FSI

Doug Beal
Editor / Engineer
Rock Creative Images
Nashville TN

[Doug Beal]

your audio rate needs to be 48 K and h264 yields unpredictable results as it’s not an editing codec
transcode your footage to proRes422. If the audio is embedded in the h264 the transcode will include setting the sample rate correctly.
Grinder, Mpeg Streamclip can do this easily. some use the EOS plugin and Log and transfer in FCP. Compressor will also do this

Doug Beal
Editor / Engineer
Rock Creative Images
Nashville TN