[Douglas Smoot]

Rick,
I forgot to mention that the Intensity Pro card does support 1080i because I hadn’t used 1080i until asked to this past week for a Discovery Channel piece. 720p60 has a sharper image than 1080i so that is what I use most. When I need slow motion or the film look I chose 24pn on the Panasonic HVX 200. The card handles these formats well but as mentioned before I occasionally lose the video monitor feed and get a “no signal” message on the monitor. That is when I use the Black Magic Express software and toggle between the playback and capture buttons until the image appears. Also, in FCP check the sequence settings to be sure they are the same as the video.
If you want to check out some footage we shot on the HVX and edited with the Intensity Pro / FCP combo go to the following links:
720p60
https://www.douglassmoot.com/FlashALL/Orbix.html

720p24
https://www.la308.com

I hope this helps,
ds

[Douglas Smoot]

Occasionally, when booting up FCP the video monitor attached to the Intensity Pro will not respond. The card only recognizes 24p and 60p, if you want to use other rates then buy the higher end card. I still use the work around with the black magic software that I posted initially.

[Douglas Smoot]

Pete,
Where did you purchase your Intensity Pro? Just want to see if there is a pattern?
ds

[Douglas Smoot]

Call Albert at Black Magic. He seems to be a nice guy. If you know anyone else having a problem have them call also.
ds

[Douglas Smoot]

Pete,
Sorry for starting this thread and going AWOL. I been working on projects out of town, etc.
I have contacted Black Magic many times only to be told I am the only one complaining about this issue. i know of another friend that I suggested buy the same system so we could work on the same movie together. He is also going insane with the erratic behavior of the card and monitor working and not working while using the same settings.
I have also contacted Apple and deleted the suggested library files of FC that did not solve the issue. A work around that I have used when I can’t get the card to initialize in Final Cut so that I can see clips on the HD monitor is to close Final Cut>open Black Magic Media Express>load a clip> toggle between playback and capture until the clip plays on the HD monitor> close BM Magic Express> Open Final Cut and a project. The system then works and I can actually change to previous projects with different settings with success. The next time I fire up the system, it might work properly or it might not.

I am using an 8 core 2.8 Mac Pro, FC 6.0.4, Intensity Pro 2.0 driver

Black Magic site states the 2.0 driver and Intensity Pro are compatible with FC 6.0.3

Please Contact Albert Chu at Black Magic if you have the same problems so i am not the only one banging the drum. Here is his response to me on how to set up a sequence and the Black Magic phone number.

Hello Douglas,

What I think is going on here is when switching easy setups, the preset is
not switched (feel free to correct me if I am wrong). Basically, when
switching easy setups, the settings are not retroactive so you always have
to create a new sequence and then double click on the new sequence. From
there, the new easy setup is applied.

So for instance suppose you were set to Blackmagic NTSC 8 bit and wanted to
switch over to 1080i 59.94. You would go to easy setup, find Blackmagic
1080i 59.94 8 bit (or compressed), click on setup. From here, you need to
create a new sequence and then double click on the new sequence to be set on
1080i, otherwise you will still be set on NTSC.

Hope this clears things up. We have a support line at 408.954.0500 option
2.

Regards,

Albert Chu
Support Engineer
Blackmagic Design Inc.
http://www.blackmagic-design.com

[Douglas Smoot]

Has anyone solved the issue of outputting 720p60 DVCPRO HD from FCP6 through the Black Magic Intensity Pro card. It is only displaying the last frame on the timeline that the playhead is on. No image motion but I can hear the audio.