Elliott Balsley
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When I do this with an ALE, the clips still come into Avid without audio. I have to click Modify, and add the appropriate number of audio tracks, then relink. Is that the best way of doing it?
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Much thanks to Aja for posting those detailed instructions. I couldn’t find that info anywhere else. Another thing that I learned is to pay close attention to the KiPro supported formats in the manual. For example, I nearly went mad before realizing it can’t play 1280×720 at 30fps. So I had to upres my clips to 1080 and then it worked.
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Oh, ok I see what you’re saying now. I just found some articles on the pros and cons. I’ll be sticking with software scopes personally, but the answer to your question is that the hardware scopes would loop through the same SDI connection as your monitor; no need for a second Decklink.
There is an option in Master Project Settings for video monitoring color space. Make sure that matches your choice of levels in Render settings, and the image will match. -
Resolve has built in scopes which you can enable in the View menu I think. Just plug in a cheap VGA or DVI monitor to your graphics card, turn on extended desktop, and drag the scopes window over there.
If you really want to use a dedicated scopes device, you can plug it into the loop through of your SDI monitor. But I think that will be an expensive waste of desk space, for a very small advantage over the built in scopes. -
You need any one of the many output devices made by Blackmagic. SDI is definitely preferred, and the Decklink SDI is probably the cheapest option. What do you mean by “chained up”? The Decklink can also be used by many other applications, such as Premiere and FCP.
Basically, what you see on the SDI monitor is what you will get, assuming the monitor is calibrated. In most circumstances, normally scaled legal is the correct choice for rendering, but unscaled full range video does have a place, mostly in higher end workflows. I’ll let someone with more technical knowledge answer the color space question. -
Thanks for the tip. I’ve already moved on and replaced the clips, but I’ll keep this in mind if it happens in the future. But about Force Conform — the manual shows that as an option when right-clicking individual clips, but you seem to be suggesting there is a way to toggle it for the timeline as a whole, is that true?
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I made a mistake in my last post. The clips in question were not still images; they were in fact Prores quicktime clips, they just lack file extensions. So I can add .mov to each one and do a Replace edit, but I still don’t understand why Resolve is showing a random clip as a placeholder.
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Ah I see, that makes sense. I’m not used to working with nodes yet.
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I have the same problem, but no solutions. I’m using a GTX 570 and RAID 0, so Prores shouldn’t be struggling.
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After I found out the GBU421 isn’t supported in Mountain Lion, I decided to try your solution. I bought the cable on eBay and used an antenna I had lying around from an old wifi card. I don’t have any free PCI slots, so I actually drilled the hole and mounted the antenna on the backplate of the Decklink SDI card. The problem is still here, exactly the same as it was before. I can verify the antenna is connected, because when I unplug it, the bluetooth is unable to connect at all. I’m watching the connection quality in Bluetooth Explorer, and the RSSI moves between 0 and -10; I don’t know if that’s normal or not.