[Francis]

I will bet money that this is because you have a new version of Quicktime installed.

When we got the Ifinish 4.5 upgrade, we started having difficulty with crashing when trying to open bins with lots of clips, or opening a project that had many bins already open with a couple of clips each.

I literally spent weeks troubleshooting the system, removing software, removing PCI cards, reinstalling software, trying with ACPI on, ACPI off, trying different drives, different SCSI cards… even going so far as buying a brand spanking new Compaq W4000 workstation, only to have the new workstation crash identically.

FINALLY, I traced the problem to be the version of Quicktime supplied BY MEDIA 100 on their install CD. If I remember, version 5.0 or 5.0.1 was supplied on their IFinish 4.5 CD, and this caused all the headache.

I then downgraded to Quicktime 4.0 which had been working just fine with IFinish 3.0 and this continued to work perfectly with IFinish 4.5.

I have not disturbed the system configuration of our IFinish for well over 2 years now (don’t fix something that ain’t broke!) so I have no idea if Quicktime newer than 4.0 is compatible with IFinish 4.5.

Francis

[Francis]

Paul

I was under the impression that I could use a dual BNC to S-Video adapter cable to input/output Y/C video. Is this not the case?????????

Francis

[Francis]

Luke

I did various tests today, switching the Axio to PAL, trying the Analog–>SDI Out–>SDI In–>HDMI, etc.

Finally I dug up on the internet and found out that the Panasonic TY-FB7HM HDMI input card for my Panasonic TH42PHD8UK plasma apparently does not support 480i (aka 525i) signals, only 480p progressive as the minimum. Incidentally, other users are implying that quite a few different plasmas do not accept 480i signals over HDMI.

I assume that the Multibridge Pro faithfully outputs 480i on its HDMI output, converting the equivalent signal it is receiving over SDI.

So I think that solves it then, I will have to use the Component out when I am in SD and HDMI out if I want that sharper picture in HD. Needless to say I’m a bit disappointed, but it is what it is.

Another one to add to your support database!

Francis

[Francis]

I do not have any other source of HDMI output – the Multibridge and the plasma are my very first HDMI capable devices.

The plasma is definitely displaying SD through its Component, Y/C and Composite inputs. It is also displaying HD fine through its Component input. Presently I am using HDMI for HD and Component for SD until I track down what is wrong.

Tomorrow I will substitute the SDI out of a Digibeta deck to the SDI in of the Multibridge to see if that affects anything. I will also try Analog SD–>Multibridge SDI Out–>Multibridge SDI In–>HDMI. I will also try PAL SDI from the Axio to see if it does anything.

BTW, for your support database. You should have an option somewhere to install the Multibridge USB Driver and Multibridge Utility alone, if it is being used as a standalone converter. I discovered that installation of the complete Multibridge software including the BMD codecs prevents Axio from playing back its native AVI files properly. I now have everything working properly now after some trial and error.

Francis

[Francis]

[Kristian Lam] “It’s software vs hardware downconversion. With software down conversion, you can only have SD or HD output, not both. With Multibridge Extreme, hardware down conversion allows simultaneous SD and HD output.”

OK, so if I am using the Multibridge PRO as a *standalone* converter, I do not get HD downconversion because it does not have a hardware converter?