[Gary Adcock]

[Walter Biscardi] “t’s not an AJA codec actually, it’s an Apple Quicktime codec. Probably the 8bit 4:2:2 uncompressed. I think if they have the latest QT 7 installed on their system, it should be installed with it.”

Nope
the Uncompressed codec from apple does not install as part of QT7 you need to load FCP.

Save the files as Animation codec and they will be able to read them.

Gary Adcock
Studio37
HD and Film Consultation
Chicago, IL USA

[Gary Adcock]

[Matte] “We operate with 80 ft. to 100 ft. FW cables between the FCP Macs and the machine-room DV decks every day.”

Without expensive custom cable configurations, you cannot get that distance and it is not recommended. I have run FW cables to +300 ft, but the data transfer and deck controls I got proved to me it was not reliable. That Io is handling far more data than just a Dv stream also.

This is not a recommended installation for an Io. The IEEE 1394 spec says not to extend cables beyond 5 meters. This is for video, not data transfer to some low power FW drive.

Gary Adcock
Studio37
HD and Film Consultation
Chicago, IL USA

[Gary Adcock]

[Deadhead] “ADC makes a DV- SDI converter (API- 560 I think) that would probably work. Not sure about what the qauily looks like vs. and SDI Dvcam deck. It’s about $900”

Not really a good idea, remember that tapes decks are built to properly handle the decompression issue of DV encoded material from tape because thats what they are made to do.
A Deck with BNC connectors is going to be able to handle the full bandwidth of the video signal at the correct D1 frame size, not to mention that an SDI or Component signal out is VASTLY superior to what a DV signal looks like.
(and to be clear– RCA video out does not qualify {DSR11}

Gary Adcock
Studio37
HD and Film Consultation
Chicago, IL USA

[Gary Adcock]

[Manny Kivowitz] “Thanks Gary, it’s good to know we’re not alone.. but it’s a shame that a vendor hasn’t stepped up to the plate to effectively deal with the issue. “

Manny
DV is not an end all be all, I only work in DV for demo’s — I no longer ever work with DV 25 materials if i can help it. ( I have actually only done 2 -SD jobs in the last 3 years- my work is all HD)

but If your going to be a broadcaster you need to start handling your content like the pros do, it sloves a large number of the small issues that nag at people. There is a reason that Uncompressed workflows exist.

Gary Adcock
Studio37
HD and Film Consultation
Chicago, IL USA

[Gary Adcock]

[Dennis Allen] “I just moved my system (G4 duel 867, fcp 4.5) from one room to another using a 20m firewire cable. I’m not getting any signal to the breakout box (Aja Io)”

Maybe there is a reason the cable that came with your Io is only 2 meters, I do not recommend you use that
extender on the Io, it will cause a number of problems.
limit for most FW cabling is 5 meters or 15 feet repeaters are not recommended for use with the Io at all.

Gary Adcock
Studio37
HD and Film Consultation
Chicago, IL USA

[Gary Adcock]

[Manny Kivowitz] “Shooting DV, we’re stuck with 720×480 as our originating source. The problem is workflow and issues that arise from having 3 odd lines of black at the top and bottom of the frame (or white depeding on how you handle the move from dv to 720×486).”

Why? only the signal over FW is 720×480 the BNC video stream out of a deck will be D1 (720×486).

You are not alone, you have hit one of the big limitations of a dv25 workflow, now it is time to start thinking about
working in an uncompressed format so that all of your files are treated with the same respect as your graphics.
Whether you realize it or not your camera files are getting beat up the same as your graphic files are, you just don’t see it.

Gary Adcock
Studio37
HD and Film Consultation
Chicago, IL USA

[Gary Adcock]

[Kevin Gardam] “Also David mentioned the POA cache. What is it and where is it.”

search for POA in spotlight ( 10.4.x)
or use the find function in the OS.

Gary Adcock
Studio37
HD and Film Consultation
Chicago, IL USA

[Gary Adcock]

[Kevin Gardam] “Isn’t trashing preferences alittle extreme. A shutdown is normally sufficient.”

prefs are only the setting for your Application, they are rebuilt to the default when the application launches.

restarting the machine will not fix a problem with a corrupt cache file, neither will restarting the app.

FCP Rescue allows you to do this and then restore a previous version of your settings. so nothing is lost.

how do you see this as extreme? more extreme than having to completely rebuild a corrupt project from scratch?

Gary Adcock
Studio37
HD and Film Consultation
Chicago, IL USA

[Gary Adcock]

[Darth Mel] “Does Kona offically support this format ? I can’t seem to find it under Easy setup.”

in the new world it is called 1080i50 / 1080i60 are the current naming conventions for 25 and 29.97 FPS content.

Gary Adcock
Studio37
HD and Film Consultation
Chicago, IL USA

[Gary Adcock]

[Manny Kivowitz] “Is anyone aware if it’s possible to digitize dv footage via SDI (or even firewire) in such a way that the footage is scaled/cropped to full frame 720 x 486 without the 3 black horizontal lines at the top and bottom of the image?”

Nope

the DV spec is 720×480 you need to use some other type of compression –
photojpeg comes to mind

Gary Adcock
Studio37
HD and Film Consultation
Chicago, IL USA