Gary Adcock
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[JeremyG] “Would it be possible to do as gary says and use the 1080i60 DVCPro HD easy set up, and then change the deck control to firewire in the capture window? Or maybe this workflow is a pipe dream and I’m smoking something goofy.”
yes it does work Jeremy, (an by the way you can do it with a 1200a deck also if you are having trouble with your 4:2:2 serial control)
Gary Adcock
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[Craig Meadows] “-Capture via firewire then use the Kona-2 to transcode somehow to DVCPro100? If so, how do you do that? -Anyone doing this?\ -How does it look and perform?”
This is a real time function when capturing to the Kona 2 and Kona LH boards, you choose the Kona 1080i60 DVCPROHD Easy Set up. It is NOT done over FW. It has to be done in component out from the camera into the Board (the Kona LH board was designed just for this reason)
I have done it a number of times now and it works fine.
Gary Adcock
Studio37
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[bcantrll] ” have two g5s here side by side and if I transfer the AJA connection over to the other system no problem, but on my system i always get this error. “
have you loaded the Current drivers to both machines?
remember that the IO takes over the entire FW buss so FW drives may not allow you to capture.
Gary Adcock
Studio37
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[Pierson Jacquelin] “How do people use their Kona boards to digitize HDV and still get accurate Timecode when it’s time to conform? “
OK, think about what your saying,
How do you get accurate time code or conform something that only records an I-frame every 15 frames?
By using the FW connection for deck control you do have the ability to redigitize the content. But by capturing the HDV Video stream via Analog Component out of the camera you are actively creating those additional frames and no longer need to go back to the HDV tape if you digitize to a high enough quality (like DVCPROHD 1080|60)Gary Adcock
Studio37
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[Pierson Jacquelin] “How do people use their Kona boards to digitize HDV and still get accurate Timecode when it’s time to conform? “
OK, think about what your saying,
How do you get accurate time code or conform something that only records an I-frame every 15 frames?
By using the FW connection for deck control you do have the ability to redigitize the content. But by capturing the HDV Video stream via Analog Component out of the camera you are actively creating those additional frames and no longer need to go back to the HDV tape if you digitize to a high enough quality (like DVCPROHD 1080|60)Gary Adcock
Studio37
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[GForget] “Until recently, we had been editing our HD footage using our dual 2.5GHz G5s with Final Cut Pro HD (4.5) and the AJA KONA2 Capture card using the HDSDI out of a Panasonic 1200A Deck. This configuration had been working flawlessly. We recently upgraded to OS X 10.4.2, and Final Cut Studio (FCP ver 5).”
Welcome to Quicktime 7.0.2
this is a known issue in the QT upgrade ( it however worked properly in QT 7.0.1) there is a long thread with walter and I – go back a couple of weeks on this board and you will see it, and the solution.
Gary Adcock
Studio37
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[Pierson Jacquelin] “In summation, this workflow would seem to allow several formats of HD to live together for those “garage” editors out there who don’t need full-strength HD finishing…kind of like where DV was back in 1998.”>”
Sorry but this is backwards – you need to convert to a real codec, not something that will regenerate frames ( ie: need to be rendered) on an ongoing basis.
Why not try what has already been posted– convert both the HDV and the HDCAM content to the DVCPROHD 1080|60 codec with your Kona board. Then you have a real timeline with all of the appropriate frames in a codec that can be handled with out constant rendering.Gary Adcock
Studio37
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[Michael] “When is the next varicamp? Is there a website??”
it start TODAY in the Seattle / Tacoma Area.
Gary Adcock
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[Jerry Hofmann] “I wouldn’t think that the speed of new driver releases should be considered a plus or minus actually… if a card doesn’t need them… it doesn’t need them.”
GEEZ I could not agree more,
How many times have you read on these forums about a new driver or software upgrade killing someone’s system?
Why you want to bring that onto yourself?Stable, reliable and profitable are what these systems need to be more than anything else.
Gary Adcock
Studio37
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[Emily Thwaites] ” was able to convert my files yesterday with the Frame Rate Convertor and am
getting an error message today stating: The selected media file (101:2a%20%20%20WS%20Picks%) cannot be processed by this tool.
Only DVCPRO HD 720p 59.94 fps media files are supported.”You can only use the Software FRC once on a file.
You can only use the Software FRC on DVCPROHD compressed content.
The Software FRC will only work on DVCPROHD content listed in the Browser window.
The Software FRC cannot see into subfolders, so if you have moved your content it will not convert.
The software FRC has difficultly and often will not process content that has bars and tone at the head.Gary Adcock
Studio37
HD and Film Consultation
Chicago, IL USA