[Howard Brodsky]

I use FCP7 and had no problems until I upgraded Apple ProApps Codecs with their confusing message in fine print for FCPX. Now I get “out of memory” messages when trying to do the simplest renders on the timeline. Does anyone know if there’s a way to reload the earlier version of ProApps Codecs and where to find it?

[Howard Brodsky]

Jan,

Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions about the HPX170 and particularly for sharing your observations about the legal meaning of original video as it pertains to digital media; how to satisfy the original deliverable requirements in the NJ CPR when shooting to P2s and for directing me to the White Papers on P2 Meta data.

Very much appreciated.

Best regards,

Howard Brodsky

[Howard Brodsky]

I just loaded SONY Vegas Pro 8.0 on a PC laptop. The laptop has an ExpressCard port and I intend to use a Dual Adapter to take P2 cards (I will use 32 GB P2’s) and transfer the media using this PCMCIA adapter in the ExpressCard slot.

I have never used Vegas before. I have used FCP and Avid on the Mac platforms. I recently purchased a Panasonic HPX170 which is a tapeless camera. Everything is recorded on P2 cards.

Here’s another conundrum: the laptop uses Vista Home Premium 64 bit. I have successfully installed Vegas Pro 8 and Acid Pro on this laptop. I have been reading this thread and it appears that there are compatibility problems with DVCPro media and Vegas? If I am understanding this correctly, you can get around this with a Raylight plug-in? Is this true?

Am I going to have problems working in the 64 bit environment? Should I reload everything in a Vista 32 bit partition?

I haven’t been able to test the above mentioned hardware workflow because of some issues with the PCMCIA adapter driver and chipset drivers on the laptop that will require me to send the laptop into the manufacturer for repair. I’m making this inquiry because I would rather not be running into a brick wall when the laptop is returned, but have an understanding of what I must do to get this stuff to work.

Thanks in advance for your guidance.

[Howard Brodsky]

I just bought one from B&H. I’m having it shipped and due to the holidays I should get it on July 7th.

[Howard Brodsky]

I should add some information. The JVC DTV monitor is supplied with audio/video via an AJA Kona LHe and KL breakout box by a single HD-SDI cable.

If I have FCP audio settings set for built-in audio line output, I will see the video in sync on the FCP viewer on the MacPro’s monitor (the video of which is fed from an Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT card). I will still see video on the JVC Monitor, which is fed by the above-mentioned AJA Kona configuration, but for some reason I haven’t figured out, it plays in slow motion, whilst the MacPro’s monitor plays in normal motion. The sound is, of course, out of sync with the video on the JVC DTV monitor.

Even if I change the audio settings to the AJA Kona audio output so it plays through the JVC DTV monitor, the video still plays slow and the audio is out of sync.

I do not think that this has any relation to this issue but I recorded this particular video using a Canon XH-G1 set for rec run/drop frame at 1080i/60. I captured in FCP using a Canon HV20 as a deck, outputting via FireWire to a Convergent Design HD-Connect LE outputting from there via SDI to the Kona LHe and capturing in Final Cut Pro 6.0x in DVCPro HD 1080/29.97.

Played back from the FCP viewer, the video and audio files look normal and in sync on the MacPro’s monitor, but always slow on the JVC monitor and out of sync, whether I use built-in line output or Kona audio output settings in the FCP application.

I sure would like to know why this is happening.

[Howard Brodsky]

Follow up: I figured out what the problem was. For one thing I had my JVC DTV monitor turned off. The audio settings for output (in the audio video settings from the FCP menu) had been set to the AJA Kona card, so the audio would output from the monitor. Natuarally, I’m not going to hear anything if the monitor is turned off.

If I change the audio output to built-in line output, I see normal video on the FCP viewer window on my computer monitor and hear the fully synced audio from the speakers connected to my MacPro.

As mentioned, looking at the viewer, I see fully synced audio/video this way.

However – this is strange – the video from the viewer clips seems to be in slow motion on my JVC monitor and when I change the audio output to AJA Kona so I can listen to it on the JVC monitor, it is also out of sync.

So now I have a new problem to solve. How do I have normal video playback – from viewer clips – on the JVC monitor with synced audio output from the JVC monitor?

[Howard Brodsky]

Followup,

Both cameras were actually set to int user bit. I assume there is some automatic priority over-ride involved in the time code syncing process. The two cameras synced up perfectly. I removed the cable and the XH-G1 was still in sync with the XL-H1.

This was just to test out the system and I had a test tape in the XL-H1 which ran out. The XH-G1 still continued with the same “synced” time code stream. Even after I turned the XH-G! off, when powered up it was still in the same “synced” timecode stream! Even after I removed the battery and replaced it – the XH-G1 was still in the same “synced” timecode stream!

I created a monster that has run amok! How do I stop this thing?

[Howard Brodsky]

But the Canon XL-H1 does not have embedded timecode or audio in the HD-SDI stream, so you would also need to capture that apart from the HD-SDI cable.