[Hugh Hughes]

done. i love you.

the switch was indeed in the other position – so i look forward to trying this out…

thanks very much

Mac G5 Dual 2 GHz Power PC
2.5 GB Ram
Final Cut Pro 5.1.4
Quicktime 7.4.1

[Hugh Hughes]

some progress!

thanks aaron – are you able to tell me a little more about “input sync mode”? is that the deck using external T/C? if so i thought i was doing that…

Mac G5 Dual 2 GHz Power PC
2.5 GB Ram
Final Cut Pro 5.1.4
Quicktime 7.4.1

[Hugh Hughes]

truth be known it’s my first experience laying off, or in fact dealing with, digibeta decks- or anything that isn’t a firewire DV/HDV set up.

I would just have been monitoring however it came out of the hire case – i’m guessing the confidence heads give a feed from the record heads rather than straight from the input or something?

i could try it again and double check – however the echoey version i laid off to i sent to the network to see if they could shed any light…

as far as sync source goes – the black magic decklink site says my card has some feature that means i don’t need a black box generator (sorry I am probably getting terms slightly wrong). now i get a bit lost here – doesn’t my RS232 cable handle the syncing of the timecode?

if it helps, my monitor shows the picture split with a large black line through it when monitoring from the deck rather than the mac – although this seems to only effect the monitoring, it goes on the tape fine, well the picture do anyway….

thanks guys

hugh

Mac G5 Dual 2 GHz Power PC
2.5 GB Ram
Final Cut Pro 5.1.4
Quicktime 7.4.1

[Hugh Hughes]

actually one more question for you… the 2 SDI Outputs on my HD Extreme Card – monitor and deck out – are they just two of the same? or is there some function one has the other doesn’t?

cheers

hugh

Mac G5 Dual 2 GHz Power PC
2.5 GB Ram
Final Cut Pro 5.1.4
Quicktime 7.4.1

[Hugh Hughes]

Thanks so much for your detailed response Kristian!

I have now got a replacement cable and am all go..
cheers
hugh

Mac G5 Dual 2 GHz Power PC
2.5 GB Ram
Final Cut Pro 5.1.4
Quicktime 7.4.1

[Hugh Hughes]

Hi Bob

The computer and card belong to a friend who has loads of acumulated gear, he’s loaned my the computer for editing my current projects on kind of a “here you go” make it work basis.

I know the cable you mean,hadn’t needed it up till now as video and audio were using the SDI out. he has one attached to another of his macs – however I asked him to tell me on the phone the pin configuration – and it didn’t match the 899 26 total arrangement this card has.

Would that mean its not compatable, or is there an adapter available that could bridge the gap, do you know? I’m in london and happy to go and buy one, if anyone knows where I could get one?

Thanks bob
Hugh

[Hugh Hughes]

Hi Bob

The computer and card belong to a friend who has loads of acumulated gear, he’s loaned my the computer for editing my current projects on kind of a “here you go” make it work basis.

I know the cable you mean,hadn’t needed it up till now as video and audio were using the SDI out. he has one attached to another of his macs – however I asked him to tell me on the phone the pin configuration – and it didn’t match the 899 26 total arrangement this card has.

Would that mean its not compatable, or is there an adapter available that could bridge the gap, do you know? I’m in london and happy to go and buy one, if anyone knows where I could get one?

Thanks bob
Hugh