[Iain Gray]

It works with this 12v regulator from ebay:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320892253419?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_1098wt_830

I had to re solder a D-tap and the 2.5mm pole to get it to fit. It’s a shame the monitor doesn’t accept a wider range of voltages, such as the nanoflash that is 6-30v! But I guess for the price you can’t complain.

[Iain Gray]

well basically it’s too sensitive to voltage for either an NP1 or a vmount battery. You need a 12v regulator to make it work. I’ve got one on order now so I’ll report back if it works.

[Iain Gray]

If anyone is wondering the same thing. It does run off a v-mount, but only when it’s discharged almost completely. My camera tells me the battery is less than 15v but the monitor won’t run until the battery is much flatter. Going to buy a regulator to keep it at 12v.

[Iain Gray]

I believe there is a mistake here:

How many channels of audio are supported?

AJA Io Express supports 8 channels of embedded audio output the SDI and HDMI

My io express only sends two channels of audio throughh HDMI,but does do 8 channels through sdi. And I’ve read on a few other sites that only 2 channel audio is supported through HDMI on this unit.

[Iain Gray]

I never got it to work. Officially Avid don’t support these files, Sometimes the Nanoflash obviously creates them in a way that Avid doesn’t like.

I got round it in the end by bringing the files into another program and converting to another codec. Autodesk smoke is ideal as it can uprez to 1080p and retain a stunning amount of quality. But if you can’t access a smoke there are other packages that’ll do this too.

Cheers

[Iain Gray]

Thanks William for all that info. I’ve ordered one now so i’ve been convinced,

Hope this isn’t too off-topic. Just wondering if there’s any update on Avid accepting 100mbps long-gop files. I have MC5 and it seemed to handle the sample video from CD’s website but loads of posts saying it doesn’t work.

Cheers for your help,
Iain

[Iain Gray]

Ok i think you’ve persuaded me. Now to sort out workflow with Avid!

Really appreciate your help you can’t beat first hand experience.

Best,
Iain

[Iain Gray]

Thanks guys,

Yes, I’m slightly concerned about shooting the film 4:2:0 for that reason (the network requirement for 4:2:2), and I take your point about it becoming valuable in more extreme situations.

I understand it would make you feel much safer, however do you think that a broadcaster would actually reject a programme if it was shot 35mbps 420? Would they be able to detect it?

We’ll be filming in an extremely hostile environment so any extra hassle/workload and additional kit to go wrong is something i’d like to avoid unless it’s definitely going to make a considerable improvement to the film.

Cheers for advice I really appreciate it!

[Iain Gray]

Hi Craig,

Yes I thought that too, so one of the tests i did was to do quite an extreme colour grade, high contrast and high saturation and still the 35mbps seemed to hold up really well not showing that much more degradation than the Prores version.

M

[Iain Gray]

Does anyone use multicam that might be able to help? if its not possible do this then I’d like to know so I can stop trying.

If i’ve not been clear enough with my question let me know and i’ll expand..

Thanks!