James Orlowski
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Just got off the phone with Blackmagic tech support. They didn’t seem to be aware of this problem, but at least now they are after talking to me.
4×3 SD probably just isn’t a priority for them, but it seems a fix should be simple if they just “write in” a compensation “stretch” value for the outputs.
BTW, this problem doesn’t happen in After Effects, so that’s my work around should I need to output to BetaCam SP.
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James Orlowski
RYNO Production, Inc.
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Also, this problem doesn’t occur in After Effects. Only Premiere.
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James Orlowski
RYNO Production, Inc.
http://www.rynoproduction.com
800-860-7966 -
I had 9.5 drivers installed on this same system with CS5.5 for a short while before my CS6 came.
I had not seen this problem with 9.5 and CS5.5, so it must be some problem with 9.5’s drivers interacting with CS6 that’s causing the “squeezed” 4×3 output.
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James Orlowski
RYNO Production, Inc.
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Don’t see a 9.5.1 in the support section, only 9.5. Where’d you get 9.5.1.?
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James Orlowski
RYNO Production, Inc.
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Didn’t know there was a 9.5.1 update. Must have just happened. I’ll try it.
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James Orlowski
RYNO Production, Inc.
http://www.rynoproduction.com
800-860-7966 -
Thanks for your confirmation of the problem. At least I’m not crazy.
I upgraded one of our 4 suites to CS6. Perhaps I’ll wait to upgrade the others.
I suppose SD 4×3 isn’t on their priority list.
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James Orlowski
RYNO Production, Inc.
http://www.rynoproduction.com
800-860-7966 -
UPDATE 2:
This only seems to happen on 4×3 Blackmagic sequences. 16×9, regardless of the resolution, work fine (seemingly).
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James Orlowski
RYNO Production, Inc.
http://www.rynoproduction.com
800-860-7966 -
Update: it’s not just “squeezed” on the SD-SDI output monitor, but also on my analog monitor attached to my BetaCam SP deck.
Direct video clip download: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/280996/BMsqueezed.mov
So, with this current set-up, I’m unable to dub anything to Beta. Which isn’t too often lately, but does come up for time to time.
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James Orlowski
RYNO Production, Inc.
http://www.rynoproduction.com
800-860-7966 -
BTW, here’s a (poor quality) snapshot of what I see on my Sony SD-SDI monitor when viewing a 486i 29.97fps job.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/280996/BMsqueezed.jpg
Note the green garbage along the left and right of the screen, and the non-circular shape that is a true circle in the titler track.
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James Orlowski
RYNO Production, Inc.
http://www.rynoproduction.com
800-860-7966 -
I found the solution burred in the “Settings…” in the audio Hardware preference tab.
But for me, it’s no longer in that drop down box as it was before.
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James Orlowski
RYNO Production, Inc.
http://www.rynoproduction.com
800-860-7966