[James Reid]

OK.
After trashing prefs and starting up FCP 6.0.1, I am asked to set my
scratch disk, choose a Format, Frame Rate, and Setup.
There isn’t a “none” choice.

The timeline in FCP 6 is open format by default.
(there’s no option to turn it off)

The first time you drop a clip into an empty timeline and the clip
doesn’t match the current sequence settings a window pops open
with the following:

“For best performance your sequence and External Video should be set
to the format of the clips you are editing.

Change sequence settings to match the clip settings?”

If you choose “Yes” then the sequence settings are matched to your clip.
From then on all clips added to the timeline will conform to the
new sequence properties.

From the New Features in Final Cut Pro 6 PDF:

[James Reid]

Was playing with motion 3.0.1 recently, all the MXO
output setting are there (67).
This time it’s the Kona LH settings which are now
whittled down to 36.

[James Reid]

[Steve C] “t will ask you what you default timeline will be if you set it to anything other than none you will not have the open timeline”

Where did you find this information?
I think it’s totally wrong.
The sequence settings can become the format of the first clip dropped into it,
no matter what the default setting may be.
You are asked the first time you drop a clip into a new sequence if it doesn’t match.

[James Reid]

The biggest problem will be the power supply.
A 500 GB drive put into a 250 GB enclosure will
likely exceed the ability of the power supplied by the brick.
It will probably burn out.
You could always buy another power supply with higher
curent output. If you look at the supplies that LaCie
provides for replacement, you should be able to figure
out which one to buy.
Two examples:

d2 Power Supply – for Hard Drive capacity up to 320GB

Bigger Disk Power Supply – for 500GB Hard Drive capacity

An these two power supplies have different incompatible connectors.

[James Reid]

One additional caveat.
The Open Format timeline does not deal with 720×486
content dropped into a 720×480 properly.
Instead of cutting off 2 lines at the top and 4 lines
at the bottom of a frame, it resizes the frame…wrong.

[James Reid]

[mister t] “no, you need to first install the Kona drivers, then the MXO
“
Is this from your personal experience?
I’ve tried it both ways, no difference.

[James Reid]

[Shane Ross] “Are the options YOU need for the MXO missing?”

Not at the moment Shane.
It was only a question.
The setting are just playback options..
Only wondered why FCP doesn’t list them all after the KonaLH v4.0 software is installed.

[James Reid]

That has occured to me also, I haven’t tried that yet.
The list more than fills the entire vertical space on a 23″ LCD.

[James Reid]

Thanks John,
but I have an AJA HDP, fed by SDI from the KonaLH, which feeds scaled content
(via DVI to HDMI) to a 32″ Viera (Panasonic TC-32LX700 for client monitor.

The MXO 2 is for editing color correct HD content on my Secondary 23″ HD Cinema Display.

I switch between these two options depending on the circumstance.
I have no problem with this setup.
I just wondered why those MXO settings (which I haven’t yet needed) went missing.

[James Reid]

So you’re saying that I need one Mac for capturing (Kona LH)
and another Mac with the MXO to drive the secondary LCD monitor
for broadcast HD color display?