[James Whittington]

Got it working! Some deck settings were the main issue. Not so quick call to tech support got me through it. Trying to navigate through some of those menus is like deciphering ancient cave writings.

Thanks for the help!

[James Whittington]

Haha…very nice.

Don’t use Motion very often. Tend to use After Effects for all my motion graphics needs.

Chair is sufficient but I wouldn’t be opposed to an upgrade!

[James Whittington]

Here’s what I am trying using compressor….

Format: DV-PAL
Width: 720
Height: 576
PAR: PAL CCIR 601 (16:9)
Frame Rate: 25

If I use these settings on all my QTs and then create a DVD in studio pro using the PAL settings, then I should have a functional PAL DVD in theory. Right?

[James Whittington]

Thanks guys!

The shift fields filter in FC still didn’t work, but the Nattress reverse plug-in worked great! Wish I had found it a while ago!

Thanks again!

[James Whittington]

Thanks Michael!

Any recommendations on where to look online for that kind of deal on SATA drives?

[James Whittington]

Thanks Jeremy…that was it. The I/O were ordered differently on the Beta and LHe.

Do you know much about using a black burst generator? I have one and have read it might be good to use, but everything seems to be working fine without it. Not sure if I should bother messing with it.

Thanks!

[James Whittington]

I hooked up the Beta SP (UVW-1800) to the KL box using component. The video is appearing when I log and capture into FCP (as well as showing on my external monitor) but the colors are totally out of whack.

Do you think this is a setting in the AJA control panel? On the Beta deck itself?

I also found an ES-219A black burst generator lying around. Could this be a solution? I’ve never used one so I’m not exactly sure how to set it up.

Thanks!

[James Whittington]

Thanks very much for the help!!!

One more question. Problem is I didn’t set this system up and now I’m trying to alter it without really knowing what I’m doing!

I have the KL box for my LHe. Plugged into that I have a Mackie mixer and a Sima GoDVD. What I want to accomplish is hooking up a DVD player and a Beta SP player so I can import from both into FCP.

What I HAVE managed to do is plug a DVD player into the Sima and bring video into FC. However, the Sima only has video I/O and I can’t figure out how to get audio. The analog audio inputs on the KL box are occupied by the Mackie.

As far as the Beta SP, I fear I’m going to encounter the same problem. The component video input on the KL box is taken by the Sima and the XLR inputs and outputs are taken by the Mackie.

Am I just asking for too much here? Does my system just need to be totally reworked to accomplish this?

Thanks and sorry for my tech deficiencies. I’ll get there!

[James Whittington]

So the RS-422 cable allows me to control the BetaSP deck through FCP? I noticed the BetaSP deck does have an RS-422 output and the LHe has RS-422 input.

Still not totally clear on if I need anything special just to capture from the BetaSP to FCP. Do I just do component/s-video and XLR audio out from the BetaSP into the LHe?

Thanks guys!

[James Whittington]

Thanks guys,

Everything is being sent to me in Seattle from LA. As far as recapturing media…they were going to send a hard drive with the project and all related media. Will that do the trick?

Thanks again!