[Jason Levy]

HI,

The monitor is a panasonic BT-LH2600 fed via HD SDI from the Kona in a 8 core Mac Pro with 8 gigs of memory running final cut pro. All drivers and OS, etc up to date.

The material captures and plays back fine and normally but when the final cut capture window is open the monitor goes blue. Material captured at that time is normal when played back. THe material looks normal in the capture window on the computer monitor.

So the problem is that when we open the log and capture window in FCP, the HD SDI feed to the monitor goes blue or more precisely the color is just out of phase (if that word still means anything) making all the skin tones go blue and all the other colors go wonky in other ways.

SO it is not affecting normal operation. Just looks weird when we capture.

thanks for taking the time.

jason

[Jason Levy]

THanks for the help. That’s what we’ve done and it’s working good.

j.

[Jason Levy]

Hi Bob,

The ATTO documentation says that the card needs a 16x or 8x slot.. you are saying it runs fast enough in a 4x slot?

The box is a Proavio..

https://www.proavio.com/

THanks,

Jason

[Jason Levy]

Pre 2008 mac pro. As per the Aja docs I’ve got the slots set up as 4=4x, 3=3x, 2=1x and 1- 16x.

I’ve got I’ve got the Kona in slot 3 (also per the instructions) but now where do I put the ATTO R380? In the ATTO docs it say to put it into an 8 or 16x slot.. but if I set it up according to the AJA docs there are only x4 slots available. Aja say to put “storage” in slot 4.. Will the ATTO run properly in a 4x slot?

Or I can configure it with 2 4x and 2 8x.. put the ATTO in an 8 x.. but then the graphics card is 8x not 16 x…

Any suggestions?

[Jason Levy]

Thanks Walter.

jason

[Jason Levy]

Thanks Jeremy.

Interesting that it relinks the media according to the current setting rather than keeping the initial rate.

jason

[Jason Levy]

I appreciate that info. Thanks.

jason

[Jason Levy]

[Mark Raudonis] ”
#1. Stop nattering about Avid!
OK!

#2. Spec and install systems that are up to the task. (RAM, Drives, CPU speed)
Yes, planning all new gear for next season.

#3. Design a workflow that plays to FCP’s strengths, not weaknesses.
Could you give me an example please.

#4. Give up the idea that you’re going to be able to use FULL RESolution… use off-line RT instead.
Not even DV?

#5. Have people, resources, and policies in place to handle the Off-line > online process.
Yes.

#6. Understand that a project containing a 12 camera multicam sequence is going to be TWELVE TIMES BIGGER than a straight cut sequence… watch out for project size memory issues.
Yes ok. How much ram do you use?

#7. Have a realistic idea of the extra time required for all of the above and plan your post schedule accordingly.
Yes.

#8. Test media manager, and be comfortable with how it works. Understand where it breaks down and what those implications are for an “off-line to on-line” workflow.
Seems to work ok except for speed changes which are permanently broken I gather.

#9. Understand the implications of “off-line” resolution (320 x 240 vs. 720 x 486) and what this means for translating grfX.

#10. Go visit someone who has this kind of set up in place and understand what you need to make it work.”
I’d love to. Can’t find anyone here in MOntreal. Anyone?

[Jason Levy]

what format do you hope to work with,
what gear do you have, etc, etc

Format- originals are DVCProHD but we’d offline in DV.

“I was hoping to hear from anyone who is doing something similar”
similar to what?????
To what I mentioned above – a multicamera show with up to 10 cameras.

“a very large investment”

maybe not.
if you work with Offline RT, for instance, you probably wouldn’t need an Xsan.”

We think that DV quality offline is the minimum…

[Jason Levy]

No they can’t.. Faster storage and beefier computers clearly are part of the new plan. But exactly what?

I guess what I am wondering is if we do get the proper hardware will it work properly? That will be a very large investment in order to test out the FCP multicam function. The local dealer doesn’t have anything like that just lying around for you to try out. I was hoping to hear from anyone who is doing something similar for a report on exactly what gear they are using and what the performance is like.