[Jeff Brown]

Hmm. Er ah, well. In that case I totally misunderstood the purpose. I was mislead by the word “subscription.” “Rental” I would have grokked. That does make good sense. And I feel stupid (not a unusual occurrence, unfortunately).

-jeff

[Jeff Brown]

I’d like an engineer to chime in, but I believe 16-235 is SMPTE digital range; 0-255 is RGB colorspace, which seems like where Premeire is working. So the ‘scopes are accurate within Premeire. For output, depending on format, you may need 0-255 to be remapped to 16-235. Avid codecs for one will do this. And conversely, bringing in SMPTE digital requires remapping to 0-255.

-jeff

[Jeff Brown]

I too have had no trouble with MacDrive when I used it. It’s been a while, but the version I used was very easy to “turn off” on reboot, so you could keep it installed but inactive.

-jeff

[Jeff Brown]

Yes, it is essentially “hidden” from any menu reference. Hope it works for you!

-jeff

[Jeff Brown]

Download the “driver” install package. Do a “custom” install, and don’t install drivers. Only the codecs. Everything is bundled in the same install package, available here: https://www.aja.com/support/kona-pc/kona3-pc.php for Windows, or on the Mac page for Apple.

-Jeff

[Jeff Brown]

I believe the “full install” software will install the codecs for you. Just do a “custom” install so you can skip the drivers if you don’t have a board in the machine.

-jeff

[Jeff Brown]

Just a thought: Are you uploading the same size as YouTube displays? If no, try that. If yes, try uploading a larger (pixel-dimensions) clip. It might make a difference in the (re) compression. I think when I have done YouTube uploads in the past we limited to 6K Mbps or lower. There might be a ceiling under which there is no recompression applied? (I’ve tried to find specifics from Google to no avail)

-Jeff

[Jeff Brown]

You may need to contact AJA on this one. But– there is a new 5.2 driver out, are you using it? Don’t know if it fixes the issue; I only use AE occassionally, so I have not noticed.
-Jeff

[Jeff Brown]

Are you using a sync generator to lock the systems? You may need to.

-J

[Jeff Brown]

But– to reiterate (and perhaps flog the proverbial horse): 29.97 is not the same as 30. It is running at a different rate. Frustratingly and maddeningly close, but different. Which will be made painfully aware to you (the generic/editorial “you”) should you ever hand an audio post person files that are a mix of 29.97 and (true) 30 FPS. Same thing goes for mixing 24 and 23.976 FPS files: bad idea.

To add to all the confusion, cameras and other devices identify NTSC 29.97 as “30 FPS.” Oy. (damn kids!)

-Jeff

Jeff Brown
Fire Mist Media
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Workstation:
Boxx 8700 dual-quad
4 GB RAM
nVidia Quadro FX 4500
WinXP Pro
AJA Xena 2K
CalDigit HDOne

Main Software:
3ds Max
Combustion
Photoshop
PremierePro