[Jeron Coolman]

Is that a rhetorical question? 😉

[Jeron Coolman]

You are using a Xena on a Macpro with FCP? I thought Macs used a Kona… but then again I guess I never thought of which card a MacIntel would use, a Kona or a Xena.

[Jeron Coolman]

Happy Holidays to everyone at Aja too!

I asked Santa for a new version of Machina that lets me capture HD-SDI through my Xena LH into DVCPro HD. I hope he delivers 😉

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Lol, I was actually starting to laugh, when I got to the part in your post where you told me not to 🙂

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Paul,

Here’s that info on my case and PSU.

Case: Thermaltake Kandalf – Extended ATX Case
Model #: VA9000SWA

PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower – 1200 WATT Power Supply
Model #: W0133RU

Jeron

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I have that motherboard with a Xena LH and all is well. One of the best mobos I’ve used actually.

I think “EPS12V” is a spec that defines a power supply with 6 outputs; 3.3v, 5v, 12v1, 12v2, 12v3, -12v, and 5vSB, along with specific connectors and form factor.

I don’t think “EPS12V” is specifically describing the 12v connector of the power supply.

I’m pretty sure if that mobo and case are compatable, the Xena will be as well. I’m sure Aja can answer this question better than I can (since you are questioning a quote from them).

If you have a 12v connector on the power supply that matches the voltage and connection on the mobo, you should be OK. I’ve built hundreds of machines and never had a problem where I put the “wrong type of power connector” in a slot in the mobo, when the voltage matched and the connectors matched.

I’m assuming you’ll have a ton of drives to handle that uncompressed HD (I have 12 in my Xena machine) so I’d do the “power math”. Some Googling should find you an on-line power calc. I see that case has different size power supplies.

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If you can provide us enough information to duplicate what you are doing, someone can try it and tell you what results they get.

For instance, If I can’t get the display to work following your specific concise instructions, then I might be able to tweak with the system and try to get it to work and share that information with you. In fact, it might be obvious that you aren’t tweaking value X on screen Y…

I’m a software developer with a video editing hobby, so bear with me when it comes to my ignorance with terminology. I do know that I found the Machina interface to not be very intuitive. Some of the simplest things I tried with it didn’t seem as easy as they should to do.

[Ray Asturias] “At this point we are just trying to get “Bars” to display on our output monitor through the “Machina”.”

…I don’t understand how I can duplicate this operation. I can imagine a video clip of just “color bars” loaded into Machina that you are trying to display out of the Aja Xena card. If that is the case, then I’m back to my “what type of media or video format are you trying to view through the card?” question.

Furthermore I don’t know what you mean by “RGB output cables” in this post…

[Ray Asturias] “We are unable to view video output via the RGB output cables, have a second card from AJA still with the same results.”

…my assumption is that you are talking about the Component Output cables. I’m sure you have the correct cables and they are working properly. I remember at one point, I had the wrong cables which I think had the wrong impedance value and I couldn’t get a signal.

Please provide us with clear, concise, step-by-step directions to duplicate the behavior you are experiencing.

[Jeron Coolman]

What kind of media Ray? I have no problems at all, viewing my CS3 timeline through the component outputs of the Xena LH.

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[Vincent Becquiot] “The FCP monitor was indeed connected through an HDMI to DVI adapter, and I think he was using a decklink card. I guess we are getting somewhere…”

Yeah, I can see it looking good with that type of connection, since in that scenario the monitor is basically acting like a computer monitor (as far as the monitor hardware goes) and it is a great computer monitor.

Just like I’m sure the monitor would look good for me if I got an HD-SDI to DVI converter and plugged it in to the Xena card that way.

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[Vincent Becquiot] “Good point, I can see that being an issue with AJA, since the monitor is 1920×1200 native.”

It isn’t an issue with the Xena card. It is an issue with the monitor. I have sent a 1920×1200 native signal to the monitor from more than one source.

The monitor is NOT capable of displaying a native 1920×1200 image from a component connection, it is performing some sort of conversion on the image to an obviously different resolution or format. (This is what people complain about in the Dell forums)

Which is why I ask how the FCP system was connected to the monitor you saw. It looks far better connected to the DVI out of a graphics card with the NLE sending the image to it as a dedicated computer monitor to preview the timeline.