[Jim Wiseman]

I have one 1TB and one 2TB LaCie 2Big Raids. With the 2 port standard LaCie SI3132 PCIe card in a late 2005 Quadcore G5 I had problems copying files from one drive to another before a system freeze or Finder case of “brainlessness”. Pulled that card and have been using them w the Firewire 800 interface since. They would however seem to work individually with the eSata card, but I never trusted the card after that. I would not think that the cheaper LaCie would be a great idea with Snow Leopard and your new Mac Pro.

I would think that the 4 port LaCie would work, as the driver for that has been listed as compatible with 10.6. It is however quite a bit more expensive. If you go that route, or some other let us know what works or doesn’t. I don’t think the problem is with your LaCie 4Big drives, however.

Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 1.1.2, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi Avid MC, Macbook Pro Core2Duo, G5 Quadcore PCIe, Media 100i/XR

[Jim Wiseman]

Would the latest AppleProResCodec.component for Final Cut 7 have to be installed in Library/Quicktime for playback to work in Media 100 Suite? I assume it wouldn’t work if it were not there. Would that codec work for playback with M100 Suite 1.1.3 in Leopard 10.5.8? Or would it be limited to the older codec that only includes 422 and 422HQ?

Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 1.1.2, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi Avid MC, Macbook Pro Core2Duo, G5 Quadcore PCIe, Media 100i/XR

[Jim Wiseman]

Found out that the LaCie 324 (as do many other LCD monitors) does not support Psf. It does have a good Faroujda deinterlacer. My solution was to purchase the AJA Hi5-3G SDI to HDMI Psf to true progressive mini- converter, the better choice for progressive use. It also supports 3G. If you need a scaler or deinterlacer, i.e. you edit primarily interlace, the HDP2 by AJA would be the better choice. My experience with the HI5-3G has been excellent.

See an informative article on PVC as it relates to the HP Dreamcolor specifically:
https://provideocoalition.com/index.php/atepper/story/dreamcolor_converter_boxes_for_non_compliant_systems/

Specs are also available at aja.com of course.

Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 1.1.2, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi Avid MC, Macbook Pro Core2Duo, G5 Quadcore PCIe, Media 100i/XR

[Jim Wiseman]

Hi Floh,

Thanks very much for testing the footage on both cards. It is reassuring to know it is correct on an HD CRT. They are quite rare here in Hawaii. Wick has come up with the answer. My bad for not knowing where to look for quality settings. I don’t recall ever changing it so maybe that is the default. Or I did and forgot?

Thanks again,

Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 1.1.2, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi Avid MC, Macbook Pro Core2Duo, G5 Quadcore PCIe, Media 100i/XR

[Jim Wiseman]

Wick,

You get a gold star! That did the trick on the LCD’s. FCP was in High quality playback, thus the difference.
Thanks much!

Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 1.1.2, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi Avid MC, Macbook Pro Core2Duo, G5 Quadcore PCIe, Media 100i/XR

[Jim Wiseman]

I have also posted a timeline with multiple copies of the interlaced file trimmed at wiseman.co@gmail.com PW media100
Makes it easier to see.

Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 1.1.2, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi Avid MC, Macbook Pro Core2Duo, G5 Quadcore PCIe, Media 100i/XR

[Jim Wiseman]

Floh or others,

I have posted the ProRes 422 export of just over one second to my wiseman.co@gmail address as an attachment of 23.3mb (25mb is the limit in Gmail). Log into the account using the password:

media100

download the attachment, it should be the only email in the account.

Timeline is also attached in second email.

Drop in a HD 1080i 29.97fps 48k timeline. Video output settings HD 10801/psf, HDMI out. Notice the jagged edges on the type and especially the thin fence wire above her right shoulder. Especially noticeable on a large screen. These are perfectly smooth when played in FCP or when interpreted as progressive in M100 Suite. A still frame of this looks the same as playback to me on Media Suite 100. Looks smooth in FCP.

Thanks

Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 1.1.2, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi Avid MC, Macbook Pro Core2Duo, G5 Quadcore PCIe, Media 100i/XR

[Jim Wiseman]

Hi Floh,

Thanks for the response. There really is quite a difference between the way the footage looks in an interlace timeline in FCP and the way it looks in M100 Suite. It is of course, most noticeable on the titles,simple lower third in white from Red 4 in M100 Suite 1.1.2. In FCP in a 1080i timeline they look like they do in the 1080psf timeline, that is, perfect, smooth and anti-aliased. In a M100 Suite 1080i timeline there is noticeable stair-stepping. This is on both the LaCie 324 (not a cheap monitor, true 10 bit with Faroujda processing for interlace), and on the Sony XBR, which has never shown aliasing on 1080i broadcast material, including titles.

As I said before, when the footage is interpreted in a Progressive timeline in M100 as 1080psf it looks perfect. If I export quicktime as interlace from that timeline in M100, the stair-stepping returns in M100/Kona LHi playback when re-imported to M100. This is whether exported or conformed, upper and lower field, all iterations. The stair-stepping can be seen on diagonal lines throughout the picture, not just on titles.

However, when I open the same exported quicktime from the M100 1080i timeline in Quicktime 7.6, there is no stair-stepping in the computer monitor. There is also no stair-stepping on the source or record monitors in M100, even when enlarged. It is only when played through the Kona LHi in interlace mode on the video monitors, which is of course how the footage is intended to be viewed.

This seems like a problem with the way the Kona card is being told to handle the interlace. I have no way of knowing if this would occur on transfer to tape for broadcast, as I have no HD VTR. If I were to send you a second or so of the footage, how would you like it?

Thanks much.

Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 1.1.2, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi Avid MC, Macbook Pro Core2Duo, G5 Quadcore PCIe, Media 100i/XR

[Jim Wiseman]

Hi Wickham,

Any idea when this 23.98 psf problem might be addressed, as it appears that without a solution editing in 23.98 psf (EX1, EX3) is impossible on an HDMI video monitor.

Thanks,

Jim Wiseman

[Jim Wiseman]

The SI driver just posted says it is a “BASE” non Raid driver. Not much use if that is true. (* SiI 3132 Mac OS X 10.6 & 10.6.1 BASE (non-RAID) BETA)

Anyone tried this with a RAID? Mine are LaCie 2Bigs. Still at 10.5.8 until this is resolved. (w FCP 6.0.6)

Jim Wiseman