[Jonathan Smiles]

First thing it is very clearly stated that only FCP5 and DeckLink 5 drivers are supported in Tiger (10.4.x)

I would recommend going back to Panther (10.3.9) with the DL 4.8 drivers.

It could also be
Wrong framerate settings
Wrong Ref being fed to deck or DL
Broken timecode on tape
Faulty cables

You could also try changing your device control setting to “use deck search mechanism”
And also change in systems settings to warn about broken TC after capture, so at least you get the material in and can see if the clip is useable.

Jonathan Smiles
Managing Director/CEO
Digital Safari Ltd
UK – Specialist Reseller
dCinema – HD – SD
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[Jonathan Smiles]

The DV out is for older apps like FCP3
RT Extreme changed the way FCP works.

Jonathan Smiles
Managing Director/CEO
Digital Safari Ltd
UK – Specialist Reseller
dCinema – HD – SD
https://www.digitalsafari.co.uk

[Jonathan Smiles]

Your main options are:
1, Create DV sequence, drop in HD sequence, render, output to firewire

2, Hire DV deck with SDI input and use Blackmagic downconverter.

[Jonathan Smiles]

2 channel PCM audio on SPDIF out from DeckLink Pro into Denon Surround Amp or Edirol Digital Speakers.

Jonathan Smiles
Managing Director/CEO
Digital Safari Ltd
UK – Specialist Reseller
dCinema – HD – SD
https://www.digitalsafari.co.uk

[Jonathan Smiles]

If you have a DVCPRO-HD VTR you will notice that in other mode apart from 720p 60 (59.94) or 720p 50 it outputs upconverted 1080i.

You can only output 720 60p or 50p over HD-SDI, so for 23.98 you will have to add pulldown to get 59.94p, or up convert to 1080 which does support 23.98/24psf.

Jonathan Smiles
Managing Director/CEO
Digital Safari Ltd
UK – Specialist Reseller
dCinema – HD – SD
https://www.digitalsafari.co.uk

[Jonathan Smiles]

Dane,

This is what I use for real work and have clients using for major TV and feature work.

I would put a DeckLink HD Pro Dual or Single Link in system 2, and use a JVC 1910 HD CRT with analogue input for monitoring.

You could start by using your existing monitor and having the DeckLink downconvert to SD and get a HD monitor later.

In another thread Bob Zelin, talks about not bothering with CRT for HD as no consumer ever sees it on a CRT, if you submit a program for broadcast it will be tech reviewed on a CRT.

To get the best of both worlds we normally also have a HD projector (cheap 720p lcd to 2K 3 chip DLP or D-ILA) , LCD or Plasma connected, it’s like having different size speakers in an audio recording studio.

Jonathan Smiles
Managing Director/CEO
Digital Safari Ltd
UK – Specialist Reseller
dCinema – HD – SD
https://www.digitalsafari.co.uk

[Jonathan Smiles]

[Emery] “1. NONE of the blackmagic cards will play native 720p @23.98fps (that was captured through firewire) out to a monitor correct?”

This is really a 720p over SDI thing, as 720p only supported 60p over SDI.

[Emery] “2. You CAN capture 720p @23.98 through HD-SDI? How does that work, does it detect the flagged frames?”

Yes, the DeckLinks detect the flagged frames and removes them on the fly.

[Emery] “3. You CANNOT use the software framerate converter if you capture through HD-SDI?”

Correct, the Pansonic/Apple plug in only works for DVCPRO encoded clips, if you transcode to DVCPRO it will work.

Using Cinema tools to slow a 60fps (59.94) clip to 23.98 works as there are no flagged frames, any other shooting speed and there are flagged frames.

[Emery] “Anyone have an idea what kind of support decklink will have for the 1080p flavor of DVCPRO HD that the Panasonic HVX-200 will record?”

The DeckLink HDs already support DVCPRO-HD at 1080, we use it as an offline format all the time. The HVX200 1080p modes are 30p and 24p which are handled as PSF just like HDCAM.

Jonathan Smiles
Managing Director/CEO
Digital Safari Ltd
UK – Specialist Reseller
dCinema – HD – SD
https://www.digitalsafari.co.uk

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Eda,

Realtime conversion to HDV, will not work!

Set your HDCAM deck to output anamorphic 16:9 not letterbox on it’s SD-SDI output.

Encoding into HDV will be very slow on a G4.

My suggestion talk to someone with a G5 with a DeckLink HD and get them to do the HDCAM to HDV transfer.

If your in the UK I can help.

Jonathan Smiles
Managing Director/CEO
Digital Safari Ltd
UK – Specialist Reseller
dCinema – HD – SD
https://www.digitalsafari.co.uk

[Jonathan Smiles]

Yes it does, here’s relevant extract from the DeckLink HD Version 5 driver readme -HDV playback via HD-SDI outputs.

You can download the FCP5 beta driver from the support section of the Blackmagic site (https://www.blackmagic-design.com)

Jonathan Smiles
Managing Director/CEO
Digital Safari Ltd
UK – Specialist Reseller
dCinema – HD – SD
https://www.digitalsafari.co.uk

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Rob,

Offline DVCPRO-HD and online uncompressed is best, you can always hire in the uncompressed system.

This will deliver sharp pictures that do your HDCAM footage justice.

You would need a DeckLink HD (GBP 350) and hire a JH3 to get the footage in.

Give me a call (01752 704 891)if you want some free advice, I have many UK clients supplying HD content to the USA.

Jonathan Smiles
Managing Director/CEO
Digital Safari Ltd
UK – Specialist Reseller
dCinema – HD – SD
https://www.digitalsafari.co.uk