[Kristian Lam]

Hi Doug,

Try this. In FCP’s Video Playback menu, select the 1080p23.98->59.94 option.

Then go into the Blackmagic preferences in System Preference and turn on the down conversion option.

This will then output your timeline as NTSC with the correct pulldown. Simply use the other machine to recapture this machine’s output.

regards

Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design

[Kristian Lam]

Hi,

Unfortunately, no. The architecture of Adobe Premiere Pro is such that we have to provide the presets. You can’t just use an Adobe preset and opt to output via our cards.

I hope to be able to add some Blackmagic AVCHD presets that will output via our cards, which will in turn also support the Mercury Playback Engine if you have a compatible graphics card.

Randy, since you have your email listed in your signature, I hope you don’t mind someone from Blackmagic send you a patch build sometime to see if performance improves.

regards

Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design

[Kristian Lam]

Hi Robert,

We absolutely support the Mercury Playback Engine and have been working with Adobe for some time now to incorporate this into our drivers. From the issues described here, it sounds like a bug or some setup issue which I hope I can help resolve.

regards

Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design

[Kristian Lam]

Hi Randy,

What kind of graphics card do you have installed?

regards

Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design

[Kristian Lam]

Hi Nigel,

We haven’t tested on the Xserve but there are 2 PCIe 2.0 x16 slots in it. I’m not sure if any of those slots are double width, but if they are not, then you’ll not be able to fit the recommended GTX 285 card.

It will not be advisable to run any processor instensive rendering in the background as this will most likely interfere with UltraScope resulting in dropped frames.

Also, 4 GBs of memory is fine. Anymore will not be beneficial to UltraScope.

The GT120 does work. By “work”, I mean UltraScope will run, you will see waveforms and picture updates but we cannot guarantee realtime performance, i.e. you’ll see dropped fraes.

[Nigel Thompson] “So i was wondering if i can Dual purpose the machine instead of buying yet another machine just for the Ultra Scope”

As above, if you’re only running one thing at a time, and given that the recommended conditions are meet, it should be fine, but not when you’re trying to render and UltraScope at the same time.

regards

Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design

[Kristian Lam]

Hi,

Are you running the latest display drivers for your graphics card?

You mentioned switching to Final Cut? On Windows? Can you clarify?

regards

Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design

[Kristian Lam]

Bob is right. We currently the GTX 285. We did look at the ATI 4870 that is available as a BTO upgrade when one orders the Mac Pro but we will need to do some optimization for the card as it is not getting the same level of performance as on the PC.

regards

Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design

[Kristian Lam]

Hi Yasser,

Unfortunately, the PCI cards will not be able to support more than 4GB of RAM in a 64-bit operating system. This is not likely to change but all the current PCIe cards available now will work fine.

You could potentially setup a few cheaper logging or capture workstations with the older cards.

regards

Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design

[Kristian Lam]

Hi Brett,

Can you list out more details about your hardware? What graphics card is installed in your PC?

What is the format of video you’re playing? Is it a Quicktime .MOV? Is it uncompressed 10-bit AVI?

Also, which Blackmagic Design product is installed in your system?

regards

Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design

[Kristian Lam]

Hi Paul,

More information would be good. Windows (Premiere Pro) or Mac? Either way, you will be able to do it on both platforms.

Firstly, verify that you have video/audio coming out to a monitor. If that’s the case, then it’s most likely a VTR setting. The HDCAM deck does multiple frame rates in HD so make sure it’s set to the one you’re outputting.

regards

Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design