[Kristian Lam]

Hi Gerrit,

I can confirm this. There is no desktop feature in Windows Vista and will not be in Windows 7.

regards

Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design

[Kristian Lam]

Hi Bryan,

Thanks for the feedback.

What exactly do you use the extended desktop for? Is it just for more desktop space while in the Finder?

regards

Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design

[Kristian Lam]

Hi guys,

There seems to be a pattern here with the Nvidia 7300 and we’ve notified Apple about this. I’ll update this thread if there’s any more information.

regards

Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design

[Kristian Lam]

Hi Michiel,

What is the resolution of your monitor? Media Express current requires a 1920×1200 screen. However, this will be something we will be addressing in subsequent updates.

regards

Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design

[Kristian Lam]

Hi Joel,

I guess the kind of displays you’ll be using will determine what kind of cards to get.

For example, if you’re using a HD-SDI monitor, then the US$295 DeckLink SDI card will suffice.

If you need component or HDMI output, then DeckLink Studio is a good bet and you can also get a simultaneous SD output from the dedicated composite, S-video or SDI output.

regards

Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design

[Kristian Lam]

Hi Simon,

There are numerous reasons why we’ve removed the extended desktop feature. The main reason is that Apple Color checks each desktop it detects for OpenGL compatibility and because the extended desktop output is not OpenGL, Color fails to launch.

Also, like what Will Salley has mentioned, the way the OS enumerates the displays may sometimes cause issues which are undesirable and beyond our control.

Extended desktop was first conceived many years ago so that users can have proper TV colorspace output from Photoshop and After Effects by dragging the canvases across to the “tv screen”. However, we now have proper plugins so that users can output directly from Photoshop and After Effects so the desktop feature is no longer used much.

However, do keep the feedback coming about this and I’m certainly happy to see if there’s anything we can do or recommend.

regards

Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design

[Kristian Lam]

Hi Margus,

Sorry, we only read timecode via RP188 in a supported application like Media Express or via RS422.

regards

Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design

[Kristian Lam]

Hi Ben,

What do you have to do for it to crash? Send the crash log to our support guys (support@blackmagic-design.com) and they can have a look.

regards

Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design

[Kristian Lam]

Hi,

Is that an input that is of the same framerate/format as the original?

Does closing and re-opening Log and Capture in Final Cut Pro do anything?

regards

Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design

[Kristian Lam]

Hi Leo,

Lots of camera will shoot 720p24 and other non 720p60 framerates but these will only exist on file or tape. On output, the result will always be 720p60.

Varicam framerates are similar as well. They may be 720p24 (or 23.98) but always output over 720p59.94 over HD-SDI or Component video. I don’t know of any monitor that will actually handle a native 720p24 signal but we’ll happy to support those formats as native playout if there is a viable workflow. Can you point me to a monitor that supports this? I’ll get the engineers to check them out because we’ve been looking for such monitors such day one and haven’t been able to find them.

We currently support these formats in NLEs as part of our editing workflow but I’m sure we can roll Varicam pull down framerate support into Media Express as an update.

regards

Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design