Lee Berger
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8-bit will work great. Yes, you go out of the component out and into the AJA Io component in. If you’re working in NTSC set your Easy Setup to AJA Io- NTSC US Betacam 8-bit Uncompressed.
Good luck
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Check the Apple Final Cut Discussion. There are a couple of posts warning against Qt7. The main thing seems to be that you loose your Pro license and have to pay $30 to get it again. I wouldn’t do it just yet.
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Miriana,
You can use any setting from DVCPro50 up to 10 bit uncompressed depending on your system configuration (storage and processors). DVCPro50 uses 4:2:2 compression so you can get a clean chroma key. If I were doing the project I would work at 8 or 10 bit uncompressed depending on the storage requirements. You could also do all of your green screen after effects work uncompressed and then export the final composite to FCP in DVCPro50 if space is an issue. Good luck.Lee Berger
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When you say you connected cables to a monitor I assume it was a monitor with component (R-Y, B-Y, Y) input. If so you may have a bad connection on your UVW1800. You might check it with another deck if you can borrow one (any format with Betacam Component in should do).
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The inputs on the Io are line level. Do you have a mixer or mic preamp between the mic and Io? If not I suggest an inexpensive mixer such as a Behringer or Mackie.
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I’m sorry to hear that. The only problem I had was during an assemble edit to tape, it kept going to the wrong time code. Cueing the tape and marking in solved the problem. Have you notified AJA? Their response to support issues is probably one of the quickest I’ve ever encountered. It’s a good thing you can easily jump back to previous versions.
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1. Are there any advantages to using a capture device like IO or KONA for a project if 95% of footage is DVCAM?
No, not if you are editing in DV/DVCam codec. In fact I have read some posts which claimed there is a softening of the video on the YUV outputs of DVCam decks. I haven’t tried a side by side comparison.
2. On an IO system, will DVCAM footage be captured through Firewire or analog YUV inputs on the IO?
You can do either. On DVCam only projects I capture directly to the Mac via firewire and then use the IO to monitor on an NTSC Monitor (it converts from DV to 10-bit component analog on the fly). On Betacam projects I use it to capture at either 10bit, 8-bit uncompressed or DVCPro50 depending on the final output. Unfortunatley you cannot have the IO and your capture deck connected to FireWire at the same time (even if you have a PCI card). You have to swap cables or get a FireWire A/B switch. Read the AJA Io FAQ at https://www.aja.com/support_Io.html#faq
3. Will DVCAM footage look any different if edited onto an UC 10 bit timeline rather than the DV timeline?
No, however your graphics and renderings will look better at 8 or 10 bits, then using the DV codec. If you’re going to do a lot of rendered compositing, then your composites should look better if you capture to 8 or 10 bit via YUV.
4. What about disk storage? will Xserve RAID be overkill?
I bought the Xserve RAID and Io figuring that as long as I’m shellig out for and editing system, I might as well be able to handle any type of SD. The cost per GB is very economical with the XServe and the drives are very high quality.I hope this is helpful.
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Craig:
You’re not missing anything, that is the way it works. AJA Io is a unity gain device, simply taking what you feed into it and passing it on to Final Cut Pro. The best way to deal with audio levels is to insert an outboard mixer between your deck and the Io (I use an inexpensive Behringer which works quite well). For video levels, you can adjust your decks’s TBC (some require external remote controls) or use filters after capture.