Matt Callac
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someone told me about this a couple days ago
https://www.dvgarage.com/prod/prod.php?prod=dvmatteb
they said it works really well for HDV and DV footage. I’ve never used it before as we don’t use HDV or DV footage.
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I always use the deck to set the TC and to black the tape. Either the entire tape if there’s time or just enough to assemble on.
when going to digi did you make sure you set your aja control panel to SDI? also did you make sure that the control panel has the correct audio setting as well as the deck. For instance if you want to lay audio using SDI embedded, you need to make sure it’s selected in the control panel and also need to make sure your deck is set to SIF input.
-mattyc
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I called AJA last week and they sent us a new box (even though our old one was out of warranty). The composite input on the IO had died. Hooked the new one up and everything works fine. Thanks for the help you guys.
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[gary adcock] “however have you even contacted AJA tech support?”
Not yet. I was going to do that if i couldn’t get it resolved via cow.
-mattyc
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[gary adcock] ”
FCP 4.0 was built for the Classic OS9 operating system and the in/out structure is not compatible with the more modern OS and QT versions you are working with. I am amazed that FCP launches at all.”You’re wrong about this. From the “Before You Install Final Cut Pro” text file on the Instal disc it says this:
Software requirements
• Mac OS X v10.2.5 or later
• QuickTime 6.1 or laterFCP 3 was even capable of running on both 9.2.2 and 10.1.1.
So while it is a WTF, it’s a WTF this should work properly
-mattyc
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[Bob Zelin] “1) Close FCP.
2) open the Pro I/O Control Panel
3) select ANALOG COMPOSITE INPUT.
4) input a source (like from a Beta VTR composite video out) into the AJA IO Video IN.
5) monitor the composite video output on a TV monitor.DO YOU SEE A PICTURE ?”
Sending bars from a digibeta deck. In the control panel above the analog input it says “No Video” in red. The monitor is getting A signal, but the signal is just black and not the color bars we are sending.
[Bob Zelin] “If the answer is NO, take the composite video cable from your Beta VTR, and stick it into the Y input of the IO box. Move the input tab to BETA COMPONENT. Continue to monitor the IO video output on your TV. Do YOU SEE A PICTURE (it should be in B+W if you are only using the Y channel).”
Did this and we DO get video. Also the control panel says that it is getting a video signal. It is not however black and white. It is the color bars with a slightly muted red channel.
-mattyc
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[gary adcock] “No other FW devices attached to the computer.”
only the io
[gary adcock] “your sure you have a clean composite signal
the cable is good”Sending bars from one of our digibeta decks. Checked the cable and bypassed the patch panel yesterday when we realized we weren’t getting signal.
[gary adcock] “what FCP/ OS and QT versions.”
FCP 4.0, QT 6.4* OSX 10.3.9
[gary adcock] “what machine”
Dual 1.42ghz G4 w/ 2GB Ram
[gary adcock] “no other competing products on the same machine (other codecs?)”
Nope, only aja ones.
*after having problems with this set up running QT7 we had to move back to v6.
-mattyc
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the equation should read:
Wacom Tablet + FCP = AWESOME
-mattyc
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But the control panel is NOT needed for an io to work properly. I loaded composite/component/SDI on this very io for 3 years.
I went ahead and downloaded the control panel which updated the firmware on the io. In the control panel I selected composite for the video input and it shows that there is no video.
Also now when I’m in final cut and open log and capture window, I get the Preview Disabled screen over color bars. Before It was just showing black video.
Is there anything else you know I could try?
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[gary adcock] “did you set the Io control panel to capture via the composite port?”
No, it’s an original io not an ioHD, so we don’t have the control panel application. in FCP we have the capture preset set to composite.
-mattyc