[Mykul235]

“So you mean if you convert m2t to DVCPROHD 1080/50i but set field dominance on FCP sequence to none, it becomes 1080/25p?”

No, that will look awful. Simply demultiplex the m2t to a m2v and an aif file using LumiereHD (current beta 1.6b6). (These will be identical to the camera original) Import these two files into final cut. The m2v file will be 720p25. Drop these files into a 1080i50 sequence with the field dominance set to none. Change the aspect ratio in the distort part of the motion tab of the m2v file to -33.3 to correct the pixel aspect (720p is square pixels and 1080i is not!!!) and scale it up to 150%. Now render out to the codec of your choice (uncompressed recomended if you have the hard drive speed and size otherwise DVCPROHD will do). You have now successfully upconverted your 720p25 to 1080p25.

Let me know how you go.

[Mykul235]

negative on the capture using the deck and component at 720p25. The problem here is Final Cut pro, not AJA. It will capture if you set the deck to upconvert to 1080 but the results are less than desirable. The best way I have devised so far is capturing using LumiereHD and upconverting this to 1080p in Final cut pro (actually a 1080i sequence with the field dominance set to none) which will play out of the AJA card properly to a broadcast HD monitor. Very nice results indeed.

[Mykul235]

Finally, an answer form AJA.

It is Final Cut Pro that does not support 720p50. When FCP does, so will Kona.

This is extremely frustrating news. When will apple realise that all of europe and half the rest of the world also produce content professionally. Support is desperately needed ASAP.

[Mykul235]

“The process for handling 25fps is identical to the process for handling the 24p material from JVC.
It can be found on the aja web site at https://aja.com/pdfs/AJA_whitepaper_HDV.pdf“

I have read this several times and seems to rely on the use of a 59.94 workflow. This is a problem as I have the 100E model of the JVC cam. When I plug the 720p50 component output from the JVC deck
to the KONA Lhe Card, it simply says: ‘No Video’

“….but you will need to build a 25fps setting for the Kona to accommodate your workflow.”

Is this something that needs to be written into the driver or is it an easy software configuration?

Thanks for the info and you are dead right, Apple makes it pretty hard for us in PAL countries. Hopefully this will change soon.

[Mykul235]

is that only in version 5? I have 4.5!!

[Mykul235]

Thankyou. Works well if a littlt complicated. Why is this not a standard feature of FCP? Is it because it is mainly a PAL problem?
Anyway, thanks for your help.