Neil Patience
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[Chris Tarroza] “other than using it to display to my broadcast monitor, I have no idea what else it is capable of.”
Hi Chris
Broadly the Kona Lhe is a video input/output card that performs several functions. Obviously the output part you use as its hooked up to your monitor. This may also be used to feed a VTR in order to be able to lay off to tape. (Doesnt sound like you ever do this)
It also has inputs so you can capture from tape or other video sources.
The card also lets you control a VTR so you can accuratly record from or lay off to tape.It has a selection of input and outputs including SDI, Component and Composite, these are selectable via the AJA Control Panel software and you would need to plug up the relevant connections to your KL box.
It has 2 digital SDI outputs and an analogue output. These can be used simoultainiously and the SDI outputs can downres in realtime from HD to SD.
The LHe does not have a realtime upres like a Kona 3 for example.It can also perform other functions like software conversion where you can select various pulldown patterns and you can also set it to record with a timelapse function so capture 1 frame every 1 sec for example.
I would open the Control Panel and then you will see all of the functions – the controls for the primary and secondary outputs the downres, video and audio monitoring options format selection etc etc.
There are a few other bits and bobs in there but thats about the jist of it.
Hope that helps
best wishes
Neil
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Cool, clean install on a new(used) machine is probably a wise move anyway.
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One way is to use the scale button at the top of the canvas.
Just make the picture smaller and then you have much more room to see your zoom.
Or click the canvas and use the apple+/- command to make it bigger or smaller.
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Neil
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Ok well Neal’s suggestion of trying capture now would have been my next suggestion.
If that does not work a preferences trash is usually a good start when odd things starts happening.
Then its about eliminating stuff – have you got a dodgy drive cable ?, what if you try capturing a different tape that you know works ?
Capture to a totally different drive ?Narrow down the possible failure points. I guess you have probably tried most of those how annoying.
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Neil
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[James Mortner] “[Neil Patience] “ITV is all Avid for programme making.”
They use some FCP for on-lining their own promos, not so ?”
Yes indeed they do – I have worked in them many times, but only for network promos.
(And there lies a very interesting tale about Apples attitude to “Pros” going back to 2004/5 but its for another post.)All programme making suites are Avid.
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[Neil Patience] ” If there is enough of a groundswell towards Adobe and/or FCPX here then the bigger facilities will be forced to support it I would imagine.”Its really hard to see that right now, there’s so little traction here. Maybe one day.”
Totally true, there is no traction at all that I have seen – time will tell I guess.
[James Mortner] “Agreed ! I want it to work but I feel so cut-off from everyone else if i dare to use it ! No EDL, XML etc”
To be fair I think it depends on the work you do. I have a friend who is a photographer but he edits his own video and he loves FCPX. But he does not ever have to do anything that involves anyone else.
It’s horses for courses though – what works or doesnt for you and I isnt everyones experience.The 7toX tool recently released by Intelligent Assistance allows you to send FCP7 projects to FCPX – it does not work in PAL yet but I believe there is an upcoming release that will.
I also saw a X to Protools tool.I think neither are yet perfect but its a start and will develop and improve so collaborative tools are starting to appear.
I only really use EDLs for working out returns for music and archive these days, maybe for grading once in a while depending on whats going where. You would think its such a simple thing to do, and still useful, someone will develop that.
best wishes
Neil
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Often this kind of error is associated with drive speed.
If you are daisy chaining devices you may find the whole chain slows to 400. This is not the case every time but it depends on drives/devices.
What happens if you just connect the 800 drive and the camera each to a seperate port on your MBP. Do you get the same issue ?
best wishes
Neil
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I have been a freelance editor in London UK for getting on for 20 years.
The majority of my work is for broadcast. I either work for the broadcasters directly such as ITV and BBC, other large media companies such as IMG or post facilities in and around London providing programming for broadcast in the UK and to some extent in the US. (Discovery, History, Nat Geo channels)
Probably 75% of my work is finishing the rest is offline. Usually the areas I work in are things like game shows and light entertainment which tend to be multi-cam studio shoots, comedy shows, documentaries and fast turnaround sports highlights.
So in my specific area Avid is by far the most used NLE with FCP probably being about a 30% share (at a guess).
ITV is all Avid for programme making. BBC TV Centre is/was Avid and FCP7 except Sport which was all Avid – not sure whats happening in Salford.
Adobe is currently not really visible. FCPX, so far, has been roundly ignored so it will be interesting and easy to see if that changes.
As others have mentioned at the moment companies seem to be broadly sticking with what they have. I know 2 examples of fairly large successful facilities who were mainly FCP7 at the outset adding Avid facilities and now offer both. (Air Post and Timeline TV) I have not seen anyone switch totally from Apple to Avid.
While FCP7 may not have dominated the broadcast market it certainly made huge gains in other areas. Whenever I have worked for smaller indie companies more often than not FCP7 is the tool of choice.
These are probably the areas that Adobe and FCPX will initially make gains. If there is enough of a groundswell towards Adobe and/or FCPX here then the bigger facilities will be forced to support it I would imagine.
I tend to use FCP7 for my own work but since MC6 now works with my Kona card that may change.
I personally cant get on with FCPX, it has some great features but the overall GUI, paradigm, concept and timeline don’t work for me. But that’s just me.best wishes
Neil
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Sorry somehow glossed over the Movs bit – I see your point. I have not used XDCam on FCPX and would not usually answer a question on it here however a friend called me yesterday unable to import XDCam and we found that article so I had it sitting there and engaged “post” slightly before “reading properly” – that’ll teach me – anyway hope it helps.
best wishes
Neil
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