[Paul Thurston]

Hi Necemon,

At times I need 10-bit video captures and the MJPEG capture is only 8 bit video.

Regards,
Paul

[Paul Thurston]

We seem to have a problem with frames being repeated on capture (using QuickTime v7.1.3). Something that did not happen with QuickTime v6.2 and Premier Pro 1.5 where present.

I digitized with Deck Control a six second NTSC 10-bit sequence. Exactly at 4:29 I have a one frame sync mark. This is a yellow frame with corresponding 1 KHz tone.

When digitized, the sequence lasts for six seconds and one frame, BUT the sync mark is seen and heard at 5:12 on the Premier Pro 1.5.1 NTSC non drop frame time-code 10-bit timeline.

I just captured something else and you can tell that one or two frames are being introduced ever so often as the sound, which is music, gives this error away immediately.

Now, to tell if the capture offset was correct, exactly at the 01:00:00 point, where my capture begins, I have another one frame sync mark. This means that at the start of capture I have a one frame sync point and at exactly 4:29 I have a second one frame sync mark.

On the Premier timeline, my MOV media begins with the one frame sync mark, yet the second sync mark now ends up at 5:12?
(00:01:05:12)

Regards,
Paul

[Paul Thurston]

I did as Necemon suggested and found this helped me hear audio in MOV videos in Premier Pro 1.5.1.

There is a mismatch between the Decklink Pro driver, QuickTime PRO 7.1.3, Adobe Premier 1.5.1, Adobe Premier 2.0 and Supermicro X5DA8/X5DAE-G2 manufactured motherboards, though.

I wanted to add that my Windows XP is in Spanish and this may be a variable to consider.

-Paul

[Paul Thurston]

Hi Luke,

One other thing I forgot to mention is that Hyper threading is turned OFF in the Supermicro X5DA8 motherboard. The RAID is connected via one of the onboard ADAPTEC 7902 2-ch Ultra 320 SCSI connectors. The Decklink Pro S/PDIF out does work with the QuickTime player and Windows Media Player. It also works with Adobe Audition 1.5 and Adobe Encore DVD 1.5
BIOS Revision: Phoenix REV 1.3
BIOS Date Code: May/31/2004

Regards,
Paul

[Paul Thurston]

Thanks Andrew,

I did update to Premier Pro 1.5.1 and installed QuickTime Pro 7.3.1. & Decklink v5.7.2

The result was very troubling. My October 19 post, titled “Just found another 5.7.2 bug” explains in more detail what happened. Here’s a copy of it:
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Oct 19, 2006 at 1:55:18 am

Hi BlackMagic Design,

I found a new bug in driver 5.7.2. when in Adobe Premier 1.5.1, using WIN XP SP2, using a Decklink Pro card, and using QuickTime Pro 7.1.3.

I found that when I open an MOV, captured from Deck Control, Premier does not output any sound at all. When I export this media as an AVI and bring it in to Premier, I still get no sound from this media (if the MOV is in the timeline or in the project window). If I open this AVI file and put it on the timeline, when I have no MOV files in the time line or Project Window, playback of sound is correct and normal.

When I play the MOV file in QuickTime player or the AVI file in Windows Media Player 10, the sound is correct and normal.

All video is uncompressed 10 bit NTSC and was exported to 10 bit NTSC AVI. The QuickTime files where captured at 10 bit. My copy of Premier Pro has the “Mainconcepts Premier Pro 1.5 media encoder update” installed.

I have to Gigs of RAM and I’m using a Supermicro X5DA8 motherboard.

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Regards,
Paul Thurston

[Paul Thurston]

Wow Steve,

What a terrible thing… I guess it must have been that videographer spirit inside that kept you alive.

Paul

[Paul Thurston]

Hi Mike,

I was told that this “product” was going to be similar to the Panavision Genesis product but that instead of one CCD imaging chip, would have three. The CCD’s would also be in 16:9 aspect ratio rather than 3:4 as the Genesis. The camera has the processing part (that normally accompanies the SRW1 recorder) incorporated into the camera head.

We’ll have to wait till February 2007 to hear if Sony delivers or not.

-Paul

[Paul Thurston]

Hi Mike,

Halogen lamps do not flicker so your NTSC cameras will not pickup flicker. On the other hand, if the room has fluorescent lighting for decoration purposes, you will need to set up the shutter speed to 1/100.

Enjoy your trip over there
Paul Thurston

[Paul Thurston]

Here’s the scoop,

If the rooms in Amsterdam actually have fluorescent lights or similar AC arc discharge sources, your NTSC cameras will pick up a 50Hz flicker. To fix this you set your shutter to 1/100 which will get rid of the flicker. You will lose 1 f-stop of light sensitivity. This works because the shutter speed is a multiple of the electrical frequency. The flicker, once recorded, is almost impossible to get rid of in post (unless you have a Discreet smoke and lots of time and money.)

-Paul

[Paul Thurston]

Here’s more data:

It theoretically will be ready in December 2006, but will be made available in USA around February 2007. The news that it will be shown at NAB 2007 is accurate.

The camera head + SRW1 is designed to operate at 24 volts DC (not 12VDC.) The camera head has three 2/3 inch CCD’s. The “product” was shown at the CineAlta night event and was subsequently shown at the NAB show floor.

There is no official name for this camera head + recorder yet.

I was told that the sesitivity of the camera head would be improved but that the design team still had no firm specs yet. There will also be a new remote control box for the “product” but that the other RMB remote control products would work with it too. The new remote box will be a scaled down version of other RMB products.

Other folks got a more detailed account of the “product” so I hope they join us here to talk about what they learned then.

Regards,
Paul Thurston
Chile