[Richard Wirth]

Michael and Job,

Many thanks. I’ll look into both of them.

Richard

[Richard Wirth]

Thanks! I’ll give it a try.

[Richard Wirth]

Typical Avid setup. A Keyspan 28 XG or B (I have both) for USB to Mac serial conversion. Then a Mac serial to DB9 9pin into the deck (via Cat5). The same arrangement works on all the Avids.

[Richard Wirth]

SMPTE 256M is still in effect as far as I know.

Check out PBS’s Technical Operating Specifications at
https://www.pbs.org/producers/TOS_2007_Submission_8_20_07.pdf

[Richard Wirth]

Bob,

Turning off the Progressive Scan did the trick. The units talk to each other just fine in 59.94!

Thanks for the help,
Richard

[Richard Wirth]

This is taking much longer and more of my (and your) time than I ever expected.

I have loaded AJA VTR Exchange and successfully captured and output using the very same configuration having changed no settings.

I’m new to FCP (duhhhh!) but have years of experience with Avid and Media 100. All my signal tracing days have taught me that the problem points to FCP.

Thanks for your time…
Richard

[Richard Wirth]

IS THE DECK SET CORRECTLY TO RECORD 1080 23.98 PsF content?

Yes, the deck is set correctly to record 1080 23.98psf content. It is the deck’s screen that is black.

In the AJA control panel, I find no option for Embedded Audio. The only option is SDI 23.98psf for output.

[Richard Wirth]

I have:
…Crash recorded from a signal generator through the Kona Card (without FCP running) to verify it’s not the Kona card. The video is there.
…Run the output through a scope to check that the format is indeed correct.
…Eliminated all references to ProRes422 and double checked all settings to be sure all the settings match what is expected.
…Verified solid tri-level sync is getting to both units.
…And, like I said, the deck, the Kona and FCP all think they are making a recording but the screen is black.

I suspect I’m missing a setting in FCP telling it to output HDSDI video with embedded audio. I’ve been through every menu I can find.

The systeme frequency of the HDWD1800 is 1080/23.98psf. When FCP is making the recording (of black) the SDI icons continue to blink.

Thanks,
Richard

[Richard Wirth]

There is only (HD)SDI inputs to the HDWD1800.

The output of the Kona 3 Application is set to SDI 23.98psf.

Thanks,
RW

[Richard Wirth]

Thanks for the responses. I’ll recheck some of the render settings when I’m in the office tomorrow, but this is second time this has happened on this sequence.

Further clarification – material was created from Photoshop so no video import was involved. Project is set up as 30fps with TIF sequence selected to render full frames (no field render). Out of 2700 frames, frame 1802 & 1803 are identical (that’s the only one I can point to as it has timecode burnin). The addition of that frame is the third frame to be added (previous frames are still frame). Frame 1803 picks up with the next TC number and continues accurately until it goes to black. Somewhere in the 2 second black segment, it truncates the three frames it added to make the total 2700.

The errors are in the sequence coming out of AE, before they even get to a video import.

Thanks again.