[Robbie]

i’m running my Decklink HD Pro in slot 3 with the atto UL4D in slot 4 and HD has worked like a champ

G5 dual 2.5, 4.5 gigs ram:

SYSTEM A – Mac OS X.3.8, FCP 4.5HD, QT 6.5.2, Decklink HD Pro, Blackmagic 4.8 driver, Huge U320RX 1.2TB, ATTO UL4D with 3.3.0 driver
SYSTEM B – Mac OS X.4.1, FCP 5, QT 7.0.1, Decklink HD Pro, Blackmagic 5.0 driver, Huge U320

[Robbie]

what storage are you using?

have you contacted blackmagic direct to see about swapping the board out????

G5 dual 2.5, 4.5 gigs ram:

SYSTEM A – Mac OS X.3.8, FCP 4.5HD, QT 6.5.2, Decklink HD Pro, Blackmagic 4.8 driver, Huge U320RX 1.2TB, ATTO UL4D with 3.3.0 driver
SYSTEM B – Mac OS X.4.1, FCP 5, QT 7.0.1, Decklink HD Pro, Blackmagic 5.0 driver, Huge U320

[Robbie]

well i’m glad we all finally got to the bottom of that one

yay for the cow collective:)

G5 dual 2.5, 4.5 gigs ram:

SYSTEM A – Mac OS X.3.8, FCP 4.5HD, QT 6.5.2, Decklink HD Pro, Blackmagic 4.8 driver, Huge U320RX 1.2TB, ATTO UL4D with 3.3.0 driver
SYSTEM B – Mac OS X.4.1, FCP 5, QT 7.0.1, Decklink HD Pro, Blackmagic 5.0 driver, Huge U320

[Robbie]

doh! trying reading everything first robbie!!!

G5 dual 2.5, 4.5 gigs ram:

SYSTEM A – Mac OS X.3.8, FCP 4.5HD, QT 6.5.2, Decklink HD Pro, Blackmagic 4.8 driver, Huge U320RX 1.2TB, ATTO UL4D with 3.3.0 driver
SYSTEM B – Mac OS X.4.1, FCP 5, QT 7.0.1, Decklink HD Pro, Blackmagic 5.0 driver, Huge U320

[Robbie]

doesn’t that one convert ADC to DVI?

G5 dual 2.5, 4.5 gigs ram:

SYSTEM A – Mac OS X.3.8, FCP 4.5HD, QT 6.5.2, Decklink HD Pro, Blackmagic 4.8 driver, Huge U320RX 1.2TB, ATTO UL4D with 3.3.0 driver
SYSTEM B – Mac OS X.4.1, FCP 5, QT 7.0.1, Decklink HD Pro, Blackmagic 5.0 driver, Huge U320

[Robbie]

hi mike

this is a known issue with HDV 1080 60i (according to Steve Connors, 1080 50i works fine)

This is from Apple’s “late-breaking FCP 5 issues” doc…

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HDV Log and Capture Preview Is Disabled When a PCI Graphics Card Is Installed

If your computer has a PCI graphics card installed and you are logging or capturing HDV footage, Final Cut Pro does not preview video or audio in the Log and Capture window. You can still log and capture, but you need to use your HDV camcorder display to preview video.

if you have a PCI graphics card in your G5 (in my case a blackmagic HD Pro) then that kills the display in the log and capture window

the solution is to monitor from the deck or camera as you log, but beware, there is a massive lag between what you see on the camera and what’s being fed to FCP

with that and the sluggish reaction when trying to cue through HDV material, it makes it a pain in the ass in post production – and this is just the logging stage!!

hope this helps

robbie

G5 dual 2.5, 4.5 gigs ram:

SYSTEM A – Mac OS X.3.8, FCP 4.5HD, QT 6.5.2, Decklink HD Pro, Blackmagic 4.8 driver, Huge U320RX 1.2TB, ATTO UL4D with 3.3.0 driver
SYSTEM B – Mac OS X.4.1, FCP 5, QT 7.0.1, Decklink HD Pro, Blackmagic 5.0 driver, Huge U320

[Robbie]

check the menu to see if the firewire out is set to downconvert instead of HDV out

G5 dual 2.5, 4.5 gigs ram:

SYSTEM A – Mac OS X.3.8, FCP 4.5HD, QT 6.5.2, Decklink HD Pro, Blackmagic 4.8 driver, Huge U320RX 1.2TB, ATTO UL4D with 3.3.0 driver
SYSTEM B – Mac OS X.4.1, FCP 5, QT 7.0.1, Decklink HD Pro, Blackmagic 5.0 driver, Huge U320

[Robbie]

hhmmmm, then i guess that’s a bonus for PAL land

i’ve had people at apple confirm that this is an issue with 1080i60, and there have been the other posts too on the cow

G5 dual 2.5, 4.5 gigs ram, Mac OS X.4.1, FCP 5, QT 7.0.0, Decklink HD Pro, Blackmagic 5.0 driver

[Robbie]

good question………

are you looking at 1080i60 or 1080i50 steve?

[Robbie]

this was a post i made a few days back – this is an issue in 10.3.9 and Tiger!!!!!!!!!!

hi all

just started tinkering with FCP5 and some 1080i60 HDV footage

all seems promising, except for not having any video appear in the log and capture window

now, from a post over in the HDV forum i discovered that this is not a bug!!!!!!!!

This is from Apple’s “late-breaking FCP 5 issues” doc…

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HDV Log and Capture Preview Is Disabled When a PCI Graphics Card Is Installed

If your computer has a PCI graphics card installed and you are logging or capturing HDV footage, Final Cut Pro does not preview video or audio in the Log and Capture window. You can still log and capture, but you need to use your HDV camcorder display to preview video.

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first off, why on earth would they do this?????????????????

second, can anyone with a kona 2 confirm this ‘feature’ on their rigs, i have a decklink HD Pro in mine

i’m running FCP5, MAC OS 10.3.9, BM 5.0b1 drivers, QT7

cheers

robbie