[Rory Hinds]

okay I’m convinced this is a ref sync issue.

I’m managed to get a stable signal with no sparkles in PAL SD as I have a Black and Burst going ref into the Kona3.

So this leaves HD to be sorted.

Do I have to purchase a TriSync for HD reference as the Kona3 doesn’t work on Freerun?
This doesn’t seem right as surely AJA would have mentioned this.

Rory Hinds
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[Rory Hinds]

Hi Terence

You are the voice of reason as I’ve been saying to support that this is a reference issue all along as the signal drops and I do get weird line alternating problems and now the sparkles.

I have tried setting the Kona3 to reference in to my Black&Burst and still no joy.

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[Rory Hinds]

Hi Gary

I swopped out the Mac Pro so I know its not the Mac.

View a direct feed off the VRT via the HDLink is fine, its only when connected to the Kona3 that I have issues.

I’ve checked the Kona Control Panel and all is okay there.

I plan to purchase a Decklink card to rid me off this problem as everything is pointing to the Kona3.

I’ve replaced every component in my setup and still the problem persists with the Kona3… what more am I do to without tech support having the same setup as I do?

Rory Hinds
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[Rory Hinds]

Hi Bob

I don’t think its the HDLink as it gets a solid signal when I feed it HD or SD directly from the VTR’s and its only when the Kona3 is connected I get the sparkles and drop outs.

I would say this is a software problem with Kona3 drivers although AJA are saying its not but don’t have PAL equipment to test it so they are shooting in the dark on this one and as I have the PAL equipment and have done the testing for them its extremely frustrating to be jumping through hoops.

Hopefully other Kona3 PAL users will speak up as I do find it incredible that there are so few PAL users out there.

Rory Hinds
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[Rory Hinds]

I see sparkles too.

I have a Kona3 in a Mac Pro… am still trying to get to the bottom of this as I’ve had 2 replacement cards and cables from AJA and the problems is still there.

Rory Hinds
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[Rory Hinds]

Hi Gary

Nice to meet you at IBC.. I’m still having issues with my card and am talking with Gerry to sort things out.

How come they have 1080p25 and 1080p50 as format options in the control panel?

I’ve had major issues with my card and have pretty much replaced everything to issolate the problem. I’m actually starting to think I have a bad Mac or Graphics card as I can’t explain why video in and out is such and issue.

Have you seen a situation where the card doesn’t see HD video in on one input but not there other, even swopping them around.

I also get video dropping out when viewing the feed into a HDLink and get “spikes” on the signal too which look like “tearing”.

All I need is a stable system 🙂

Rory Hinds
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[Rory Hinds]

I’m having the same problem with setting the Kona 3 to output in 25p give me a green mess.
The only way to get it out correctly is to set it to 25i.

I’m on a Mac Pro DualCore 3Ghz, 10gb RAM, Kona 3, QT 7.1, FCP 6.0.1, Kona 4 drives..

Going to a M2000 VTR and a Decklink HDLink. I have to set my Control Panel to 1080i25 as 1080p25 doesn’t work.

Rory Hinds
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http://www.minefilms.com

[Rory Hinds]

thank you expression are indeed the way forward.

Regards
Rory

Rory Hinds
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http://www.minefilms.com

[Rory Hinds]

thank you expression are indeed the way forward.

Regards
Rory

[Rory Hinds]

This is a loop problem for sure.

Changing the EE doesn’t fix this as the Kona3 has issues with the loop.

Only way I can get it working okay is to have only 1 link to the Kona3 at a time, which sucks big time.

Hopefully AJA can fix this as its a major problem for us.

Rory Hinds
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