[Simon Green]

The sync problem WAS the monitor. I have the Sony LMD2451w HD LCD monitor and it was creating a delay, however there was a menu function within the syestem settings which allows for this delay and you can add on by a measurement of 1 or 2. I have had to put it on 2, however, now when I do this it creates a filed dominance issue so when I pause it wobbles between frames. It doesn’t do this on setting ‘1’, so I have no idea. DOn’t suppose you know a good Sony contact!!?

Thanks

Simon

[Simon Green]

Hi Jesse

Thanks for taking the time to help me. However I don;t think this is the problem. I have changed all my settings, uninstalled and reinstalled the lastest AJA plugins, reset the P-RAM on the MacPro and yet I still have my monitor 2 frames behind Final Cut Pro. I have offset the playback control to 0 frames – so I know what is in FCP is playing the correct file and it is in sync, but for some reason, despite it being mirrored, my monitor is 2 frames behind. V frustrating and it is doing it in both of my suites! Heaven help me (or Creative Cow!)

Thanks

Simon

[Simon Green]

Hi Jeremy,

Yes it is in sync when I play it in finder through quicktime. It is just when I play it in FCP through the Kona 3 when its out of sync by a few frames. Not sure about all my settings, they are pretty new systems so I expected it to be right, but there is obviously something not set up as both suites are identical and both are having the same problems

thanks for your support

Simon

[Simon Green]

It basically is not the Playback offset in final cut – that is syncing the 2 pictures on FCP and on the monitor. The issue is that the output entirely is off by a few frames and I am having to nudge the audio out of sync on the timeline (which I shouldnt have to) to get it to lipsync.

[Simon Green]

Hi there

no it is not the sync in final cut, it is the sync on the external HD monitor (Sony LMD26inch) which is being played through the Kona 3. So basically, what ever is coming out of the Kona is 3 frames out. Any help is desperately needed!

Thanks

[Simon Green]

Hi Walter, I see what the offset does – it syncs Final Cut with my external monitor so that they are in sync. however, it is my external monitor/kona 3 that is a couple of frames out. Somehow it is pushing it out of sync. Is there something in the Kona 3 output that could cause this?

[Simon Green]

Thanks Gary. I wonder why I have never had this problem before – would/could it just be the use of the Kona that creates the problem? Does it have something to do with the fact that my monitor is in sync (well now it is) and FCP on my computer screens is out of sync?

Interesting…..!

[Simon Green]

Thank you SO much. I have been going up the wall thinking it was the Kona box! Out of curiosity, why is this there and why is it defaulted to 4 frames offset?

Thanks again!

[Simon Green]

Thanks for all your help on this one. I have a new batch of XDCAM to do next week so I will be putting these in to practice and letting you know!

Thanks again

Simon

[Simon Green]

Hi Daniel

thanks for that. I had thought as much. I am a bit of applescript/automator idiot so if you have a script and some instructions to implement then that would be really really helpful.

Thanks you so much

Simon