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Go into preferences, check the option for Enable Network Volumes.

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[walter biscardi] “The LHe does NOT work on the older machines. You need the LH.”

It is a Dual Core, so it does have PCIe slots in it, not PCI-X.

I’d suggest zapping the PRAM, resetting NVRAM, reset PMU, and trash preferences in that order.

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If you are referring to ProRes422 support, the Kona3 will support the codec when FCS 2 is released and the codec is available to the world.

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[walter biscardi] “actually, Uncompressed HD is the only difference between the two products AND the Io HD gives you Analog I/O which is important to a lot of folks.”

That is an understatement if I ever heard it. The Kona 3 has support for Dual-link 4:4:4 and 2K footage that the ioHD just can’t do.

The Kona 3 also has the Downstream Keyer functionality not present in the ioHD. Maybe not used by everyone, but the first time you don’t have to rerender your entire piece to do a custom letterbox or put a bug on it, it is worth it.

This in addition to uncompressed HD round out the abilities of what the ioHD can’t do.

The ioHD on the other hand has some nice options that the Kona 3 doesn’t provide, such as LTC, HDMI I/O, and analog I/O as well as digital I/O.

Both solutions have some similarities and differences, picking the one that is right for you depends on your desired workflow and balancing which things are more valuable to you.

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This might help out a little when looking to build a system:

https://www.aja.com/html/support_xena_rec_sys.htm

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Might be more than you want to spend, but you can buy an audio disembedder mini converter from AJA (HD10AMA) to pull 4 channels of audio via SDI but still send your video component. Depends on how often you have to do this, but it is a viable option.

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Or just get a copy of Squeeze and make your life easier. Compressor is kind of a pain if you don’t know what you are doing. Squeeze will drag n’ drop with some good presets and it is smart enough to maintain your aspect ratio.

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If you wanted to use an outboard mixer with more than 2 channels on a Kona 3, you could use an AJA ADA4 mini converter for 4 channels of XLR analog audio or 2x ADA4’s and use all 8 of your AES outputs on the Kona 3.

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I’m willing to bet your sequence is setup improperly. Framesize might be correct but the codec is wrong.

What codec are you using? What framerate?

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AJA also makes a great SDI -> HDMI mini converter, the HI5, to add to your list.

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