Tim Kolb
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NVIDIA Quadro cards actually run two sets of color adjustment settings…one for the desktop, and one for ‘video overlay’.
This may be a possible source of the difference you’re seeing.
Video overlay is a layer that is (as you might guess) intended for use with video playback, but all apps that play video don’t necessarily use the overlay layer. PPro does use it, but your video player may not…hence the two different impressions of the footage.
In the Quadro settings/preferences, there should be color adjustments for both the desktop (or general or something similar…each version of the drivers is a bit different), and you should see settings for video overlay. If the two settings don’t appear to be different, you’ll have to adjust the overlay settings to dial them in a bit.
TimK,
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Keep in mind that you need to monitor the video and audio at the same ‘place’. If you are watching the video on the AJA card’s video output, then audio played back from the computer’s internal audio output will not appear to be synced. If you are monitoring audio from the AJA card and watching the material on a computer display attached to your computer’s display card (NOT a video monitor attached to one of the AJA card’s outputs), then it will also not appear to be synced.
The video and audio need to be following the same route to get there simultaneously…
TimK,
Director, Consultant
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What AJA does and what Adobe does are two different things. AJA is indeed ‘self-contained’ and AJA functions don’t require a workstation-class display card.
However, After Effects and now in CS4, Photoshop, use the GPU for faster response during composition. After Effects uses the GPU for working previews and Photoshop CS4 uses the GPU to manipulate images very rapidly.
As Jeff notes, the Quadro cards have drivers that are typically more stable and have better compatibility with other pro hardware…like AJA.
As far as a Quadro 1500 vs a bigger card, it’s like adding RAM after you have the minimum required for your application…it all helps. When it comes to video workstations, I don’t recall anyone ever having an issue from an ‘over’ configured system.
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions, -
Do you have an NVIDIA display card?
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions, -
I think you should try to uninstall PPro and reinstall it.
There are simply times when an application goes bad.
…like milk.
That would be my first approach.
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions, -
Why are you converting the files?
If you have the most up-to-date CS3 updates, you should be able to use the EX files just the way they are (MP4 wrapper).
You may want to give it a try and see if the latitude shift happens with that workflow…
TimK,
Director, Consultant
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[Mark Hollis] “Good to note about CS3, though I have a friend in Manchester, NH who says he had to upgrade to CS4 for P2 (maybe the JVC flavor he was using?)”
Maybe the JVC thing…or perhaps he didn’t load the updates? P2 native was in the last (or close to the last) update for CS3.
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions, -
[Darrell Boeck] “I thought I was NOT to use Windows to move the files, but since doing it, Premiere has been flawless.”
Wow… That’s pretty interesting. I’ve not had an issue as far as I can tell with the Sony transfer utility… I wonder if your Sony app is corrupt somehow?
TimK,
Director, Consultant
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[Mark Hollis] “We would like to be able to work directly with P2 media files but we cannot work with CS4, so we have to convert those elsewhere or use videotape.”
If CS3 is updated to it’s latest version, it does P2 native…still far faster and more streamlined approach than FCP…
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions, -
Having material on a USB drive will slow rendering…that material will be accessed the slowest.
Have you tried a render on a project where all the material is on your internal drives?
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,