[Tim Rush]

The problem is not so much that I have two decks, it’s more just getting the computer to talk to any of them. I have a switcherbox for my rs-422, so it’s only one cable hooked into the serial port. When I go to Deck Configuration Settings, it loads machine templates but nothing shows up. No generic deck setting, nothing. I know the computer can see these ports, as FCP works fine, but the Avid itself can’t seem to be able to. Is this a known problem with the version of this software?

Thanks!
Tim

[Tim Rush]

I believe the version number is 2.5.04. Should I upgrade? If so, do I need to oprade my OS from 10.4.6?

[Tim Rush]

Upon quitting the Media Composer, I always get this error:

[Tim Rush]

The decks don’t show up in the Deck Preferences window, it is completely blank.

[Tim Rush]

Am I ever in danger of a Dbeta tape failing a QC test if it’s a dub from Mini-DV? Any different in IRE or saturation levels? Would a client ever kick back a product for having titles that look DV quality instead of 2:1/SDI? Or is that silly?

[Tim Rush]

Thanks for the answers guys. It sounds like titles/gfx are going to be noticeably lower res if I stay within the DV realm, and that the footage itself would be no different. Makes total sense.

In this case, since I only plan to have about 4 titles in the piece, I think I’m going to output a textless mini-DV master of the edit from my FCP and digitize that onto an AVID to do those titles, then spit it out SDI to the Dbeta. Does this sound like a good way to go? I’m trying to maximize time on the FCP for actual editing and minimize online time.

Thanks,
Tim