[Tom Matthies]

Ah, I remember edit 4 at Optimus in Chicago.
Ampex ACE, Century 330 switcher, Beta BVW75’s and VPR3’s for decks, Chyron Scribe and a couple of channels of ADO. A day of renting that room for editing would cost more than a new MacPro computer and FCS3 software, hard drives and plugs-ins would cost today. The glory days of on-line editing! What a difference.

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[Tom Matthies]

I just wish that they simply kept what works and fixed what didn’t rather than reinventing the wheel. It’s a nice perfectly round wheel. It’s just that it faces sideways from the direction that I want to go…
Tom

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[Tom Matthies]

The stuttering when panning at 24fps isn’t a problem with the camera. It’s the format itself. When I shot film, the same issue existed. You just learned that you cannot do fast pans at that frame rate. Basic cinematography here.
I’ve found that this camera delivers a lot of bang for the buck. I’d challenge anyone to find another camera with the features of the HVX-370 at the same price point. Is it as good as a Sony SR-9000 camcorder? Probably not. Does it cost over 60K? Nope.

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[Tom Matthies]

They took away our toolbox.
I could probably build a house with a hammer, a pair of pliers and a screwdriver but it will take a very long time and it won’t be a very good house in the end.
That’s what it’s like.

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[Tom Matthies]

Found the problem and it was due to operator error…sort of.
This was a standard definition project in FCP. The output in FCP was set to 720P 59.94 and the Decklink preferences were set to realtime downconvert and center cut. This combination doesn’t work well with an SD timeline. I reset FCP to output a 720×486 signal, turned off the realtime down convert and the centercut option the video locked up properly.
Still need to explore why the sync isn’t locked when doing realtime down convert from an HD timeline. That’s an issue for later.
Tom

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[Tom Matthies]

I am running a similar setup with dual monitors and both a Samsung monitor and an older Sony CRT based monitor for grading. I use the AJA Kona LHi and it does all that I need it to do. Clean and reliable. Digital SDI/HDSDI/analog component/Composite in and out. More expensive than the DeckLink, cheaper than the Kona 3. Good value/performance for a reasonable price and it just works.
Tom

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[Tom Matthies]

Well…
I’m running the same Black signal to the reference in on the UVW, the Video in on the UVW and the reference in on the DeckLink card and the sync issue on the UVW is still there. The decklink output is going into the UVW thru the CAV cables. I tried setting the UVW to both Video and External Sync in the menu-no difference. It still locks incorrectly. All of the cables are good. The DeckLink menu is indicating that it is seeing the reference input. The devices seem to be locking to the reference since the vertical displacement is pretty much constant and isn’t changing over time. I have a similar setup on another edit station using a PVW-2800 series Betacam that has a separate reference output in the back going to the reference in on the DeckLink card and it’s working without issue.
Did I miss something?
Tom

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[Tom Matthies]

Thanks Bob!
No, I do not have a signal going to the video in on the deck right now. I’ll give it a try. And yes, I am using an actual Grass Valley SCB200N sync generator for the reference signals. Older but still in good shape.
Thanks again.
Tom

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[Tom Matthies]

In your original post, you say that the clip is “1080”. Is it an HD clip? If so, using it in a SD timeline should require the “Shift Fields” filter since the clip would be upper field first. I believe this applies to PAL as well as NTSC, but I’m not certain this is the case. Worth checking.

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[Tom Matthies]

DV Garage was offering this a few years ago.

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