HDLink -- various questions

[Alan Mills]

Originally Posted by Pete Bauer

Glad your problem was easily resolved.

Sounds like you're using AspectHD 4.3.0, build 75? There was an audio playback bug in that build of AspectHD, and it has been replaced by version 4.3.1, build 76 which is available for download at Cineform's web site.

I hadn't noticed a new update and was indeed suffering from the audio issues as well.

Curious that WMP, After Effects and Audition could all 'see' the audio though. I was assuming I still had something 'not clean' but no worries.

Thanks for ther heads-up Pete. Will update asap.

[Fredrik-Larsson]

Hi,

I haven't updated my installation for a while so I figured I would download the latest. Now it crashes every now and even trying to go back to the prior edition causes capture to crash.

I have a AMD Dual Core 4200+, 2 gb RAM et c and have a Sony HDR-HC1 that I capture from.

Regards, Fredrik.

[David Newman]

File a trouble ticket at www.cineform.com/support

[Stacy Rothwell]

My laptop crashed this morning and I have to transfer 2 m2t files from a co-worker's laptop to an XDCAM deck with a TS card.

He doesn't have Premiere. If I install AspectHD, it will complain but leave HDLink. When I try to run HDLink, all looks well but the Deck is not getting a legitimate TS stream from the 1394 cable.

Is there something (probably) that didn't get installed becuase there was no Premiere on the system? If so, is there ANY way around this for this one-time transfer?

Thanks!

Stacy

[David Newman]

Install NEO HDV, the 15-day trial will get over this hurdle. NEO HDV is Aspect HD without the Premiere plug-ins.

[Matt Vanecek]

Hi.
I shot some video to my FS-4, HDV, 30P, from my V1. I concatenated the files in the usual way (copy /b 1+2...) from the FS-4. I loaded the resulting file into HDLink in the "Convert" tab to attempt a conversion. HDlink gets to about 188M and says that the conversion is finished.

I have AspectHD Build 5.0.0.81. The input .m2t file is 10G, and the file is fine--it plays in a couple different players without problem. The documentation about HDLink is rather sparse--I followed the HDLink instructions from the user manual, but there doesn't seem to be anything in the way of troubleshooting tips. The manual says to click the "Convert" button, but there isn't a "Convert" button--just Select Files, Select Folder, and Start. Maybe I'm in the wrong place?

What's going on here? Howcome I can't get the whole file converted? Kinda defeats the purpose of DTD recording...

By the way, I have scene detection turned OFF, if it matters.

Thanks,
Matt

[David Newman]

There was a bug, now fixed. Download the latest version.

[Matt Vanecek]

I will do so, probably tomorrow morning, and report back.

Is that bug listed in a Cineform public bug tracker that I should have been able to search through but didn't?

Thanks,
Matt

[Bob Hart]

David.

Did this bug also exist in Prospect's HD Link?

[David Newman]

Yes, all products rev'd to x.0.1 versions last week.

The update log is here : http://www.cineform.com/products/Asp...#AHD_UpdateLog

Weirdly this particular fix is not listed -- there is often more in each release then we find time to document.

Check out the "What's New" section on the CineForm home page to learn about updated. One day we should make this an RSS feed.

[Matt Vanecek]

David,
The update appears to work. There seem to be a couple cosmetic issues. Mainly, the size processed doesn't update and is blank sometimes (down in the bottom dialog box). Also, I'm curious about where the actual converted file is stored during the conversion. The output file shows a size of 0Kb until the conversion is finished, and I can't see any temp files relevant to the conversion. It'd be handy to keep track of the size of the converted file, or to have the progress bar update, maybe with time remaining or something. I can extrapolate time spent/time remaining, approximately, if I could see how fast the file size was growing. I have a pretty good idea how big the CF files get for a given time, but an accurate progress bar would be much better. Just so's I know how much coffee I can drink during the conversion...

I'd really like to see the update process smoothed out--it should not be necessary to uninstall a product to install an update. Cineform is a bit unusual in that respect, in my experience.

Anyhow, those are just cosmetic issues, but would really enhance the product. Functionally, for the product's core tasks, I'm really happy with the purchase.

Thanks,
Matt

[David Newman]

Thank you Matt, we see why the progress bar stopped working.

[Dave Campbell]

Is this supposed to work? Running XP. OS sees the unit when I plug in the FF. But, HDlink does not see. HDVsplit does not.
And capture in PPro2 does not see.

Dave

[Matti Remonen]

I have the M15 unit and it works OK with HDSplit and HDLink. Did you remember to switch the deck to HDV? Otherwise it will identify itself as standard DV-deck and HDV capture apps cannot see it.

Hope this helps.

[Dave Campbell]

What is interesting is I hooked up my VX2000, and it is not seen either.
So, something funky is going on with my system, I think. Will have to mess with a few things and see what may be going on. I know when I plug any of my devices in, the OS sees them just fine. Now, if I change to generic HDV device control, I can control the M25. But, if I change to CF HDV control, the
buttons all go gray.

Dave