Paul E. Coleman
March 4th, 2010, 11:06 AM
I use a G5 with Final Cut Pro 6, SCSI RAID and an Aja io breakout box to output video to a SDI production switcher, however as the video in the canvas keeps rolling, the video from the box remains frozen. It does update when the clip stops. The footage is not always captured but oft times imported to a new project/sequence. I've tried changing the various "US" output settings to no avail, it all acts the same. Also I've tried various sequence settings AIC, ProRes, 8-bit, 10 bit and nothing seems to work.
It has worked in the past, but I'm not sure what's different. I have a short time to tinker before a production begins and haven't gone back to clips captured via the io to see if they still play properly. Last night I updated the driver/control panel but it changed nothing. The footage plays fine in the canvas so I doubt it's the hard drives. We've been using ProRes for sequences to save on HD space and think maybe that's the problem. Some of the imported backgrounds or clips are converted via compressor to various codecs which don't seem to work either.
Is there a preferred io sequence type, size, codec, etc. that I should look at? I noticed the manual stated to make sure the canvas window is set at "fit to window" and I'll check that tonight, but I wanted to know if there was anything else I should look at (render settings, etc...) when trying to troubleshoot this problem. Thanks.
It has worked in the past, but I'm not sure what's different. I have a short time to tinker before a production begins and haven't gone back to clips captured via the io to see if they still play properly. Last night I updated the driver/control panel but it changed nothing. The footage plays fine in the canvas so I doubt it's the hard drives. We've been using ProRes for sequences to save on HD space and think maybe that's the problem. Some of the imported backgrounds or clips are converted via compressor to various codecs which don't seem to work either.
Is there a preferred io sequence type, size, codec, etc. that I should look at? I noticed the manual stated to make sure the canvas window is set at "fit to window" and I'll check that tonight, but I wanted to know if there was anything else I should look at (render settings, etc...) when trying to troubleshoot this problem. Thanks.