HDLink Settings for Sony Z1U
 

Shot footage in 50i Cineframe 25 and like to edit in the CineForm preset in PPro 2.0 24p.

Clip does not play correctly in the the timeline, but goes directly to the end of the clip.

Within the capture settings panel set "Rate Change" to convert your 25p/50i to 24p or (more common) 23.976p. If playback issues presist after make this change, please file a trouble ticket at www.cineform.com/support.

Thanks for the quick reply, but still the same issue. Submitted a ticket and awaiting a response

one more thing...I'm using HDLink to capture 60i now...

I noticed that any CineForm Project used will not play the video correctly. Although, if I import the same video into the Adobe HDV 60i project, the video plays just fine.

Question is: Will I lose any benefits as far as editing goes??

Yes, you loose lots. Clearly something isn't install correctly on your system. You should try reinstalling Aspect HD as a quick fix.

could it be something in the playback settings? The moment i change from composite video to alpha or anything else, it plays...

I have an nVidia quadro fx 560

I doubt it. Sounds like an install issue or a DirectX issue.

Can HDlink log file be saved?
 

Still trying to debug my issue. The more data I get, the faster I may find root cause.

Dave

Select the LOG window then ALT+"Print Screen" to capture a picture to the clipboard. Use IrfanView (irfanview.com) to past the picture and save a PNG.

Yea, I know I can do this. But, some of the log files are multiple screens long. So, maybe an enhancement input, be able to save the entire log file.

Dave

We only need the last few entries, where the error is reported. Long pages don't help us.

Buffer Overrun in HDLink
 

Looking at the log, I'm getting an issue with Buffer Overrun. Is Defragging the only solution for this?

Also, once I start capture, the video will stop automatically after about 7 min worth of footage...

It means your disk is running slower than data coming of the the tape (write speeds of 3.5MBytes/s i.e. not much.) Extreme disk fragementation may be the cause, a or drive/controller failure, or other. Try capturing to a different disk, and if that works investigate what might be wrong with the original disk.

Thanks David for the quick response. FYI, I'm running Raid 0 and not really sure where to start, but I'll defrag and let you know the results.

For a quick test, see if the same issue occurs when capturing to your system drive.

ok, i think the defrag worked, but now i'm getting the following error in the log:

-"No valid transport stream header"
-"Error: hr (0x80004004 - Operation aborted) in (RTCaptureConvert.cpp at 1315)"


Also, I noticed that the HDLink version that starts is 1.5

I am currently running Aspect v4.2.4 Build 72

Any suggestions?

It seems that you aren't get valid M2T data from your camera. Verify by capturing just the M2T then converting that to an AVI. If that works, but RT capture/convert still doesn't, contact support through www.cineform.com/support

hdlink capture settings...
 

still playing with the capture settings on my hdlink to capture hd footage from my sony hc3. I've found that if i change the HD file size to large and not on medium It runs so much better. why is this?

Large is higher quality and uses slightly more CPU, otherwise no idea.

well damn, I was gonna try out this on my dedicated "cature" machine but my 2 weeks have expired, w/o reinstalling windows is there a way I can get another week on that machine's trial period to see if it'll capture with this large setting?

Contact Cineform technical support.

Best,
Christopher

Mark, it'll be Monday....

Consistent HDLink 4.3.0 Build 75 Errors
 

Just upgraded to HDLink 4.3 and the first time I've used it I'm consistently getting the following errors from HDLink.

See http://www.alandmills.co.uk/HDLINK_Errors.jpg for details of the errors I'm consistently seeing

Capturing from my Sony7 FX1E (PAL), what I've found is the following...

I can capture to m2t files ok - or at least I get no errors. Even this is a bit hit and miss though.
Capture and convert (my normal) gives the two errors 2/3rds way down the log consistently everytime I hit the 'start' recoding button.
Any attempt to convert one of the captured m2t files produces the final error.

What do these errors mean?

Is it a coincedence that a few weeks ago because I had some analogue tapes to transfer to DVD I re-installed my Matrox RT.X100 card to make that task easier?

Would the two compete for any resources or anything?

Any help appreciated.

Alan

OK, Apologies to all, problem solved.

Did a check of everything and seems I had a badly seated firewire capture card. Removed that, leaving just the Matrox card and things are ok now though. Captures seem ok.

Regards.

Alan

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.

Latest version of HDLink crashes?
 

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.

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

HELP! Use HDLink Stand-alone
 

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

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

HDLink Convert fails
 

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

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

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

David.

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

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.

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

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

HDlink with Sony M25U
 

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

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.

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