Re: K3 NTSC 23.98 Capture and Other Problems

Jeremy,

Thanks for the response. I have an Intel Mac Pro quad 2.6ghz - not a G5 quad.

RS232 deck control isn't the issue. It's been calibrated. Even if it wasn't, testing all the pulldown offsets (0-4) one of them should work regardless.

I'm dead serious about the ProRes HQ thing. A few weeks ago I was trying to do this on the Kona 3 and I couldn't for the life of me get it to work. It was the wrong cadence for all the offsets and I just gave up and used a Decklink equipped Mac.

Today I throroughly tested everything and the problem does in fact go away for good if you use ProRes non-HQ. To be 100% positive, I duplicated the non-HQ ProRes 23.98 capture setting, and I didn't change anything except that I switched to HQ. And the problem returned.

I really think if someone else tries it they'll have the same problem - but I understand it could just be my system. I have a blackburst going to a DVW-500, and the sync reference is set to "Video In" in the AJA Control Panel. I did trash my AJA and FCP preferences and it didn't change anything. Haven't trashed my QT prefences yet (where are they?)

I have one correction to my first post regarding the luma bug when exporting. It is happening with the Blackmagic systems as well. Kona or BM capture of 23.98 ProRes (non-HQ) cannot be exported from FCP to any QT format. Otherwise there is a luma shift during any dissolves (similar to what happens with RGB codecs). But this problem doesn't seem to exist if the 23.98 ProRes comes from Cinema Tools (capture 29.97 and reverse to 23.98).