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3 monitors and color still unclear by Bernardo Vieira on Nov 19, 2009 at 10:26:29 pm in the Apple Color Forum Read all posts regarding three monitors, still unclear how Color handles the whole thing. Have a Mac Pro Quad-Core 2.8GHz, 2GB RAM with the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT graphic card. Have a ACD 30 which I intend to use as preview monitor via a mxo/blackm Re: Monitoring problem with decklink and hdlink by Bob Currier on Nov 16, 2009 at 6:39:18 pm in the Synthetic Aperture Forum The root of the problem is that when Premiere is outputting to the Decklink card (via the Blackmagic preset) it "owns" the card, thus other applications—such as Color Finesse—can't get access to it. When you use a different preset the Decklink car Monitoring problem with decklink and hdlink by kujtim ereqi on Nov 16, 2009 at 4:01:53 pm in the Synthetic Aperture Forum I am using a decklink to ultrascope to hdlink to monitor. A strange thing happen. If I apply color finesse to a clip in a Premiere Pro sequence with a Blackmagic preset, I can't monitor the CC changes as long as I am inside Finesse. When I close Fine Workaround: Export to QT-Cineform then re-wrap to AVI by David Esp on Nov 5, 2009 at 4:30:27 am in the Boris FX Forum My best workaround so far, in case it helps anyone else: I didn't expect it, but (on my Windows system) Cineform appears not only under AVI (DirectShow and VfW), where I get problems exporting, but also under Quicktime (QT), for which exporting wo advise please by maurice jansen on Nov 1, 2009 at 9:13:21 pm in the Broadcast Video Forum hi there all. i have some trainee's visiting our facility this week. the boy's and girl's had the chance to send theory question's they want to be explained in a practical way. one of these student's wanted to know the difference between progres Re: HDLink stopped working! The Answer by Michael Rothenberg on Oct 27, 2009 at 6:03:55 pm in the Blackmagic Design Forum I called Blackmagic and the answer turned out to be installing an older version of the driver. Which worked, so I'm back in business. I guess I would suggest calling BMD first as they seem kind of slow to answer email help desk requests and aren' HDLink stopped working! Help! by Michael Rothenberg on Oct 27, 2009 at 4:07:50 pm in the Blackmagic Design Forum Hi guys, I am totally dependent on my HDLink to monitor, and in the midst of working in FCP yesterday it just seemed to stop. I ran the software utility, which flags it as needing a firmware update, but when I run it, the software crashes with Re: IO Express HDMI out not working properly by Jorge Torrens on Oct 26, 2009 at 5:21:13 pm in the AJA io Forum Hi again Gary [gary adcock]OK I took My Io Express and sent a 1920x 1080 ProResHQ file of the ASC's StEM demo footage and set it up so that I could simultaneously view 3 different sources via Component to a Panasonic 17' display, via HDMI to a HP Re: IO Express HDMI out not working properly by gary adcock on Oct 26, 2009 at 4:33:36 pm in the AJA io Forum [Jorge Torrens] "My problem is exclusively with the black levels out of the HDMI output of the Aja IoExpress, and I'm seeing the problem irregardless of where the material originated or the application I'm using. I see the wrong levels in: YUV Re: IO Express HDMI out not working properly by Jorge Torrens on Oct 26, 2009 at 3:01:14 pm in the AJA io Forum Hi Gary thanks for your time I really appreciate it. I believe you are misinterpreting me, most likely due to my english, I understand perfectly how the dreamcolor works, I've been using it without problems for over a year, so I'm not worried abou Re: IO Express HDMI out not working properly by gary adcock on Oct 26, 2009 at 1:00:41 pm in the AJA io Forum [Jorge Torrens] "Hi Jeremy, yes I have true p originated material, I work mostly with Red originated files or panasonic 3000 and both in 24p or 25p." First jorge. understand there is a big difference between RED files which are 1080 true P and th Re: IO Express HDMI out not working properly by Jorge Torrens on Oct 25, 2009 at 4:53:22 pm in the AJA io Forum Hi Jeremy, sorry but probably is my lack of command of the english language, spanish is my mother tonge, I'm using true progresive material originated at 4k in a RED camera at 24 fps and converted to prores 422 at 1080p also in 24 fps. and in a 1920x Re: IO Express HDMI out not working properly by Jorge Torrens on Oct 24, 2009 at 3:31:07 pm in the AJA io Forum Thanks for your reply Gary, yes I have set the HDMI preference to RGB and tried both, Full Range and SMPTE in the drop box next to it, sorry I don't recall how this preference is called. I have tried this with red footage converted to prores, stra Re: IO Express HDMI out not working properly by gary adcock on Oct 24, 2009 at 2:21:12 pm in the AJA io Forum [Jorge Torrens] "Thanks Jeremy, but I was sending a true progresive signal in RGB," jorge. You set the HDMI preference to be RGB in the Kona Control Panel? how are you sure the content RGB? I do this regularly and I am not having any iss Re: IO Express HDMI out not working properly by Jorge Torrens on Oct 24, 2009 at 8:06:32 am in the AJA io Forum Thanks Jeremy, but I was sending a true progresive signal in RGB, I'm not having a problem being able to access the colorspaces in the dreamcolor, is with the hdmi output in the aja IoExpress that doesn't seem to send a proper signal using hdmi, the IO Express HDMI out not working properly by Jorge Torrens on Oct 23, 2009 at 9:25:35 am in the AJA io Forum Hi, I have just recived an Io Express, I'm monitoring through a calibrated HP Dreamcolor, both using directly hdmi out of the IO and sdi to a blackmagic hdlink pro and dvi to the Dreamcolor. And I'm having problems with the HDMI output. 1. HDMI O Re: Starting out with HMC150, need workflow/NLE advice please! by Gord Stephen on Oct 11, 2009 at 7:34:06 pm in the Panasonic DVX100 - HMC150 Forum Hey Shawn - here's my opinion: For an NLE/suite - go with CS4. If you choose to edit your AVCHD native, PPro has great support for that (but more on editing AVCHD in a sec). For color correction and effects work, it's dead easy to go between PPro HDLink Pro and Samsung by Helgi Thor on Oct 8, 2009 at 2:12:01 pm in the Blackmagic Design Forum I just got a HDLink Pro and connected it to a Samsung T240M. I realise it's not the ideal monitor, but the local Dell can't deliver the 2408WFP until after a month and I needed a monitor now. This not for colour critical work, but I'd like it to be a Re: SMissing Extended Desktop after reinstall by Rodrigo Savastano on Oct 5, 2009 at 4:03:24 pm in the Blackmagic Design Forum I bought this card thinking that I would be able to use the extended desktop and the HDlink PRO for color correcting more precisely on Color and now these great news come suddenly after an minor update, from an issue on a forum post! Man! With all re Re: HDlink PRO --> Eizo CG242w -- 50hz ? by Kristian Lam on Sep 30, 2009 at 11:20:58 pm in the Blackmagic Design Forum This has to do with EDID negotiation between the HDLink Pro and the monitor. The monitor is tell HDLink Pro that it's preferred frame rate for 1920x1080 is 60Hz so HDLink sends that to it. regards Kristian Lam Blackmagic Design Re: 30" over SDI by Kristian Lam on Sep 30, 2009 at 11:13:13 pm in the Blackmagic Design Forum Not right now, I'm afraid. We currently support 2048x1556 which is full 2K resolution over a single 3Gb/s SDI connection. If you send this output to a HDLink Pro, then you'll be able to send it to the 30" Display. regards Kristian Lam Black Re: HDlink PRO --> Eizo CG242w -- 50hz ? by christoph hallmann on Sep 30, 2009 at 8:50:16 pm in the Blackmagic Design Forum Hello Kristian, but what is going on when a 720p50 signal is sent? then the monitor switches to 50hz... why is a manual overide not possible with the HDlink pro? the older HDlink works with that feature... do you work on this issue? whats SMissing Extended Desktop after reinstall by Bryan Fowler on Sep 23, 2009 at 1:51:17 pm in the Blackmagic Design Forum I did a clean install of 10.6 Installed FCP Studio 3, DeckLink HD Extreme 2 drivers, and HDlink Pro drivers. But I still can't get an extended desktop. In the system prefs I only have Black / Last Frame Played as options. What am I missing? Display recomendations for HDLink Pro by Berenger Capmany on Sep 21, 2009 at 5:37:07 pm in the Blackmagic Design Forum Hello to everybody, We're setting up a couple of workstations with Final Cut to edit/post/grading of a TV program for a major broadcaster. The cut will be done in 720p50 (shooted with the Pana HPX2100) and post, grading and mastering will be d Re: 2K monitoring question... by Bob Zelin on Sep 19, 2009 at 4:36:22 pm in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum if you have a 30" LCD monitor there, this is a very inexpensive way to monitor 2K media - http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/hdlink/ Bob Zelin News: Blackmagic Design Announces New HDLink Pro DisplayPort by Cow News Droid on Sep 11, 2009 at 10:02:23 pm in the Blackmagic Design Forum Re: How does the BMD Decklink Extreme allow for 2k viewing? by Justin Barham on Sep 7, 2009 at 1:41:47 am in the Blackmagic Design Forum Thanks for the info Kristian. A couple of questions: 1) Does the Decklink or Multibridge scale the to 2K to 1080, as opposed to croppping? 2) Any thoughts about supporting "RED friendly" resolutions like 2048x1024? I think a lot of people want Re: How does the BMD Decklink Extreme allow for 2k viewing? by Kristian Lam on Sep 4, 2009 at 12:35:55 am in the Blackmagic Design Forum Hi Rick, You can crop the output to HD or you if you have the right equipment hookup, monitor the entire 2K 2048x1556 frame without the need to crop on a 30" monitor. The hookup will be: HD EXtreme -> HDLink Pro -> Dell / Apple / HP 30" disp Re: Building a new edit/finishing suite. by nick hasson on Sep 2, 2009 at 10:41:09 pm in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Ahh, everyone has the talons out tonight. I should have said, that $2,000 could go towards something else within the budget of the system. (not necessarily a grading display) the FSI and the panasonic 11 series plasma will do fine for this su Re: HDlink PRO --> Eizo CG242w -- 50hz ? by Kristian Lam on Sep 1, 2009 at 10:30:05 pm in the Blackmagic Design Forum Hi, This is because the monitor is reporting 60Hz as the preferred framerate via EDID with HDLink Pro and that's why HDLink Pro is sending it. There's currently no way to over-ride this. regards Kristian Lam Blackmagic Design HDlink PRO --> Eizo CG242w -- 50hz ? by christoph hallmann on Aug 29, 2009 at 6:12:16 pm in the Blackmagic Design Forum hello, does anybody from europe has the same setup? HDSDI (1080i50 or p25 or pal) --> HDlink PRO --> Eizo CG242w no 50 hz in monitor is detected, so motions are shuttering... 720p50 is detected with 50 hz. EDID override in HDlink PRO n Re: Monitoring by Bob Zelin on Aug 28, 2009 at 9:18:28 pm in the RED Camera Forum Andrew, you have to understand that it is very strange to us in "the real world" who struggle to stay in business, that you have the money for a RED One production package, yet are "struggling" to get $2200 approved for an AJA Kona 3. You can moni Bessie's New Tool Round-up by Cowdog on Aug 19, 2009 at 11:29:13 am in the Broadcast Video Forum There are a lot of new products designed with your heavy lifting needs in mind. Here are a few that have recently managed to catch our eyes. Re: Aja Xena SDI and HDLINK Pro to a plasma doesn't work... by Daniel Levy on Aug 19, 2009 at 3:21:56 am in the AJA Xena Forum Tim, I need to monitor SDI output from my Xena LH (for final color match, etc.) Would you recommend the AJA Hi5 that you mentioned above for an HDMI output to a HDTV, or the AJA HDP2 for a DVI-D output to a standard PC monitor? Additionally, wh Choice of capture codecs with XP by Anmol Mishra on Jul 18, 2009 at 3:23:53 pm in the Blackmagic Design Forum I know that if I use HDLink to capture, I only have a choice of uncompressed and 8-bit MJPEG. With the added support for CS3 can I use CS3 for capture and use an alternative realtime codec ? Perhaps a higher bitrate JPEG codec ?? I looked at t Multibridge Pro 2 + JVC DT-V20L1U = Yes by Ray Chung on Jul 17, 2009 at 5:53:28 am in the Blackmagic Design Forum Just some info for those who may be thinking of something like this.....I've had the Blackmagic Multibridge Pro 2 for a while, using it for output/loading with various decks etc., but wanted to round out the editing system with an affordable quality Re: HDLink 2 problems with 23.98sf and HDMI by Byron Lamarque on Jul 15, 2009 at 10:54:42 pm in the Blackmagic Design Forum Hello Luke, Thanks for your response regarding the Blackmagic HDLink. Can you confirm that the current HDLink is upgradable to HDMI v1.3 via firmware? I have purchased an HP Dreamcolour monitor, HD Extreme video card and am keen to purchase the Re: HD link Pro problem by Joe Walker on Jul 8, 2009 at 4:15:27 pm in the Blackmagic Design Forum Thanks chief, just un-installed it and then re-installed it and updated the firmware on the hdlink pro, all is well now. Re: HD link Pro problem by Kristian Lam on Jul 8, 2009 at 1:29:50 am in the Blackmagic Design Forum Hi Joe, Which HDLink Utility version do you have installed? regards Kristian Lam Blackmagic Design Re: Which connection works better with HDLink, HDMI or DVI-D? by Rodrigo Savastano on Jul 7, 2009 at 6:29:52 am in the Blackmagic Design Forum Kristian, maybe my two other questions were too generic. But now I've got a more precise one. I've tested two different monitors via the DVI-D connection (on full HD and the other not) and both were at 30Hz as maximum refresh rate while I was usin Re: Which connection works better with HDLink, HDMI or DVI-D? by Rodrigo Savastano on Jul 1, 2009 at 11:04:33 am in the Blackmagic Design Forum Thanks a lot, guys! Just two more questions: How does the hdlink helps/works with the blackmagic's hd Extreme 3 on monitoring? In other words: What would be the difference of using the HD xtreme 3 card with and without the HDLINK? And, How i Re: Which connection works better with HDLink, HDMI or DVI-D? by Kristian Lam on Jun 30, 2009 at 11:27:54 pm in the Blackmagic Design Forum Hi, One other consideration is also the frame rate you are working in. If you're doing 1080p24 and you want to monitor it at the native framerate, use HDMI but your monitor must support that framerate. With DVI, we will output 60 Hz which is what Re: Which connection works better with HDLink, HDMI or DVI-D? by Joshua Helling on Jun 30, 2009 at 6:01:47 pm in the Blackmagic Design Forum Whatever your preference is should be fine. Though I would stick to DVI for practical reasons. I.E., the connector screws in. Sincerely, Joshua Director of Support Blackmagic Design Inc. Which connection works better with HDLink, HDMI or DVI-D? by Rodrigo Savastano on Jun 30, 2009 at 9:54:06 am in the Blackmagic Design Forum Hi guys, I have a very simple question: I've just bought one HDLink Pro and a LCD 24" monitor with DVI-Dd and HDMI input connections, and just would like to know which one is better to use and calibrate on a Mac Pro early 2008 model. Does anyon Re: HD Monitoring by Bob Zelin on Jun 16, 2009 at 9:42:37 pm in the HD High-End Forum Hi Del - I looked at the HP Dreamcolor monitor at the NAB show. It's a great price at under $2000. But there is a catch. The HP Dreamcolor only has a HDMI input and DVI input - no SDI or HD-SDI. So, how do you get an HD signal into it? At the Intensity Pro drivers won't install by Brad Buss on Jun 3, 2009 at 10:14:51 pm in the Blackmagic Design Forum I've added an Intensity Pro to my 3.2 octacore. I tried to install the drivers from the included DVD, but it said that newer drivers already exist on my system (probably my HDLink drivers). So I downloaded the most recent driver from the BMD site, Re: hdlink pro and apple 23" cinema display by claude Levet on Jun 2, 2009 at 4:47:51 pm in the Blackmagic Design Forum Thanks Bob, One more quick question.....I would like to set up a second monitor In my edit suite for color grading in Color.....Can I run a DeckLink SDI card on my Mac Pro to feed the same HDLink Pro/Cinema display monitor setup. Will this give me Re: hdlink pro and apple 23" cinema display by Bob Zelin on Jun 2, 2009 at 12:59:10 am in the Blackmagic Design Forum yes, and it will look very nice. Bob Zelin hdlink pro and apple 23" cinema display by claude Levet on Jun 1, 2009 at 8:53:36 pm in the Blackmagic Design Forum I would like to set up a field monitor solution for my sony ex3 camera using a hdlink pro box and a apple 23" cinema display.....can i take a sdi video signal from my sony ex3 camera and feed into a hdlink pro box, then feed my apple 23 inch cinema d Re: (Hopefully) simple question about Decklink Studio by Marc Sparks on May 28, 2009 at 2:21:23 pm in the Blackmagic Design Forum No one knows anything about this? Oh well. The more I read, the more I think I'll need a real sound card. What I'm considering now will raise my budget, but I'm really focusing on workflow. The Delta 1010 has 8 analog ins and 8 analog outs, and t Broadcast Video Bessie's New Tool Round-up There are a lot of new products designed with your heavy lifting needs in mind. Here are a few that have recently managed to catch our eyes. Review Author: Cowdog

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