DG Fast Channel Kona Output
by Jason Elliott
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Aug 18, 2008 at 8:18:00 pm
So I've been attempting to look at these spots I render out for DG Fastchannel. I want to look at them on my production monitor not through VLC on my computer monitor. Problem is FCP doesn't play the MPG you render out and KonaTV doesn't recognize Mpg files. What can I do to look at this through a video output? DG Fast Channel is no help, and Kona has been no help.
Re: DG Fast Channel Kona Output by Steve Regian on Aug 18, 2008 at 10:51:51 pm
I have the same desire. During DG certification, I had a couple of problem areas and I would have liked to been able to see what they were seeing. I made a request to Telestream to develop a "player" for just this use. Maybe others will chime in.
Re: DG Fast Channel Kona Output by Steve Regian on Aug 18, 2008 at 10:51:52 pm
I have the same desire. During DG certification, I had a couple of problem areas and I would have liked to been able to see what they were seeing. I made a request to Telestream to develop a "player" for just this use. Maybe others will chime in.
Re: DG Fast Channel Kona Output by gary adcock on Aug 19, 2008 at 12:01:22 pm
[Jason Elliott]"So I've been attempting to look at these spots I render out for DG Fastchannel. I want to look at them on my production monitor not through VLC on my computer monitor. Problem is FCP doesn't play the MPG you render out and KonaTV doesn't recognize Mpg files. What can I do to look at this through a video output? DG Fast Channel is no help, and Kona has been no help."
Why should it? that kona card is meant for capture and editing applications, not output of M2T delivery streams . why not run the files through the DGFST hardware since that is what it is designed for?
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Re: DG Fast Channel Kona Output by Matt Larson on Aug 19, 2008 at 8:03:16 pm
MPEGStreamclip is the best mpg player I've found for the Mac. The MPG files I compress for DGFST using Cleaner 6 look terrible on a Mac though. I've never had a problem with QC, and the spots look fine when I see them air.
I always get a beta master with closed captioning back so I make sure to check that also before the spot airs.
Gary, my company uses the DG Drop box (ftp site) rather than using their hardware box.
