AJA Kona LH capture with Final Cut Pro in HD looks bad...

Hey, all...

I'm using Final Cut Pro which is I/O'd through an AJA Kona LH, and then patched into our rack of decks. We have BETA SP, DIGIBETA, and HDCAM decks. In the past, I have captured 1080i 29.97 HD video with no issue. Now, all of the sudden, the HD signal looks like this:



Also, whether during playback or still frame in the capture window, the distortion in the image sort of pulses. I tried capturing a clip to see if the playback was the same, but it was.

I know it's not the entire board, however, because when I switch the capture preset for 8-bit 29.97 video, it looks fine:



No settings were changed that I'm aware on on this machine, nor cables unplugged on the AJA board. I also know for sure it's not the signal from the HDCAM deck, or the patching system, because when I loop the patch back from FCP's SDI output back to a separate external HD monitor, the picture looks fine in HD.

Does anybody have any idea what may have caused this? We'd like to be able to continue and deliver HD content through this system.

Thanks!

Kevin

When I attempt to capture HD footage, it's at Apple ProRes 422, and I have issues. When capturing SD footage, I use 8-bit Uncompressed without issue.

HD is "AJA KONA LH: 525 29.97 8-bit."

SD is "AJA KONA LH: 525 1080i 29.97 Apple ProRes 422."

Ok, in the FCP capture window, in the "Capture Settings" tab on the top right, there are two drop down menus. The first is device control. The second one is "Capture/Input," which is the capture/compression preset when digitizing media from a tape. I listed exactly what the application gave me for both of my HD and SD capture settings. There's not much more I can give you in terms of compression settings. It may not exist, but that's exactly what I've been using for months with no issue for both HD and SD media captured from HDCAM and DIGITALBETACAM.

Perhaps there is some other information you would like from me? Or I misunderstood that for which you were asking?