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Friday, September 27, 2019

Re: [Avid-L2] Fw: LG webOS TV OLED55B6P will Dolby Vision automatically happen with Proper HDR signal over HDMI?

 

One other thing I picked up at the seminar is the hardware tunneling with the Kona 4 card with Cortex software only does the tunneling in HD.  In googling around it seemed that at most the cards will do 2K in dual link or single link.  I think in quad link there was some UHD output possible.  So not sure where that leaves HDMI tunneling with Resolve.  Perhaps I need to set the timeline to HD and adjust the video monitoring to reflect HD hardware?

Ironic that HDR got tied to 4K to sell TVs and now cards and eCMUs can only handle HD material in the target display mode. 


---In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, <bigfish@...> wrote :

Here's the manual.  It seems to state it works with an eCMU or with the internal software depending on a check box to enable an eCMU.  It says it but I don't know whether it's true.  I don't understand why the manual would say it if it doesn't work.  Not working correctly is another issue.  It seems from asking others with TLC home monitors that they do see the Dolby Vision Logo pop up when Dolby Vision content is fed to the monitor.  Here's the manual section:

  1. Dolby VisionTM

    DaVinci Resolve 15 includes a GPU-accelerated software version of the Dolby Vision CMU (Content Mapping Unit) for doing Dolby Vision grading and finishing workflows right in either the free version of DaVinci Resolve or in DaVinci Resolve Studio. This is enabled and set up in the Color Management panel of the Project Settings with the Enable Dolby Vision checkbox.

    Dolby Vision settings in the Color Management panel of the Project Settings

    There are five controls available:

    • ‚  Enable Dolby Vision: Turns Dolby Vision on and off. When on, this checkbox enables the Dolby Vision palette in the Color page.

    • ‚  Dolby Vision version pop-up: Lets you choose which version of the Dolby Vision algorithms to use. Options at the time of this writing include 2.9 and 4.0.

    • ‚  Master Display pop-up: Lets you choose the nit level and gamut of the master HDR display you're grading on.

    • ‚  Use External CMU: A checkbox lets you choose whether to use the built-in software CMU or a hardware CMU that you have connected to your DaVinci Resolve workstation.

Chapter – 4 Project Settings 118



NOTE: Dolby Vision controls are available to all DaVinci Resolve users for monitoring and automatically generating Dolby Vision metadata for creating other HDR and SDR deliverables from the HDR grade you've made. However, if you want to be able to make manual trims on top of this automatic analysis, you must email dolbyvisionmastering@... for more information on obtaining a license.

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Posted by Video Geek Squad at 4:40 PM 0 comments

Re: [Avid-L2] Fw: LG webOS TV OLED55B6P will Dolby Vision automatically happen with Proper HDR signal over HDMI?

 

Here's the manual.  It seems to state it works with an eCMU or with the internal software depending on a check box to enable an eCMU.  It says it but I don't know whether it's true.  I don't understand why the manual would say it if it doesn't work.  Not working correctly is another issue.  It seems from asking others with TLC home monitors that they do see the Dolby Vision Logo pop up when Dolby Vision content is fed to the monitor.  Here's the manual section:

  1. Dolby VisionTM

    DaVinci Resolve 15 includes a GPU-accelerated software version of the Dolby Vision CMU (Content Mapping Unit) for doing Dolby Vision grading and finishing workflows right in either the free version of DaVinci Resolve or in DaVinci Resolve Studio. This is enabled and set up in the Color Management panel of the Project Settings with the Enable Dolby Vision checkbox.

    Dolby Vision settings in the Color Management panel of the Project Settings

    There are five controls available:

    • ‚  Enable Dolby Vision: Turns Dolby Vision on and off. When on, this checkbox enables the Dolby Vision palette in the Color page.

    • ‚  Dolby Vision version pop-up: Lets you choose which version of the Dolby Vision algorithms to use. Options at the time of this writing include 2.9 and 4.0.

    • ‚  Master Display pop-up: Lets you choose the nit level and gamut of the master HDR display you're grading on.

    • ‚  Use External CMU: A checkbox lets you choose whether to use the built-in software CMU or a hardware CMU that you have connected to your DaVinci Resolve workstation.

Chapter – 4 Project Settings 118



NOTE: Dolby Vision controls are available to all DaVinci Resolve users for monitoring and automatically generating Dolby Vision metadata for creating other HDR and SDR deliverables from the HDR grade you've made. However, if you want to be able to make manual trims on top of this automatic analysis, you must email dolbyvisionmastering@dolby.com for more information on obtaining a license.

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Posted by Video Geek Squad at 4:34 PM 0 comments

Re: [Avid-L2] Fw: LG webOS TV OLED55B6P will Dolby Vision automatically happen with Proper HDR signal over HDMI?

 

HDMI Tunneling is not supported via iCMU (aka Dolby plug-in). You need the external hardware, eCMU to generate the proper metadata. 


I have not tested DR 16 so that may have changed. But DV 15 did not support it. And no BM hardware I know generates DV generates metadata by itself.  

DQS


On Sep 27, 2019, at 4:52 PM, John Moore bigfish@pacbell.net [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


According to the specs for my LG webOS TV OLED55B6P monitor it is Dolby Vision capable:

Picture Quality

  • ULTRA HD (3840x2160)
    Yes
    Perfect Mastering Engine
    Yes
  • OLED HDR with Dolby Vision™
    Yes
    Perfect Black Panel
    Yes
  • Cinematic Color
    Yes
    Ultra Luminance
    Yes
  • 4K Upscaler
    Yes
    Pixel Dimming
    Yes
I was at a seminar last night with Dolby Vision Folks and people from MTI Film showing their Cortex software.  The Cortex can do the whole tunneling thing over HDMI through a Kona 4 card.  When they would switch to Dolby Vision the Dolby Vision Logo would appear on the screen for a few seconds indicating the monitor was receiving DolbyVision signal/metadata.  According to the manual Resolve can send Dolby Vision Signal/metadata with a Deckink 4K Extreme or an ultrastudio.  I've got a DnxIO which is  basically an ultrastudio.  Taking an SDR IMF I made in a timeline I enabled Dolby Vision in Resolve color management and a few of the other checkboxes.  I don't see any change on the LQ OLED, no image change in levels and no Dolby Logo popping up.

Anybody  player around with this?  Not sure if the DNxIO will do what the Ultrastudio will when controlled by Resolve.  I would think it would but perhaps the Avid version of the video desktop doesn't provide the DolbyVision data etc.  I'm just sticking my toe in the water but when I learned the DolbyVision logo will pop up on the monitor they had at the demo I wondered if LG does the same.  Am I wrong to expect that if I switch a Resolve project with SDR content to HDR Dolby Vision on the output over HDMI will then provide a real DolbyVision signal,  Resolve offers ver. 2.9 and 4.0 Dolby vision in the choices.  I did try setting the timeline color space to 2084 but that didn't change the image I saw on the LG or anywhere else.  I must be missing some basic setup steps in Resolve or I have misunderstood what switch Resolve to DolbyVision enabled really does signal wise.

Anybody playing in this turbulent HDR ocean?

I haven't even begun to play with Avid HDR.

John Moore Barking Trout Productions Studio City, CA bigfish@pacbell.net

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Posted by Video Geek Squad at 3:57 PM 0 comments

[Avid-L2] Fw: LG webOS TV OLED55B6P will Dolby Vision automatically happen with Proper HDR signal over HDMI?

 


According to the specs for my LG webOS TV OLED55B6P monitor it is Dolby Vision capable:

Picture Quality

  • ULTRA HD (3840x2160)
    Yes
    Perfect Mastering Engine
    Yes
  • OLED HDR with Dolby Vision™
    Yes
    Perfect Black Panel
    Yes
  • Cinematic Color
    Yes
    Ultra Luminance
    Yes
  • 4K Upscaler
    Yes
    Pixel Dimming
    Yes
I was at a seminar last night with Dolby Vision Folks and people from MTI Film showing their Cortex software.  The Cortex can do the whole tunneling thing over HDMI through a Kona 4 card.  When they would switch to Dolby Vision the Dolby Vision Logo would appear on the screen for a few seconds indicating the monitor was receiving DolbyVision signal/metadata.  According to the manual Resolve can send Dolby Vision Signal/metadata with a Deckink 4K Extreme or an ultrastudio.  I've got a DnxIO which is  basically an ultrastudio.  Taking an SDR IMF I made in a timeline I enabled Dolby Vision in Resolve color management and a few of the other checkboxes.  I don't see any change on the LQ OLED, no image change in levels and no Dolby Logo popping up.

Anybody  player around with this?  Not sure if the DNxIO will do what the Ultrastudio will when controlled by Resolve.  I would think it would but perhaps the Avid version of the video desktop doesn't provide the DolbyVision data etc.  I'm just sticking my toe in the water but when I learned the DolbyVision logo will pop up on the monitor they had at the demo I wondered if LG does the same.  Am I wrong to expect that if I switch a Resolve project with SDR content to HDR Dolby Vision on the output over HDMI will then provide a real DolbyVision signal,  Resolve offers ver. 2.9 and 4.0 Dolby vision in the choices.  I did try setting the timeline color space to 2084 but that didn't change the image I saw on the LG or anywhere else.  I must be missing some basic setup steps in Resolve or I have misunderstood what switch Resolve to DolbyVision enabled really does signal wise.

Anybody playing in this turbulent HDR ocean?

I haven't even begun to play with Avid HDR.

John Moore Barking Trout Productions Studio City, CA bigfish@pacbell.net

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Posted by Video Geek Squad at 1:52 PM 0 comments

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Re: [Avid-L2] Sequence Failure to Open

 

All open bins. The Console will give you feedback. 


Normally it would say
"Repairing x" where x is the name of a sequence. 
If it finds an anomaly it will have a follow up like
"Clip y is 1000 frames, expecting 1001. Repaired."

Or something to that effect. 

It mostly searches for inconsistency between actual media file and edited media in the timeline. 





DQS


On Sep 26, 2019, at 2:57 PM, 'C. Hess' cfh3media@gmail.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

No idea, I was only concerned with one seq. in one bin.
But if all seq. were dragged into said bin, my understanding
is it would take care of them all - in that bin.



On Sep 26, 2019, at 1:02 PM, bigfish@pacbell.net [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I've never had any luck with that command but it's good it worked for you.  I understand opening the bin and not the sequence.  Does the command "repairsequences" only act on the open highlighted bin or will it address all open bins?



---In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, <indypix4u@...> wrote :

One of my favorite Console Commands … I think I first heard it from Jeff Sengpiehl ðŸ˜Š

 
 

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Randall L. Rike, ACI, ACSR

(818) 406-8480 Mobile

indypix4u@...

 
 
 
 
 
 

From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> 
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2019 7:46 AM
To: John Pale <pale.edit@...>
Cc: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Sequence Failure to Open

 
 

Issue was fixed using a command in the Console, was amazed!

The sequence would open, but crash when I either clicked on the timeline

or attempted to play it back.

 

This is what I did, per instructions from a post on Creative Cow -

Open the bin but not the sequence. In the Console, type "reparisequences".

 



On Sep 25, 2019, at 9:18 PM, John Pale <pale.edit@...> wrote:

 

Does it open without media?

 

On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 5:45 PM 'C. Hess' cfh3media@... [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

  

iMac late 2014
32GB RAM
High Sierra
MC 8.5.3

I am suddenly unable to open a sequence created on Monday, on my work PC system.

I brought media and project home.
Today, opening it on my home system causes Avid to crash.
Re-indexed media, duplicated sequence, deleted MC State, then created new project
to import and open it. No go, each time.

I am out of the typical approaches, any suggestions?



On Sep 25, 2019, at 2:11 PM, Mark Spano cutandcover@... [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 
 

This chatter today (and this link https://9to5google.com/2019/09/24/avid-mac-crashing-google/) was very helpful to me, a finishing editor in NY, when I had a Mac Pro (Resolve, with no trace of Media Composer) flake out like this this morning. Fixed and panic reduced in minutes of my time thanks to you fun folks. Thanks Avid-L fam! Keep on truckin…

 

On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 10:27 PM Tommy Pham forshurz@... [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Google is going to have fun with this one.



On Sep 24, 2019, at 5:19 PM, J Beck jb30343@.... [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 
 
 


New feature???

 
 

Sent from my iTelephone. Please excuse typos. 

 


On Sep 24, 2019, at 6:33 PM, Benjamin Hershleder Ben@... [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups..com> wrote:

 
 
 

Latest word from Avid:

 
 

-B


———
Benjamin Hershleder
ContactBen.com




On Sep 24, 2019, at 7:23 PM, Jim Feeley jfeeley@... [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

It's all the buzz; even our local drive-time radio news station ran a story. 

I've seen the Variety story, the Avid response, and some other stuff. And I'm not writing a story about this. But I figure you all know what's up... if anything...

So what's up?

 
 
 
 
 
 

Chip Hess
CFH3 Media
312-806-3840

 
 
 

Chip Hess
CFH3 Media
312-806-3840

 



Chip Hess
CFH3 Media
312-806-3840


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Posted by Video Geek Squad at 1:15 PM 0 comments

Re: [Avid-L2] Sequence Failure to Open

 

No idea, I was only concerned with one seq. in one bin.

But if all seq. were dragged into said bin, my understanding
is it would take care of them all - in that bin.



On Sep 26, 2019, at 1:02 PM, bigfish@pacbell.net [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I've never had any luck with that command but it's good it worked for you.  I understand opening the bin and not the sequence.  Does the command "repairsequences" only act on the open highlighted bin or will it address all open bins?



---In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, <indypix4u@...> wrote :

One of my favorite Console Commands … I think I first heard it from Jeff Sengpiehl ðŸ˜Š

 
 

••••••••••••••

Randall L. Rike, ACI, ACSR

(818) 406-8480 Mobile

indypix4u@...

 
 
 
 
 
 

From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> 
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2019 7:46 AM
To: John Pale <pale.edit@...>
Cc: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Sequence Failure to Open

 
 

Issue was fixed using a command in the Console, was amazed!

The sequence would open, but crash when I either clicked on the timeline

or attempted to play it back.

 

This is what I did, per instructions from a post on Creative Cow -

Open the bin but not the sequence. In the Console, type "reparisequences".

 



On Sep 25, 2019, at 9:18 PM, John Pale <pale.edit@...> wrote:

 

Does it open without media?

 

On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 5:45 PM 'C. Hess' cfh3media@.... [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

  

iMac late 2014
32GB RAM
High Sierra
MC 8.5.3

I am suddenly unable to open a sequence created on Monday, on my work PC system.

I brought media and project home.
Today, opening it on my home system causes Avid to crash.
Re-indexed media, duplicated sequence, deleted MC State, then created new project
to import and open it. No go, each time.

I am out of the typical approaches, any suggestions?



On Sep 25, 2019, at 2:11 PM, Mark Spano cutandcover@... [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 
 

This chatter today (and this link https://9to5google.com/2019/09/24/avid-mac-crashing-google/) was very helpful to me, a finishing editor in NY, when I had a Mac Pro (Resolve, with no trace of Media Composer) flake out like this this morning. Fixed and panic reduced in minutes of my time thanks to you fun folks. Thanks Avid-L fam! Keep on truckin…

 

On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 10:27 PM Tommy Pham forshurz@... [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Google is going to have fun with this one.



On Sep 24, 2019, at 5:19 PM, J Beck jb30343@... [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 
 
 


New feature???

 
 

Sent from my iTelephone. Please excuse typos. 

 


On Sep 24, 2019, at 6:33 PM, Benjamin Hershleder Ben@... [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups..com> wrote:

 
 
 

Latest word from Avid:

 
 

-B


———
Benjamin Hershleder
ContactBen.com




On Sep 24, 2019, at 7:23 PM, Jim Feeley jfeeley@... [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

It's all the buzz; even our local drive-time radio news station ran a story. 

I've seen the Variety story, the Avid response, and some other stuff. And I'm not writing a story about this. But I figure you all know what's up... if anything...

So what's up?

 
 
 
 
 
 

Chip Hess
CFH3 Media
312-806-3840

 
 
 

Chip Hess
CFH3 Media
312-806-3840

 



Chip Hess
CFH3 Media
312-806-3840


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