Re: [Avid-L2] Betacam to Kona LHi issues

If it's what you own…

 

- Dave

 

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From: Avid-L2@groups.io <Avid-L2@groups.io> On Behalf Of Jo's Mailinglists
Sent: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 3:28 PM
To: Integration <Avid-L2@groups.io>
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Betacam to Kona LHi issues

 

Folks!

 

Why would you utilize a Beta-Deck for digitizing?

 

 

Take the easy way: go digi

 - my 2¢

 

 

 

 

On 6. Apr 2021, at 23:50, John Moore <bigfish@pacbell.net> wrote:

 

" AJA also passes the component out via SDI to a monitor."  Does this mean you are feeding component into the LHi card?  The fact that it's black and white really sounds like the card is only seeing the Y of the Y, R-Y, B-Y component signals.


On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 01:23 PM, Dave Spraker wrote:

John –

 

What I was trying to say is that the SDI input into the AJA works correctly.  AJA also passes the component out via SDI to a monitor.

 

- Dave

 

dave@spraker.tv

(971) 267-7661

 

From: Avid-L2@groups.io <Avid-L2@groups.io> On Behalf Of John Moore
Sent: Monday, April 5, 2021 10:19 PM
To: Avid-L2@groups.io
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Betacam to Kona LHi issues

 

How is the Betacam deck connected?  There is no SDI on a betacam.  Are you feeding component into the LHi?.  If it's component it sounds like the card is only getting the Y of the Y, R-Y, B-Y signals.  There is also betacam component vs. regular component if memory serves me.  That had more to do with levels IIRC.  Perhaps there are settings in the aja control panel or the cabling is incorrect.  I would think you could feed the LHi straight composite by setting the control panel.  I haven't been on an aja box/card in a while.  If I had to guess I'd say the card was being fed composite but the control panel was set up for component of some sort.


On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 03:10 PM, Dave Spraker wrote:

Any AJA users out there?

 

Customer is running a recent  version of Media Composer 2018.14 on a new Dell Precision 7920 tower with AJA Kona LHi.

 

Works fine with SDI.

 

When connected to a Betacam deck it does the following:

- SD 525i ingest displays in Avid as black and white (although the underlying file is in color and exports correctly)

- 1080i upconvert was the workaround before, now it displays a mishmash of video garbage

 

SDI feeds of both to a monitor (from the Kona BOB) look fine.

 

I am bringing in a reference generator and a standalone component to SDI converter to troubleshoot but curious if anyone has seen/solved before.

 

- Dave

 

dave@spraker.tv

(971) 267-7661