My wish list for work on the deck control would have to be:
An option in the deck template to allow an increased tolerance for slow deck
response.(or just a bigger tolerance anyway).
The ability to change the currently greyed out option in the capture tool
that allows the selection of LTC or VITC for timecode source. (does the deck
template option actually feed through?)
The option to select timecode or Control track for preroll.
And the biggy. To actually read the timecode at the start of capture rather
than at the start of preroll run in as it currently does.
Would be nice if it could monitor TC continuously and warn/drop out of
capture if a present tolerance is exceeded.
For an example of most of the above please speak to Avid about Media
Composer deck control.
Oh and while on wish lists I oh so would love to have a real console like
MC.
I know theres the Scripting window that shows commands but a real console
that feeds back on internal processes would greatly aid troubleshooting.
Oh well back to the real work. Now to try and find out why my open GL isn't
working as it should.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tony(at)hdheaven.co.uk [mailto:tony(at)hdheaven.co.uk]
> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 1:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Miranda HD-Bridge OH No the DS doesn't seem to
> read timecode!
>
> To the best of my knowledge Convergent aren't yet shipping.
>
> Following on from a meeting with Miranda at IBC yesterday it
> would appear that, as Pat originally posted, the ball is in
> Avid's court to get the machine control working accurately.
> The technicalities of the situation are such that I can't see
> what else Miranda can do to make it work.
>
> Perhaps Convergent have a clever secret approach, but I doubt it.
> Unfortunately I didn't get to see Convergent at IBC because
> they weren't listed in the Manufacturers' directory and I
> left the details of whose stand they were sharing at work :-/
>
> So where we're at currently is:
> Miranda's box is working and has been shipping for two
> weeks, although it doesn't work accurately with DS
>
> Convergent's box isn't yet shipping and I have my doubts
> as to its ability to work accurately with DS. In fairness, I
> must point out that I base that opinion on a knowledge of the
> difficulties, not any experience with Convergent Design
> (because they don't wish me to beta test for them).
>
> Regards,
> Tone :)
>
>
>
>
>
> > Anyone had experience using the Convergent with DS and Avid
> Composer????
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9/9/05, Paul Ingvarsson <paulingvarsson(at)mac.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Is the convergent designs bridge not a solution either??
> >>
> >>
> >> On Friday, September 09, 2005, at 10:39AM, editorphil <
> >> editorphil(at)gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> ><<Original Attached>>
> >>
> >>
> >> FIX THIS ADS/AVID PLEASE ! This is/was my HDV solution for
> us . . . .
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 9/8/05, John Heiser <johnh(at)o2ideas.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Well, it just might be the DS capture engine, or even
> something else.
> >> > I've had issues with time code breaks on mini-DV tapes
> playing out
> >> > of our Panasonic AJ-SD930. The DS time code position
> display just
> >> > keeps chugging merrily along across the break without displaying
> >> > the new
> >> time
> >> > code, which does eventually appear correctly once the
> deck is stopped.
> >> > The trouble there, of course, is you can't play across a break
> >> > (which you can't see) and mark in on the fly; you have
> to stop the
> >> > deck after every camera stop to make sure DS is seeing
> the correct code.
> >> >
> >> > This could be an RS-422 protocol thing, or a DS thing, or a
> >> > Panasonic thing, or (in your case) a Miranda thing.
> >> >
> >> > Or sunspots.
> >> >
> >> > ____________________________
> >> > John Heiser
> >> > Avid DS Editor
> >> > o2ideas
> >> > Birmingham, Alabama, USA
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On
> >> Behalf
> >> > Of pat-list(at)horridge.demon.co.uk
> >> > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 4:21 AM
> >> > To: ds(at)Softimage.COM
> >> > Subject: Miranda HD-Bridge OH No the DS doesn't seem to
> read timecode!
> >> >
> >> > Well had a worrying discovery this morning whilst testing the
> >> > lasted beta version of the Miranda HD bridge software.
> >> >
> >> > Noticed that when I click play on the DS the servo light comes
> >> straight
> >> > on and the capture tool timecode starts counting from
> the timecode
> >> > it last had in stop.
> >> > The thing is the HDV transport takes approx 2 seconds to startup
> >> > and
> >> the
> >> > timecode showing on the Miranda box doesn't start till a few
> >> > seconds after play is pressed. The result is that the DS
> timecode
> >> > is now some
> >> 2
> >> > seconds ahead of the actual offtape timecode. When stop
> is pressed
> >> > on the DS the timecode on the DS snaps back the few seconds.
> >> > So it's possible the Miranda is falsely signalling that
> the servo
> >> > is locked and tricking the DS to thinking the timecode should be
> >> > progressing.
> >> > But it's frightening to image that the DS doesn't even both to
> >> > check that the timecode coming down the RS422 isn't in sync with
> >> > what it's counting.
> >> > From the good results we're getting from the Avid Media composer
> >> > tests it looks worryingly like the DS deck control has
> some serious
> >> > flaws in it.
> >> > I'm expecting at any point soon Miranda with just give up on
> >> > operation with the DS as a bad job seeing as it works so
> well on other systems.
> >> > Can anyone at DS contact Miranda and help resolve this as we're
> >> guessing
> >> > in the dark here. It will be a real blow to DS if the ability of
> >> > these types of interfaces is denied to Ds users.
> >> > At VET we're already having to bite the bullet and go with using
> >> > our
> >> HD
> >> > Adrenaline as a HDV solution despite having to use Avid DNxHD
> >> > compression because it works today!
> >> >
> >> >
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