How about supplying it with black off the timeline?
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> So I discovered I _must_ supply the HD1700 deck with a video signal in
> order for it to insert. This makes the inserts a little more
> inconvenient because I have to capture in the old video first, but at
> least it's doable.
>
> owen
>
> On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 14:42 -0500, Owen Williams wrote:
>> On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 13:50 -0500, Sylvain Labrosse wrote:
>> > A play icon that turns red means that you are dropping frames or
>> > samples. Maybe you are correct that your audio got a bit too
>> fragmented
>> > for output.
>> > Maybe try to bring your two audio track in an audio container and
>> output
>> > that? The container will convert the audio as a single audio cache
>> and
>> > this might better output.
>> >
>> > Also, since you are using the AJ-HD1700 deck, be sure to use the
>> > AJ-HD150 deck preset and the proper settings.
>>
>> I'm trying defragging the video drive now just in case, but the audio
>> clip showed up as 1 fragment. Also, it's a captured stereo AIFF so
>> there's no container needed.
>>
>> >From what I understand of the deck settings, I should set the field
>> thingy to F1, but I'm not sure about the bias, whether they should both
>> be 1, or just play or record. Anything else to set?
>>
>> owen
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Sylvain Labrosse
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>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf
>> > Of Owen Williams
>> > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 12:44 PM
>> > To: DS List
>> > Subject: problems on audio-only insert edit
>> >
>> > We're having problems trying to do a simple insert edit on a HD1700
>> > deck. We don't have the original media, just the two new tracks of
>> > audio we're supposed to insert. In the output tool I select just A1
>> and
>> > A2, not V1 and not A3 or A4. Output mode is set to Auto.
>> >
>> > After a few seconds of output, the play arrow turns red and the output
>> > stops. The DS dutifully rewinds and tries to resume output, but it
>> can
>> > only do a few seconds at a time.
>> >
>> > I'm defragging the Projects/Audio drive, which has 4 gigs free, but I
>> > have a feeling something else is going on. I have green sync, and
>> we've
>> > output to it recently. Is there anything else I can try? Just
>> playing
>> > down the sequence works fine, so I don't understand why the play arrow
>> > is turning red.
>> >
>> > thanks,
>> > Owen Williams
>> >
>> >
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