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ii Trademarks AJA®, KONA®, Ki Pro® and XENA® are registered trademarks of AJA Video, Inc. Ki Pro™, Io HD™ and Io™ are trademarks of AJA Video, Inc. Apple, the Apple logo, AppleShare, AppleTalk, FireWire and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Final Cut Pro, QuickTime and the QuickTime Logo are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. TASCAM is a registered trademark of TEAC Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Limited Warranty Limited Warranty AJA Video warrants that this product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of three years from the date of purchase. If a product proves to be defective during this warranty period, AJA Video, at its option, will either repair the defective product without charge for parts and labor, or will provide a replacement in exchange for the defective product.
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KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Table of Contents Table of Contents Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 Typical System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Installing KONA LHi Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Software Installation Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 1: Introduction LHi Edge Shot Photo Here Overview The AJA KONA LHi brings the highest quality 3G/HD/SD-SDI and analog video/audio to an Apple Mac Pro running Final Cut Pro software. KONA LHi offers high quality digital and analog interfaces with support for 8 and 10 bit uncompressed video. DVCPRO HD, HDV, and Apple RT Extreme are also supported—and even accelerated by onboard hardware. Interfaces are included for HDMI v1.
2 Features The KONA LHi card offers a large number of unique features for optimum quality, ease of use, and support for a wide variety of workflows and environments. KONA LHi provides flexible standard definition and high definition capture and playback, a hardware downconverter for working in mixed SD/HD environments—and it supports both analog and digital audio/video I/O—including HDMI. Hardware • 10-bit uncompressed QuickTime capture card • 3G/HD/SD SDI I/O • HDMI v1.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — What’s In The Box? Software • KONA control panel for source selection and controlling KONA LHi within the overall MacOS environment (Macintosh Desktop, Input Pass through, and more). • AJA QuickTime™ drivers for tightly integrated hardware/software operation. • Supports all popular standard definition formats: 8/10 bit uncompressed, JPEG, DV25/50, and 3:2 pulldown for 24Hz support. • Support for Apple Final Cut Pro™ (application software not included).
4 AJA KONA LHi Card Installation Software CD Read Me First Notice and Registration Sheets Installation and Operation Manual in electronic form on the CD (PDF) Standard Cable Multiple-pin connector To KONA LHi RS422 Machine Control to VTR (9-pin) Analog Video 6 BNCs (Analog Connections): Can be Configured for Component, Composite, or Y/C Y/CVBS In BNC Pb/Y In BNC Pr/C In BNC Y/G/CVBS Out BNC Pb/B/Y Out BNC Pr/R/C Out BNC green blue red green blue red Reference Input or LTC Input BNC Balanced Audio Ana
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — System Requirements 5 System Requirements AJA Video recommends that your system meet minimum hardware and software requirements to achieve a satisfactory level of performance when operating it. Here, we provide minimum and recommended requirements and then discuss disk storage issues that should be understood for proper system configuration.
6 For uncompressed 3G or HD, AJA recommends that at a minimum, the disk storage system must be able to provide and maintain in excess of 300 MB/sec transfer rate from the Apple computer to disk (read/write). There are a variety of system configurations and peripherals that can provide this level of performance. KONA LHi users wishing to configure a storage for a system should also be aware that raw benchmark numbers alone do not necessarily reflect the performance of a drive solution.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — System Requirements Storage capacity No matter which storage system you choose, pick one that can scale to meet your needs over time. Ideally, you should be able to increase storage capacity or switch to a RAID level offering increased data protection in the future. Balance current and future storage needs with your budget and choose accordingly.
8 Cable Connections KONA LHi offers unsurpassed cable connectivity for a video/audio capture card. Connections are made via a supplied breakout cable, plus two BNCs and two HDMI connectors on the KONA LHi Card endplate.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Cable Connections Using KLHi-box The KLHi-box attaches to the KONA LHi card via cables that attach to the back of the box. These cables are supplied with the KLHi-Box. When you purchase the optional box, you get twochannel unbalanced audio output (2 RCA Jacks)—not available with the standard cable. Balanced Audio In Channels 1 & 2 AES/EBU Audio In and Out HDMI v1.3a In HDMI v1.
10 Connector Descriptions— Cables & KLHi-Box Connectors on the standard cable set are labelled as to their function for easy installation and maintenance. Similarly, connectors on the optional KLHi-Box are also labelled. 3G/HD/SD SDI Input and Output BNC connectors are provided on the KONA LHi card endplate for one 3G/HD/SD-SDI input and one 3G/HD/SD-SDI output. The input and output support video and embedded 24-bit digital audio.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — In This Manual Component video signals are generally higher quality than composite, but not as high quality as serial digital (SDI). A Note About RGB—Although RGB is used less in today’s video systems, KONA LHi supports it. However, because the KONA LHi (and SMPTE SDI) native format is YPbPr, AJA recommends the use of YPbPr whenever possible for analog monitoring.
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Chapter 2: Getting Started KONA LHi And Your Workflow There are a lot of ways to think about the video/audio workflow you follow. Your setup might be categorized as corporate video, professional broadcast, or desktop video. Or the workflow might be categorized by the type of equipment used rather than the nature of work produced—many systems these days are a mixture of equipment from high-end professional to desktop video.
14 Understanding Typical Workflows KONA LHi and Final Cut Pro allow more workflow flexibility than ever before. Users can independently select different formats for capture and storage media, while also outputting to an array of analog and digital uncompressed formats—with all outputs active simultaneously. Capture can range from analog, DV, or SD and HD digital uncompressed.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Understanding Typical HDV Data rate: 19 MB/second high definition720p, 25 MB/second high definition 1080i— supported by internal system drive Quality: Excellent KONA LHi supports and accelerates the Final Cut Pro HDV Codec. You can use KONA LHi to convert HDV projects to uncompressed—in real time—for monitoring and/or output. KONA LHi can capture uncompressed from any input, directly to HDV media.
16 Apple ProRes 422 and Apple ProRes 422 HQ (SD or HD) Data rate: Approximately 18 MB/second ProRes 422, Approximately 31 MB/second ProRes 422 HQ— supported by internal system drive or attached storage Quality: Excellent, broadcast quality Captured media is virtually indistinguishable from pristine uncompressed sources. Better yet, ProRes maintains the quality during editing, surviving multiple encoding/decoding generations without degradation.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Mixing and Matching Mixing and Matching Formats in Final Cut In Final Cut Pro, it works best to use one format consistently. For example, if you capture DV 50 files and then capture 8-bit uncompressed files, you’ll have to rerender one or the other when using the two types on the same Final Cut sequence (the timeline where media is edited into a project).
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Chapter 3: Installation & Configuration Installation Overview The installation and set up of a KONA LHi is very simple. All of the steps of installation and configuration are documented in this chapter, summarized as follows: 1. Unpack the shipping box 2. If not previously installed on your Mac Pro, ensure that Final Cut Pro is installed as detailed in its user documentation. Final Cut Pro must be installed and have been run at least once prior to installing AJA KONA LHi software. 3.
20 AJA KONA LHi Card Installation Software CD Read Me First Notice and Registration Sheets Installation and Operation Manual in electronic form on the CD (PDF) Standard Cable Multiple-pin connector To KONA LHi RS422 Machine Control to VTR (9-pin) Analog Video 6 BNCs (Analog Connections): Can be Configured for Component, Composite, or Y/C Y/CVBS In BNC Pb/Y In BNC Pr/C In BNC Y/G/CVBS Out BNC Pb/B/Y Out BNC Pr/R/C Out BNC green blue red green blue red Reference Input or LTC Input BNC Balanced Audio An
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Installing the KONA LHi Installing the KONA LHi Card in a Mac Pro 1. Place the Mac Pro in a well-lit convenient area, where you will have easy access to the chassis access door. 2. Using your hand, touch the outside of the Mac Pro to discharge any static electricity you have. Remove the power cable from the back of the Mac. 3. Remove the access door as described in your Apple User Manual. Lay the Mac on its side, motherboard facing up. 4.
22 Installing the KONA LHi Card in a G5 1. Place the PCI-Express G5 in a well-lit convenient area, where you will have easy access to the chassis access door. 2. Using your hand, touch the outside of the G5 to discharge any static electricity you have. Remove the power cable from the back of the PowerMac G5. 3. Remove the access door and clear inner panel as described in your Apple G5 User Manual. Lay the G5 on its side, motherboard facing up. 4.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Cabling the System 23 Cabling the System System Video/ Audio Cable Connections When installing your system, you’ll make video and audio input/output connections. These connectors are explained individually in chapter 2. Here, system interconnection is shown and described.
24 Typical System A figure on the following page shows typical system interconnections for a system with digital A/V sources. Your system may differ depending on VTRs, audio monitoring, and video monitoring. 1. If desired, connect your house reference sync to the KONA LHi Ref Loop connector (BNC). The second KONA LHi Ref Loop connector on the KLHi-box (if used) can be connected to the VTR or terminated with a 75-ohm terminator. If instead using LTC timecode input, connect to the Ref Loop input. 2.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Installing KONA LHi 25 Installing KONA LHi Software First ensure that Final Cut Pro is installed as detailed in its user documentation. Final Cut Pro must be installed and have been run at least once prior to installing AJA KONA LHi software. Next, use the CD-ROM supplied with the KONA LHi system to install necessary software drivers and KONA LHi control panel.
26 8. The installer will launch and you’ll see a series of installer screens. Initial Installer Screen 9. Click Continue to begin installation. 10.The next screen lets you know that the installer will check your Mac to ensure it has the hardware and software resources required (see Minimum Requirements in Chapter 1). System Check Installer Screen 11.Read and agree to the Software License Agreement.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Installing KONA LHi 1 KONA LHi Software License Agreement Screen 12.The next screen shows all the available drives on the Mac Pro. Click on the drive that contains your system files (Apple default is “Macintosh HD”). A green arrow will point to the drive you’ve selected. Click the Continue button to proceed with installation. 13.
28 Installer Screen, Select Easy Setups to be Installed 14.A system prompt will pop up with a reminder that OS X must be restarted after installation. Click the Continue Installation button to proceed. Restart OS X Reminder Prompt 15.The installer will run and put all the necessary KONA LHi drivers, KONA LHi Control Panel, presets and software on the desired hard drive. When it has completed installation, a final screen will be displayed announcing that “software was successfully installed.” 16.
Chapter 4: Final Cut Pro and Other Software Final Cut Pro Final Cut Pro (not included with KONA LHi) ships with information already configured for most common system configurations. After you install the KONA LHi software on your Mac Pro, all you need to do to begin using it is to become familiar with the KONA LHi Control Panel and how Final Cut Pro works with KONA LHi. With Final Cut Pro you’ll choose the proper setups from the canned ones provided by AJA.
30 Before we go into too much detail, here are some basic definitions you should know (please refer to the figure that follows for reference). After studying the basics, read “Who is Controlling KONA LHi?” later in this chapter for more advanced information on how applications interact with the KONA LHi board.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Using The KONA LHi Control Framebuffer—The framebuffer is the “engine” in the KONA LHi card where active video operations take place using Final Cut Pro, other 3rd-party applications, or even KONA LHi itself. The framebuffer has a format (called the “Primary Format” and color space that it follows, as defined in the Tabbed Windows or via external application software (such as the “Easy Setups” in Final Cut).
32 Color Meanings—All items in the KONA LHi Control Panel block diagram are color-coded to show what is happening in realtime. This applies to both icons and text.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Using The KONA LHi Control 33 Input Screen Click a Tab to Select a Screen. Click Arrows to View Left or Right Tabs 1 Click to Select an Input KONA LHi Control Panel, Inputs Tab On the Inputs screen you can view the currently selected video and audio input sources and map audio sources to the channels supported by Final Cut Pro (more on this later). Two information panes in the screen are provided: Video Input and Audio Input.
34 When a KONA LHi has a KLHi-Box attached, there are two ways to connect AES/EBU inputs: XLR or BNC connectors. The Audio Input pulldown allows you to select which of the two connector groups will be used. Formats Screen The Formats screen shows the video format currently in use by the KONA LHi framebuffer (called the Primary Format) and allows you to change it.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Using The KONA LHi Control 1 KONA LHi Control Panel, Formats Tab, Showing Primary Formats Pulldown Menu Format Screen Settings Video Format—This pull-down menu shows the currently selected format. This pull-down appears in both the Primary Format area of the Formats screen as well as the Secondary Format area (if present). If you select an alternate value in the Primary Format using the pull-down, it will change the format used by KONA LHi’s framebuffer.
36 Up (Conversion)—the Up and Down pull-down menus are available when conversion has been selected for the video path to/from the framebuffer and like Hz formats are selected (the one exception is 1080PsF 23.98 which can be downconverted to 525i 29.97.) Different choices will be available depending on the type of conversion and formats being converted. SD to SD conversions are essentially aspect ratio conversions to accommodate transforming anamorphic images to letterbox or vice versa.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Using The KONA LHi Control Digital Out Screen Settings Information that can appear includes the following items. You can view the current setting or click on another to change to it: Primary—when selected, this indicates that the SDI output is set to the same format as the framebuffer. That value will be listed in blue. Secondary—when selected, this indicates that the SDI output is set to a format different from the framebuffer (Primary Format).
38 Analog Out Screen KONA LHi provides a high-quality analog component or composite output, generally used for monitoring. This screen shows the current settings for that analog output, and allows you to re-configure it when desired. KONA LHi Control Panel, Analog Out Tab Analog Out Screen Settings Analog Format—choices in the Analog Format pulldown menu vary depending upon the Analog Output video standard. For example, the “Composite + Y/C” selection is only available when an SD (525i29.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Using The KONA LHi Control HDMI Tab Screen The KONA LHi’s HDMI input and output are shown and configured at this tab screen. The HDMI input pane shows if an HDMI input source has been detected and locked on, showing the format found.
40 Control Screen The KONA LHi can be controlled by various software applications running on a host PowerMac as well as act as a Macintosh Desktop extension. The Control Screen is where you select how the KONA LHi directs video and is used by application software. This screen also provides control for configuring output timing with regard to external reference video and horizontal/vertical delay.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Using The KONA LHi Control KONA LHi Control Panel, Control Tab, Default KONA Output Pulldown Menu Choices available and their meaning are: 1 Macintosh Desktop: when selected, this selection causes the KONA LHi program video output (digital and analog) to be an extension of the Macintosh desktop. MacOS windows and applications can appear (when applicable) on the KONA outputs.
42 KONA LHi Control Panel, Test Pattern Choices Playback Timing (greyed-out when in Input Passthrough) Genlock (Freerun, Ref In, Input 1, or Input 2)—Selects how KONA LHi will synchronize program video: Freerun: in this mode, KONA LHi generates video without an external reference source Ref In: directs KONA LHi to use the Ref Video source for sync (usually an analog black burst video signal) Video: directs KONA LHi to use whichever video input source has been selected in the Inputs tab window for sync Tim
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Using The KONA LHi Control Setup Screen KONA LHi provides a high-quality analog component or composite output, generally used for monitoring. This screen shows the current settings for that analog output, and allows you to reconfigure it when desired. 1 KONA LHi Control Panel, Setup Tab Setup Screen Settings Analog Black Level—choices in the black Level pulldown menu are only available for the two Composite analog formats.
44 Note: If a prompt occurs in Final Cut Pro stating that the AJA output device is missing, this simply may be due to the Active Video Filter for a given parameter being unchecked for the format selected in the application. If this occurs, simply make the appropriate selection in the Control Panel application and re-enter Final Cut Pro where the selection should now be available. Codec Screen This screen offers a variety of controls that determine how the card behaves under Final Cut Pro.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Using The KONA LHi Control Full Frame: both fields are displayed resulting in some jitter while paused. Single Field: a single field is displayed, showing no flicker (useful when color correcting or whenever the flickering would be a distraction). RGB-YUV Conversion: These pulldowns select industry standard color space and gamma transfer functions for the YUV-RGB conversion, or allow you to direct the KONA card to automatically determine it for you.
46 Timecode Screen The timecode is used for both monitoring the RP-188 timecode embedded in the digital data stream and for selecting a timecode offset (if required) for the attached VTR (connected to KONA LHi’s RS-422 port)—and sent during assemble-edit mode. Note: SMPTE 12M-2 is the updated name and specification for what was RP-188.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Using The KONA LHi Control Output Timecode Offset (entry field and FPS pull-down)—this text entry field allows you to specify a timecode offset for use with Final Cut Pro (or any other application that has timecode offsets that are user-controlled). In FCP, go to “Timeline Options” and locate the “Starting Timecode” value. Use that same value here as the “Output Timecode Offset” to ensure the timecode is synchronized.
48 Info Screen This Tabbed screen shows the KONA LHi software files that have been installed on your system. This information may be needed if you talk to an AJA Customer Service representative to determine if files are missing or need updating.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Using The KONA LHi Control Saving Your Control Panel Presets After configuring the KONA LHi Control Panel via the Tabbed screens, you can then save all your settings as a snapshot for later recall—called a preset. In this way, you can organize the presets for all your typical tasks, saving time by not having to manually reconfigure each time. To save a preset, simply go to “File -> Save Preset...”. Be sure to give the preset a meaningful name.
50 QuickTime Application—1st Priority If a running QuickTime application uses KONA LHi for capture or output, it controls the Primary format via its own menus and settings. For example, when Final Cut Pro is active (it’s the topmost application) and has KONA LHi as its “A/V Device”, then the KONA LHi'S Primary format is determined by Final Cut's “Video Playback” submenu (under the “View” menu) or its “Audio/Video Settings...” dialog under A/V Devices.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Using The KONA LHi Control 1 When the Finder is in control of the KONA board, the KONA Control Panel disables the Primary Format popup and puts a message in the KONA Control Panel “Formats” tab as follows: KONA Control Panel—3rd Priority If a QuickTime application is not running and the Default Video Output is not set to Mac Desktop, then the KONA LHi Control Panel gets control of the board.
52 Using Multiple AJA Products Starting with the v7.5 drivers, more than one AJA product can be used with your host computer. Using the AJA Control Panel application, you can choose which installed product an application uses for input/output. In the upper left corner of the AJA Control Panel application, you will see a board name, such as Kona3-0, if you have more than one product and the associated drivers installed (if only one product is installed, you’ll see no product or pulldown).
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Easy Setups for Typical Uses Easy Setups for Typical Uses Final Cut and KONA LHi together make working with multiple formats an easy proposition. Inside of Final Cut, equipment and setting presets are available in groups called Easy Setups, from which you can choose typical system configurations. A large set of Easy Setups are supplied with KONA LHi and installed along with the KONA LHi software.
54 Easy Setup dialog At the top of the Easy Setup dialog is the currently selected Easy Setup. It can be changed by clicking on the pulldown arrow at the right. Doing so results in a long list of the factory Easy Setups stored on the system. If you wish to see all of the Easy Setups, factory and userdefined, then ensure the “Show All” checkbox is marked at the right side of the dialog. By default, all AJA Easy Setups will be checked.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Easy Setups for Typical Uses Descriptions provide a paragraph summarizing what the Easy Setup is intended for and then each of the presets are explained (Sequence, Capture, Device, Playback Output, and Edit to Tape Video/Audio Outputs). Easy Setups For Use With KONA LHi The factory default Easy Setups currently shipped with KONA LHi are updated regularly by AJA and posted on the relevant support web page for your model of KONA.
56 Audio/Video Settings, Summary Window To Create A New Easy Setup If you have a group of presets that you’d like to use continually, then you can create a new Easy Setup by modifying the settings of the Easy Setup currently selected (pick one most like the one you want to create) and then saving it under a new name: 1. Change the currently selected Easy Setup by making changes at the Summary tabbed window via the pulldown menus. 2.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Easy Setups for Typical Uses The Sequence Presets Window 1 Audio/Video Settings, Sequence Presets Window This window allows you to select an editing timebase for the current sequence. Once you add a clip to the sequence this cannot be changed. For example, once you’ve selected uncompressed 10-bit NTSC 48 kHz, you then have to stay in that timebase and can’t switch to another.
58 Audio/Video Settings, Sequence Presets Editor Window The Capture Presets Window Audio/Video Settings, Capture Presets Window
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Easy Setups for Typical Uses This window lets you choose a preset format for incoming source video and audio media you’ll be capturing. Select the maximum quality format you’ll be using for most of the material so there will be no need to re-render later. The information on the right window pane describes the preset and all it’s parameters.
60 button opens a new screen providing choices of codec-specific options. For uncompressed codecs these probably are not unneeded; for other codecs choose the options desired. QuickTime Audio Settings—these settings select an audio input source and affect how it’s processed by Final Cut Pro. The Device pull-down should be set to AJA Kona. The Input pull-down selects that KONA LHi (AJA Kona) will be used for capturing audio—it does not select the specific inputs.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Easy Setups for Typical Uses • Protocol for capture/playback VTR (for KONA LHi this will be RS422) • Audio Mapping • Time Source (LTC/VITC/both/etc.) • Port • Frame Rate • Default Timecode (Drop Frame etc.) • Capture/Playback Offsets (to correct for VTR versus Final Cut timing issues) • Handles/Pre-roll/Post-roll • Auto Record and PTV KONA LHi ships with VTR Device Control Presets for Sony and Panasonic VTRs.
62 The A/V Devices Window Audio/Video Settings, A/V Devices Window The A/V Devices window selects the current playback device for both audio and video. Typically, you’ll select KONA LHi for both playback devices. The format chosen determines the Primary format for the KONA LHi board during playback.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Checking the System with a 1 Create a New Project 3. The Sequence window will be at the bottom of the screen and a Browser window will be at the top left. Look at the Browser window and locate the “Effects” tab at the top right. Click on it. 4. Locate the Viewer window in Final Cut and click on the Filmstrip pulldown menu button (it’s a “filmstrip” icon with an “A” on it). Select “Bars and Tone NTSC” or “Bars and Tone PAL”.
64 Click Filmstrip Button in Viewer Window ...Then select “Bars and Tone” Finally, click in the viewer window and drag the “bars” to the Sequence window.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Checking the System with a 1 Bars and Tone In Sequence Window Click “Play” to Test the System Sequence Window Showing Bars and Tone Clip Dragged from Viewer If everything works properly, go ahead and try capturing audio and video media from your VTR.
66 Using 8-bit Versus 10-bit Video While both 8- and 10-bit uncompressed video are capable of providing excellent quality broadcast video, 10-bit represents a significantly higher quality and is preferable in many situations. Because 10-bit video has four times the numerical precision when compared to 8-bit, it has a signal-to-noise ratio 12 db higher than 8-bit video. Visually, in 8-bit video compared to 10-bit video, you will notice a substantial difference.
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting If You Run Into Problems One useful way to find the source of problems is to isolate your system to the smallest size where the problem still occurs and then note all the symptoms. This serves to eliminate areas not involved in the problem and makes finding the problem easier. Once you’ve noted problem symptoms, look through the following table and see if any of the symptoms are listed. If so, check the items listed.
68 Symptom Check Changes made to Final Cut’s configuration aren’t remembered or you need to force a change to them. Under some circumstances, Final Cut Pro may need to be initialized back to the factory default state as it was when you installed it. The easiest way to do this is to locate Final Cut’s preference file and discard it. To do so, follow this procedure: 1. Locate the file named “Final Cut Pro x.x Preferences”.
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Support If the problem is an AJA Video KONA LHi issue, then contact AJA Video Customer Support using one of the methods listed below: Contacting by Mail Address: 443 Crown Point Circle, Grass Valley, CA. 95945 USA Telephone: 1.800.251.4224 or 1.530.274.2048 Fax: 1.530.274.9442 Web: http://www.aja.com Support Email: support@aja.com Apple Resources Apple provides a large amount of support information online at their support website.
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Appendix A: Specifications Formats 525i 29.97 625i 25 720p 50 720p 59.94 720p 60 1080i 25 1080i 29.97 1080i 30 1080PsF 23.98 1080PsF 24 1080P 23.98 1080P 24 1080P 25 1080P 29.97 1080P 30 1080P 50 1080P 59.94 1080P 60 Video Input Digital: 8 or 10 bit 3G/HD/SD SDI, SMPTE-259/292/296/424, 1BNC HDMI v1.3, 30 bits/pixel, RGB or YUV, 2.25Gbps, SD, HD, 1080p50/60 Analog: Composite/S-Video (Y/C): NTSC, NTSCJ, PAL 12 bit A/D, 2x oversampling 3 line adaptive comb filter decoding +/- .25 db to 5.
A-2 .5% 2T pulse response < 1% Diff Phase < 1% Diff Gain SD Component: SMPTE/EBU N10, Betacam 525 line, Betacam 525J, RGB 12 bit D/A, 8x oversampling +/- .2 db to 5.5 MHz Y Frequency Response +/- .2 db to 2.5 MHz C Frequency Response .
KONA LHi Installation and Operation Manual — Down-Conversion Down-Conversion Hardware 10-bit Anamorphic: full-screen Letterbox: image is reduced with black top and bottom added to image area with the aspect ratio preserved Crop: image is cropped to fit new screen size Cross-Conversion Hardware 10-bit 1080i to 720P 720P to 1080i 720P to 1080PsF 1 SD to SD Aspect Ratio Conversion Letterbox: This transforms SD anamorphic material to a letterboxed image.
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I-2 E Easy Setups 54, 55 Easy Setups For Use With KONA 3 56 Easy Setups Menu 55 EBU N10 11 editing timebase 58 embedded audio 2 F Factory Easy Setups 56 features 2 Field dominance 59 Format Screen Settings 38 format, primary 11 format, secondary 32 Formats and Transfer Rates/Storage Table 7 Formats Screen 37 formats, mixing and matching 17 Frame Rate 62 Frame Size 61 Frame size 59 Framebuffer 33 Freerun 45 full-screen 38 G Genlock 45 Genlock and Your System 29 Getting Help 70 Green 34 H H Crop 39 hard d
KONA LH/LHe Installation and Operation Manual — Index QuickTime video 59 QuickTime Video Settings 61 R RAID 6 RCA connector pair, K-Box configuration 47 read/write 6 rear panel 10 Recommended System Requirements 5 Red 34 Ref In 45 Ref Loop 24 Reference Video 11 Requirements 5 Requirements, System 5 RGB 11 RP-188 Timecode 50 RS422 10, 62 RS-422, Sony 9-pin protocol. 9-pin D-connector pinout 3 S sample rate 59 Sample rate conversion 2 Save Preset..
I-4 Y Y/R-Y/B-Y 11 Yellow 34 YPbPr 11 YUV 11 Z Zoom 14 9 38 Zoom Letterbox 38 Zoom Wide 38
