Hello All,

Please forgive me if I sound like and idiot but I"m having a heck of a time trying to figure out the MOJO SDI. I just picked one up and I've been able to set it up to capture SDI video and SDI audio. Now I want to digital cut my test sequence SDI. Here are the specs.

MC 2.8.3

23.976 NTSC project

HPXW8400 Quad Core 6 Gig ram 3 terrabyte internal drives

DV Cam deck -Sony DSR1500A

I look in the video out tool and see that I only have the 3 options of Componet, Composite and S-Video. The Deck does have SDI inputs as well as AES.

Also I noticed that it has the same firewire output as the old mojo but very time I set up the deck to to work I get a flamethrower error. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers 

 Hi

The SDI output should work all the time.

To work with the deck on FIREWIRE you need to disable the MOJO by clicking the DNA/1394 on your timeline.

Or you can connect your deck to a sperate Firewire host.

 i have my deck on a seprate host and i still have to click the dna  button on the timeline

So basically its all plug and play. Hook up the SDI and AES outputs from the Mojo SDI to the deck as well as my Black Burst for sync, make sure those inputs are selected on the deck and just hit Digital Cut correct? I'm just so used to picking the type of Output either Firewire, Component, Composite SDI, AES.

Also since monitoring via Component (since my monitor doesn't have a SDI Input on it) do I have to to Disconnect the monitor so the Mojo isn't confused on what has a signal going to it. Its the one break out cable that I'm really just not used to, if you can have multiple outputs or not from the one break out cable.

Also how come you have to disable to DNA and switch it to 1394  in the timeline to output via firewire? The mojo SDI does have the 2nd firewire port just like the old school Firewire. Just seems odd to disable the Mojo now to go firewire.

Thanks for your answers in advance. Really helps

Cheers

Think I've been here!

The cleanest way is to input 'native' sound and pics as firewire direct to the DV deck - it will only immediately transcode SDi to DV on input I think.  This connection also gives you machine control.  I think you have to disable the Mojo (what a box!) to do this, so I guess that kills your monitoring.  I hooked up the VT output to another monitor input, and this is actually better as you see what the VT sees then.

Hope that helps.

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