Re: No input signal

AkivaD — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:37:42 GMT

Once the deck is on go to deck configuration in the settings and it should find it.

Re: No input signal

Duster — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:59:26 GMT

I'd be glad to have your inputs guys...

Re: No input signal

Duster — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:18:31 GMT

Any idea?

Re: No input signal

Duster — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:46:47 GMT

Just a note to say that I'll order a Pyro Firewire card...just to make sure and be protected against futur problem.

Is this model the best? The board has no PCI slot.

PYRO1394 PCI Express

No input signal

Duster — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:32:56 GMT

Hi guys! I'm a brand new Avid MC user and I need some help.

Actually, I'm not really a "user" but an IT tech in an university and I must give support to the "vid pros" using Avid MC and I'm kinda lost.

So I apologize in advance for my (sort of...) lack of knowledge about video production/processing/edition.

OK...first of all, even if this could has nothing to do with that, here's the setup:

Computer

Intel S5000XVN Workstation board
2x Quad Xeon E5420
4 GB of RAM
Quadro FX 3700
750 GB HDD (the edition is firewire external HDD based...Glyph GT050Q)
Firewire 400/800 PCIe 1x card (I guess Startech...)

Softwares

Windows XP Pro SP3
Avid Media Composer 2.7 (v3.0 is in the mail...)
Quicktime 7.4.5.67
WMP 10
F-Secure 7.11
What else?!

Camera

Panasonic DVCPro HD P2 AG-HVX200AP

Both for you and me, I'll keep it simple.

On this camera, there are a slide button to switch between 2 media; P2 card or mini-DV tape.
And beside this switch, you can see a button to switch from "live" mode ("camera" red dot light On) to "recording/playback" (MCR/VCR green dot light On) mode.

(Sorry for the blurry pic...cell phone, you know...)

The problem is that I get "no input signal present" when I'm on Tape & Live mode at the same time.

On P2 media, I have no single problem acquiring feed on both live or recording mode, even if there is no P2 card inside. Ok...with no card I see nothing on record mode but at least, I have a signal.

On tape mode, MC has no problem with the signal as long as I'm on the "record" mode. Moreover, and it's the most weird part, IF I start MC with the camera on "record" mode AND then switch on "live" mode, it works!

Is it clear enough?! I mean that MC says there's no input signal on "live" mode (mini-DV) as long as I didn't start it while the camera is on "record/playback" mode...

So it's not a cable/firewire card/PC problem (kind of thing you'll usually look at when you have a "no signal" error message). Note that Windows itself has no problem with the camera on both media and both mode.

So is it "normal"? Is it a camera bug or the problem is on the Media Composer side?!

If it's a kind of bug, do you think the 3.0 version will solve it?

I know what you're thinking...you wanna say that we just have to do the record/live switch trick and we'll be OK...true but I'm affraid that this bug (if it's a bug) hides more serious problems that will occur in the future. I imagine you know what I mean...

So thanks for your help and...patience! And I really hope that all this make some sense to you. ;)

Avid Media Composer - PC

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