Deko Family and On-Air Graphics

Dekocast Clocks and showing different Time Zones in the same scene

tolu — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:18:31 GMT

Anyone know how to create three clocks in a Dekocast scene with different time zones ie US, Japan and Europe. Or better yet how to have the clock change time zones every 5mins in the same scene??

MXF media

hdcutter — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:31:07 GMT

Deko noob question. Any way to import MXF media from an Avid Media Composer? I tried it but had no luck.

Thanks in advance

Brian

Virus Protection

Mary Driscoll — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:56:01 GMT

Viruses are a real problem on any computer system. Especially if your system is out in the freelance world with multiple users adding files from removeable drives.

Protect yourself and your system by being sure your virus protection is installed and up to date. See the link for advice on how to protect your Deko Family products.

http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?ssdFilterCommunity15=0&ssdFilterCommunity11=1180&ssdFilterCommunity13=0&ssdFilterCommunity3=1089&ssdSearchOperator=0&ssdFilter_SearchKeyWord=virus&page=1

FXDeko Training Manual - Tutorial Files

rosb — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:58:19 GMT

I have a copy of the Pinnacle Systems FX Deko Training Course Manual. It refers to files in a the directory c:\Deko\Tutorial - but the systems that I have access to, don't have this directory. Does anyone know where I can get the files in that directory?

Help with animation delay

djudd — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:34:36 GMT

We are using a Deko3000 to playback animation "stingers" for our newscast. We've imported movie clips and saved them onto a page. The problem is, there is about a 2-second delay between when the page is read, and when the animation clip starts to play. Any ideas of how we might make an animation play back immediately?

I tried playing with a sequence, but was unable to make it work. (although I'm new at sequenced) This would REALLY help us be more efficient!

Problem with Deko550

maxus — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:05:57 GMT

Sorry. No problem. HASP Key

DekoCast Doesn't Play Clips...Sometimes

benscripps — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:43:27 GMT

I'm having a strange problem with our DekoCast, something which has popped up on multiple projects at different times...

Basically, I'm building a sports ticker sort of thing--video input shrunk down on top of an animated background, with a Deko layer of scores and an animated bug next to it. Everything works fine while I'm working in DekoCast. The next couple of times I open the project in DekoCast, everything is fine.

However, at some point, when I open the project in DekoCast, the application refuses to play, cue or even load either of the clips (the animated bug and the animated background). In addition, none of the actions in the project will run; I can click the 'Play Action' button until the cows come home, and nothing ever happens. If I try to insert a new clip into the project, it won't load or play. It's as if the entire project just stops working; the Deko layer and the video in are fine, but none of the clips will load. My only workaround thus far has been to rebuild the project from scratch (fortunately, it's not a *huge* project, and I've been keeping track of my settings on paper as I've been going). It's not an issue with the clips themselves, as they load and play perfectly fine in a new project. And I don't think it's an issue with overtaxing the machine; as I said, I've been able to run this project in the past, both in DekoCast and DekoCast Central.

So...I'm wondering if anyone else has seen behavior like this--where clips won't play after a project has been opened and closed several times. We're working on version 4.1.2 of DekoCast right now; I see there's a 4.2.1 available which offers "significant product hardening", but without a current support contract, I can't get to it--anyone know if 4.2.1 would fix that sort of problem?

TIA!!!

PostDeko for Editors Webinar: Work Less, Do More

Teicia — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:35:36 GMT

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Deko and PostDeko testers needed

Mary Driscoll — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:37:35 GMT

Deko Users:

You asked and we listened! We are planning to implement an exciting new feature that allows you to create charts and graphs for displaying dynamic data with real time updates from ODBC connections in your Deko graphics.

We are looking for sites to help us Beta test this new functionality. Customers interested in this Beta test will need an existing Deko 5.x or PostDeko 8.x configuration and will need to be available for testing in November and December. We need testing for resolutions including 720p/50.

Please contact me, Dennis Mahoney, at dennis.mahoney@avid.com for more info.

We look forward to working with you.

Thank you.

Best Regards,
Dennis

(Posted by Mary Driscoll for Dennis Mahoney)

Adding a delay to a looping cell animation...

un_plug — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:39:48 GMT

...or just making the cell play every ten seconds (whichever is easier).

Hello all,
I have a time and temperature bug that I want to overlay with a cell animated station bug every 10 seconds. Is there a macro you can add to the cell command to do this?
The cell reveals the logo holds for five seconds then reveals off.
So basically I need a command to play the cell every 10 seconds.
Or to have it loop, but have a ten second delay between loops.
I am not a macro guy so any help is appreciated!

clip deko

jaws — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:05:10 GMT

Can Clip Deko be loaded onto older Deko models? If so, which models?

clip simultaneously playing

jaws — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:09:15 GMT

On the Deko 3000 running in dual channel, I want to have one clip simultaneously playing on both channels playing in sync. Right now the clip is playing on both channels but not in sync. Is there an option or a method to go about syncing the channels?

Post Deko on Windows 7 64-bit

Sam Eklund — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:21:08 GMT

I've installed a few different versions of Post Deko on my Win7 64-bit system without any luck.

The problem seem to be the HASP driver that doesn't wan't to install properly.

Do you have a solution or workaround for using PostDeko on a Win7 x64 machine (prefferably version 4.2)

Best regards,

Sam Eklund

Kanal 75

Stockholm, Sweden

Problem with importing

LancerVision — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:27:25 GMT

Hi, I have a Deko 1000 with a 4.0 Version software. I've been trying to import clips into ClipDeko, but it just hasn't been working lately. I downloaded and bought Quicktime Pro 7 to convert things to .MOVs, which according to this Deko book I'm holding here, does work (at least with some special .mov* file), but the instructions in the book don't match up with what is available to me on Quicktime Pro. I don't see how I cam do this step here:

3. Export (File-> Export) (this is obviously there)

4. Use these video settings to export a compatible *.mov file for Deko:

- Animations

- The millions of colors plus provides a key file

Any help, please? Also, I've been having problems with bringing in AVIs, ClipDeko fails and says that, "DirectX Library E error", but I DO have a new version of DirectX installed.

Dekocast SDI Audio Output

joolsclinn — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:44:52 GMT

Can anyone tell me if the audio output from Dekocast is embedded in the SDI output only, or can it also play out through the PC's sound card output?

Deko Expert Blog: How to Import Deko Clips Automatically.

Teicia — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:21:26 GMT

Learn how to use the "ClipAutoUpdate" utility to monitor folders for new clips and automatically import them into your ClipDeko database.

http://community.avid.com/blogs/training/archive/2009/10/07/deko-amp-clip-autoupdate-utility-importing-clips-automatically.aspx

Syncing Deko 3000 Time to Master

lelizard — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:21:17 GMT

Hello,

We're having difficulty syncing the computer clock of the Deko 3000 to our master clock. This affects the Deko clock. Currently, we are using the Internet update to sync to our master clock but it is drifting very quickly (off 8 seconds within half an hour). We sync every 12 hours but I'm wondering what the best way to sync the clock to master time is? Hardware? Software? Does anyone have some ideas?

Thanks!

2 colours on 1 layer

cgray — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:58:17 GMT

Is it possible to have 2 colours on 1 text layer?

For example, a bullet would be 1 colour and the text another.

Could you embed this into a macro as well?

Thanks,

Cameron

Custom Typeface..What am I doing Wrong?

un_plug — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:56:01 GMT

Creating a 7 day weather forecast.
Made the weather icons a custom typeface (.fac) in PostDekolite.
Created a text box with custom typeface as the style and saved as a .dko file.
Typing in the text box in PostDekoLite the images show up fine, a=sun, etc.

When brought into Dekocast (working on Hybrid System) it shows up as default actual
character, type a and I get a not the sun.

Anybody know what step I am missing?

power clips as replicable object

ashish — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:26:20 GMT

How can I make power clips as replicable object so that the news producers can use it as replaceable texture in iNews/ Deko Select?

converting .mov files to MXF DV compression

cocardo39 — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:17:49 GMT

Hello , mi name is Diego, from Uruguay.

in the channel station I work for, we have a Deko 1000 .

Inside Deko, I can convert videos from .mov to MXF but the only compression is mpeg. Happens that compressing that way, we can only play 2 videos at the same time. Using the examples videos that come with deko (are compressed in DV25) we can playback several videos at the same time.

so I am searching for some way I can convert my .mov files to MXF but with DV25 compression.

Thank you all for the help you can give.

Diego

Animated emoticons in New DekoCast Release

wael — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:34:27 GMT

Dears,

DekoCast can't display animated emoticons or images, gif png or whatever inside the text,

I can use the crawl object, but I can only use the crawl effect, and I have to put the emoticon on a seperate line, besides it's very difficult to deal with,

So I need to know if the new release of DekoCast or PostDeko Lite can do it, and if I can install any upgrades without purchasing a whole new hardware??!!??!!

please I need this informaion urgently so we can deside if we should replace our avid platform with other solutions,

regards,

DekoCast Clip Playback Object

wael — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:04:17 GMT

Dears,

I worked on DekoCast 3.6 and I used to put clip playback objects, and I used to play dv video files, every graphic guy knows the format,

but recently, I started to work with DekoCast 4.1.2, and only playes the following extentions: mxf, m2v, vbs, and it doesn't play the old dv extensions anymore, and nobody arround knows how to convert to these formats, and most of them has not heard of them,

please advise, how to convert, what software to use?!

regards

field dominance Deko 1000

jaime3d — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:24:37 GMT

Hi,
I´m of Peru, South America

Working in the tv station, we have a deko 1000 with clipdeko and deko objex.

have the following problem:

when i import videos in format avi the field order is lower, but when i import
videos in QuickTime the field order is upper, to which this owes???

Since I import videos Quicktime with the field order in lower without problems
of flicker???

Thank you

Jaime

Deko Family and On-Air Graphics

Dekocast Clocks and showing different Time Zones in the same scene

MXF media

Virus Protection

FXDeko Training Manual - Tutorial Files

Help with animation delay

Problem with Deko550

DekoCast Doesn't Play Clips...Sometimes

PostDeko for Editors Webinar: Work Less, Do More

Deko and PostDeko testers needed

Adding a delay to a looping cell animation...

clip deko

clip simultaneously playing

Post Deko on Windows 7 64-bit

Problem with importing

Dekocast SDI Audio Output

Deko Expert Blog: How to Import Deko Clips Automatically.

Syncing Deko 3000 Time to Master

2 colours on 1 layer

Custom Typeface..What am I doing Wrong?

power clips as replicable object

converting .mov files to MXF DV compression

Animated emoticons in New DekoCast Release

DekoCast Clip Playback Object

More 3D questions!

field dominance Deko 1000