Mike Aiton asked this question recently here on the Digidesign User Conference
Sadly my mojo (composite version) is displaying signs of illness
Upon power up all iights come on
After power up only 48kHz and host and power remain lit- vid ref does not lightLooking at my plasma I see the avid logo card, but rolling rapidly and in black and white- as if it is asynchronous NTSC in my pal world.
I have tried rebooting the mojo (a power enema) many times to no avail. I have tried unplugging the PSU brick as well.
Incidentally Protools kindly proffers the advice that my video peripheral has a power up problem and promptly ignores the mojo which is a bummer with Avid video! My Nanosyncs is happily clocking all other peripherals in the room.
To Fix Avid UK is quoting £330…….Mike Aiton
Dubbing Mixer/Sound Designer
BAFTA member
Postman replied…
The way I see it, Ebay prices for an analog MOJO are quite low, US$300-320 right now. That’s not a lot of money and maintains the performance you already have.
If you’ve got a spare machine for video:
1. Upgrade to Avid with video satellite: buy a satellite link $US749, upgrade MC (unless you already have MC3.1.2 at least) US$395, and stick on the lowest cost MOJO available, US$320. Takes any SD/HD material, outputs to SD monitor, with MOJO frame edge alignment is always maintained with NTSC/PAL reference but HD reference not possible. Actually the MOJO is optional but I wouldn’t recommend software only video playback, the image quality suffers and who knows what sync consistency is like. You can upgrade the video hardware later if you have “spare cash”. Total ~ US$1500.
2. Buy Video Satellite LE: Software enabler US$250, MBox micro system US$279 (if you can find one!), Blackmagic Decklink US$295, Sync HD US$2095. You can exclude SyncHD if you don’t need guaranteed frame edge alignment. Total without SyncHD ~ US$825, with SyncHD ~ US$2925. This gives SD and HD playback, Quicktime and Avid media.
click here for a relatively complete list of video options
Mike decided to send Mojo off for repair to keep his rig the same…
I am not in hurry for vid sat at the mo as I am addicted to my chromatec “in vision” ppms on my plasma and my studio/booth is wired for composite sd.
My clients are a mixture of quicktime fcpers and broadcast avid users, so sd mojo is a good frame accurate solution for me.
Postman replied…
I’m glad you found the problem at least.
I’ve wished for those meters lots of times, my meters are currently off to the side and, while I don’t care, my clients wonder what the heck I keep looking at, they think I’m trying to get their attention! Anyway, I understand the sentiment and agree with you.
VidSat and VidSat LE with hardware wouldn’t change anything in that regard. You’d still have the analog video signals.
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Mike is Pro Tools genius and an award winning ‘audiomeister’, defined as ‘a person of great skill and authority in sound’. His vast array of credits include music (from classical to rock), drama and documentaries across all the BBC Radio networks, as well as audio post production for video and TV, ‘new media’, live sound, commercial CDs, DVDs and podcasts, helping clients tell their stories with sound. He has been described as "an oasis of calm in a stormy creative world"; "quick, creative & easy to work with"; "always going the extra mile"; and "invests himself in the success of your project"’.
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