Following my posts on the problems with Canopus boxes and Pro Tools 8.0.3 here, here and here as well as the jerky video problems I have posted on and the video compendium I posted about here and here, there has been a couple of interesting posts on the Pro Tools 8.0.3 Big Bug thread on the Digidesign User Conference. Matt Faddy posted….
I know this won’t help your immediate problems but we were using the ADVC 100 and 110 ‘s for years and always had constant issues with them (I have 8 broken ones stacked up in our machine room) – They were unbelievably temperamental and over the years I have grown to despise them but unfortunately they were always a necessary evil. We switched to Black magic intensity pro pci cards a few months ago and they are brilliant. Rock solid, support a few formats and have HDMI as well as component and composite O/P’s – the best thing about them though is they are even cheaper than Canopus ADVC 110′s ! The only drawback is they use an extra slot so if you’re running an HD3 system you’ll need an expansion chassis.
and ‘filmsdunjour’ responded…
Attention PAL users. I’ve posted a thread here. The Blackmagic cards have a major problem in SD PAL (haven’t tested SD NTSC but I guess it’s working fine, 1080i50 is perfect) using ProTools HD 8.0.3cs(1&2) on Mac OS X.5.8, even with the latest Blackmagic drivers.
Image quality is terrible (jerky and aliased) on both HDMI and SD analog outputs. The outputs are perfect on Final Cut Pro, so it’s a software issue.
I think it’s related to the way Pro-Tools automatically sets-up the output’s resolution. Final Cut Pro works fine because the set-up is manual (you have to change it when going from SD-HD-PAL-NTSC)
Sadly the ADVC110 is the only option (don’t know about mojo) to have a “nice” image in SD PAL…
Clearly this problem still has some mileage to run before it is resolved!
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hi i see guys above have had the same problems as me, or very simalar…..
i have jut opened my own studio……tried out a cannopus 100 a guy borrowed me and im using a mbox2 pro with pro tools 8.0.3 with a mac pro 8 core xeon proccessors….
but it also would unexpectedtly quit…..or would complain about my buffer size,it being to small or to large and when i would change it, it would through up the same error, or….
it would through up an error on somthing about the firewire over working or somthing….
eventually i jut gave it back to the guy….now i want the best alternative?
ive heard black magic intensity cards are good,and its pcie which if the firewire is a problem,would solve that? because my mbox2 pro runs with firewire…and ive jut ordered a 003 facotry for my studio…..and i dont wanna sit with this problem forever?
when ever i have read forums,theyve talked on compatibitly with Pro tools HD, i wanna know is ther a differnce with LE???
I DONT WANT GO BUY A BLACK MAGIC CARD ,and then be stuck with another issue???
is there any help??? i cant afford a hd setup,,,specailly because i just ordered the 003 factory complete…
and i have my external lcd monitor standing in the studio looking pretty, and thats all its doing?
so in a nutshell, does anyone know if the black magic intensity or intensity pro is fully compatible with Pro tools 8.0.3 LE!! when using a new mac pro 8c core with snow leopard???
please someone help??