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Nik- I'll give it a try and give you a report back. -Mark
Michael- Another thread on the S64 VRAM was here a few days ago. I think the last word I understood was that these problems were being forwarded to Vibrant from Nik @ ADESK. Hopefully a solution is in the works, but until then, we'll all just have to wait. If…
Thanks Nik. I'll look forward to seeing what Vibrant comes up with. -Mark
Nik- I have the Stealth 64 VRAM 2MG and have d/l'd the latest drivers. The ONLY modes I can get to work are 1024x768x256 and 1024x768x65586. It's pretty frustrating and I would HIGHLY recommend 3DSers stay away from this card until the problem is resolved. BTW, All Vesa modes work…
Bruce- My Par seems to play back fine at 30 fps. I will say that I really don't keep the drive very full, and depending on the video content, I sometimes have to lower the Block Limit and Q-Factor in the Par software to get it to play properly. All…
Don- That's how we ended up fixing the problem. It was really strange. I grabbed the frame off of Beta-SP. The grab looked fine as it was frozen on my Par monitor. I then exported it as a .TGA and brought it into Photoshop, and it was really washed out!!!…
Don- I just completed a job for a local car dealer using Par/Elastic Reality. The one dissappointment I have with the Par is the Double compression problem when you grab an image from tape, export it out, use E/R to warp, and import back to the par. This particular spot…
Don- You'd probably have a better idea of the possibilities than I would. I'm pretty naive about most the video stuff. I'll have to reread the press release on the Perception board, but it seems like there was some type of deck control built into it. It would probably have…
Bruce- I use the same setup as Gus for SMPTE and audio. It works flawlessly. However, you may have a problem wanting to lock to the PAR. I'm not aware of any way for the PAR to lock to SMPTE. About the only thing I've seen is that you can…
S64 Working!
Message #173946
Matthew- Turns out it was my bonehead move that caused the problem with the S64. The reason previews and Fast Previews were solid was because I had pulled up an old project to view that had the SNOW IPAS in it and the bounding box was full screen, DUH!! Anyways,…
#S64 Problem Resolved?
Message #173849
Matthew, Did you ever find any drivers to get the S64 Vram working? I'm now in the same boat. I have the S64 VRAM 2M and can't get the Vibrant Drivers to work with mine. No matter what resolution I set it to, Fast Preview craters, rendering just a blue…
Thanks for the insight into NT. That helps me alot. -Mark
Jamie- I understand how delays can happen. However, from your message I infer that the new Razor will be for 1)NT and 2) the Perception card. Can you at least tell me if it will run with my Win3.11/Par/TBCIV system, or will I need to change all of that out…
Edward- It's pretty staight forward if you have an editor with GPI trigger. The connection to the Par is the RCA jack on the multipin breakout cable. It is simply a contact closure (to my knowledge). The RCA jack on the Par is connected to one of the triggers on…
Speed Razor?
Message #173258
Jamie- I was looking forward to the release of Speed Razor yesterday. The person I spoke with at In:Sync said that it was delayed because you were waiting on the release of the Perception. She told me that Speed Razor had to have the Perception to work with. Tell me…
#NT Help
Message #173257
Gus- Since you seem to work with the nuts and bolts of this stuff daily, perhaps you can enlighten me. I figure that it's getting time to bite the bullet and install NT as to be ready for the next generation of graphics s/w coming down the pipe. My question…
Gus- Glad Bob could help you out. -Mark
Gus- You might contact Bob Howard @ BCD Associates (405)843-4574, or you can reach via CIS at76004,3363. They also have a forum on Mulitimedia Vendor A. He built the controller that goes in the Sanyo units, so he probably can get you pointed in the right direction. Hope that helps.…
Jamie- I've got a couple of wishes for your list. 1) Add the ability for RP to spit out Edit Decision Lists in the same formats that Premier 4 does. While I like the quality of the PAR, there are some clients who like to see their stuff come off…
Jamie- Has your BBS # changed? I tried calling this weekend to d/l 1.0c and got no answer. Thanks, Mark
Terry- Sorry I'm so slow in getting back to you. I finally forced myself to take a week off and head for the mountains. After a week on CO I'm ready to tackle the computers again. Actually, I spent most of my time trying to figure out how I could…
Terry- Thanks for the reply. I feel better now. Glad to know I'm not the only one who skips threads. I used to read everything on the forum for about the first year it was online, but it's gotten so active that I'd spend all my time reading and not…
3DS & Lantastic 6.0
Message #153236
I noticed several weeks ago that there was a thread on Lantastic 6.0 and 3DS. Like a dummy I skipped over the thread because I was running Lantastic 5.0. Now I'm needing to upgrade to 6.0 and am curious, are there some inherent problems with Lantastic 6.0 and 3DS? If…
Bob- I havn't heard about the drive, but it sounds like one to keep an eye out for. I'm using the Micropolis myself and I guess I'm one of the lucky ones. I really havn't had any trouble with it. It does get toasty, but it seems like I'm in…
Bob- Well said. I agree, the things I've gotten RP to do, it has done well. I have even heard a rumor ( I think from Jamie) that a 2.0 ver in the spring will do realtime cuts only previews, which would be a BIG improvement. I think it will…
Don- Sounds like you have your hands full. I'll look forward to hearing your impressions of Premier. The audio issue is really only one for me because I don't have an editing suite in house. For trying to do some non broadcast stuff from the PAR is what I was…
Don- I'm anzious to hear what you think of Premiere. I'm considering picking it up myself. I'm a RazorPro user, and tend to share the opinion of others here on the Forum that the product has potential, but is really not quite ready for serious production yet. I was told…
Greg- This probably should be another thread, but since it has to do with sound…. I was over in the MIDI forum and noticed you in the SAW forum. From your messages, I gathered that you all have/use SAW. I'm curious how you like it. I may be needing to…
James- I've done the same thing, more than once. And converting them is a mess. Don't feel bad…. You're not the only one who has done this. -Mark
Don- Could be, don't really know. I havn't made the switch to the P-series yet. Still living in 486 world. Sounds like somethings not quite right though. Sorry I can't be of more help. -Mark
Don- Hmmm. I've got my BCD.PRM file in my \3ds3 dir. The only time I've had that problem is when I didn't have \3ds3 in my path statement in my Autoexec.bat. You might check that if you havn't already. Other than that, I really don't know what could cause it.…
Angelo- No problem. Did that get him going? I've used the BCD5000 for three years and have been very pleased with it. Until recently it was my main method for going to tape, but now I have begun using the PAR. -Mark
Greg- Thanks for the reply. I was trying to use an .IFL before, but had mistakenly put the drive letter and path for the PAR in the IFL. Brick had posted me and I realized that only the filename needed to be in the IFL and it is working great.…
Brick- Thanks for the thorough explanation. I had tried using IFL's ( that always seems to work the best) but I had made the mistake of putting the drive and path to the par in the IFL. That was what was fouling everything up. Thanks again….It seems to be working…
#Rotoscoping with Par
Message #122412
Greg- I know your not in the hardware support arena anymore, but maybe you can shed some light on my problem since you're familiar with the drivers. I am running a Par, TBCIV, and a Micropolis 2217A. I am back to 1.09 of the par software because of troubles running…
Alec- I still think I've got something wrong too. I can get it to load, but it's pretty shakey. Block limits have to be set much lower than before, and it has locked up twice. I still must have something else wrong. I'll keep looking and let you know if…
Par Cure
Message #122171
Alec- Good news. I think I've found our problem. The problem seems to be in the default settings of the tbciv.ini. I ended up loading the windows version of the tbciv software and saving the defaults from there and voila, it works. However, if you go back to the dos…
Alec- Im' sorry your having trouble, but at least now I know I'm not crazy. I was beginning to think I had really botched something up. I'll keep messing with this and if I get something to work, I'll be sure to post you. -Mark
Greg- I'll keep working on it. I'm going to try some different base addresses and stuff today… really just grasping at straws, but hey it's a holiday and I doubt if DPS is open til tomorrow. What I really need to know now is what triggers a Fatal Errror: Communication…
Alan- Thanks for trying. I'll give them a call Tues. I'm sure that it is something simple that I just don't have set up right on my end. The strange thing was, the first time I installed it I forgot to reboot my system and so I was running the…
Alan- I have all of the software in c:\dps_par. I've tried removing parinit and pardrv from autoexec.bat and running them manually. I run parinit, pardrv, and par.exe in that order. Everything is fine until Par.exe is run. I get the Pharlap screen, a pause, and then Fatal Error:Communication time out.…
Alan- I tried doing that and then running the program but I get dumped out with a "Fatal Error: Communications timeout". I assume that means that the software is not finding the par or the tbciv. Is there a manual way that I can tell the software that I have…
Mitch- I'll let you know if I get it working. -Mark
New Driver install prob.
Message #121700
Dave- I d/l'd your new drivers, unzipped them and ran the install program. My problem is that while in install, after the ? about where the TBC is located and answering P for par I get an error from pkzip that the "file at line No is not found. I…
Greg- Thanks for the tip. A couple of extra frames shouldn't be a problem. -Mark
Gus- It may not be your code that's at fault. After talking with Bert @ Pyros, I'm running NDUMP differently than what it was designed for. I don't use the server/workstation net setup, mine is peer to peer (both are servers). According to Tony, NDUMP shouldn't even work with this…
Greg- I saw Gus's message. Tapcis give me my messages before any forum ones so I was unclear as to what you were refering to. Thanks. -M
Greg- The del in the bat file worked just fine. What was Gus's suggestion? I must have missed it. -M
Greg- That's one of those classic "Why didn't I think of that?" suggestions. Great idea! Thanks for the work around, that'll do the trick for now. Thanks again. -Mark
#NDUMP.IXP
Message #120618
Greg- I purchased your NDUMP.IXP to use with a Par and my network. It is working beautifully except I can't seem to get it to delete the Targa files after it has processed them (No matter how hard I pound on the button in the setup ). The button clicks,…
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