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Jim Long · April 23rd, 2008, 03:49 PM

Just blew two weeks trying to fix issues that popped up after an upgrade to CS3. Decided to fix the mess by doing a clean re-install of Windows and everything (including Prospect 4K). Finished and then noticed a little box that popped up on the Xena icon that read "no board found". In addition, the HD-SDI option in the Prospect playback preferences was grayed (unavailable). I Thought that I'd re-loaded all the drivers but-- somehow--did not save/backup some element from AJA. In a panic, I went to the AJA site and loaded an updated driver. It came with something called Machina. Now the Xena icon tells me that it has found "one board" and the HD-SDI options are available again in the Playback prefs.

Here's my questions...

Will this plug-in (Machina) be okay with HDLink?

I won't know until I rent an $800/day HDcam deck but I'd rather find out now.

David Newman · April 23rd, 2008, 04:06 PM

No idea. We ship different drivers than what you are using. The drivers in Program Files/CineForm/AJA are the only one we test with. AJA has separate driver for companies like CineForm and the retail drivers you are using. Give is a try.

Jim Long · April 23rd, 2008, 04:33 PM

The driver was bundled with PPro 1.5 and Prospect in a BOXX NLE (w/Dual Opteron and 2TB Raid array). I purchased it from BOXX back in '05--right after DUST TO GLORY raised up so much...dust. I thought you guys worked with the folks in Austin on this system.

April 23rd, 2008, 03:49 PM	#1
Jim Long Regular Crew Join Date: May 2005 Location: Springdale, Arkansas Posts: 55	Machina Duh Just blew two weeks trying to fix issues that popped up after an upgrade to CS3. Decided to fix the mess by doing a clean re-install of Windows and everything (including Prospect 4K). Finished and then noticed a little box that popped up on the Xena icon that read "no board found". In addition, the HD-SDI option in the Prospect playback preferences was grayed (unavailable). I Thought that I'd re-loaded all the drivers but-- somehow--did not save/backup some element from AJA. In a panic, I went to the AJA site and loaded an updated driver. It came with something called Machina. Now the Xena icon tells me that it has found "one board" and the HD-SDI options are available again in the Playback prefs. Here's my questions... Will this plug-in (Machina) be okay with HDLink? I won't know until I rent an $800/day HDcam deck but I'd rather find out now.

April 23rd, 2008, 04:06 PM	#2
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	No idea. We ship different drivers than what you are using. The drivers in Program Files/CineForm/AJA are the only one we test with. AJA has separate driver for companies like CineForm and the retail drivers you are using. Give is a try. __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman

April 23rd, 2008, 04:33 PM	#3
Jim Long Regular Crew Join Date: May 2005 Location: Springdale, Arkansas Posts: 55	Boxxing Match The driver was bundled with PPro 1.5 and Prospect in a BOXX NLE (w/Dual Opteron and 2TB Raid array). I purchased it from BOXX back in '05--right after DUST TO GLORY raised up so much...dust. I thought you guys worked with the folks in Austin on this system.