Vista 64 & Contour Shuttle Pro2 at DVinfo.net

Marcus Schuler · October 24th, 2008, 02:55 PM

Hi,

I recently installed Vista Ultimate 64 with the new Sony Vegas 8.1 compatible version and I´m wondering if anyone noticed that the screen saver which should automatically starts does not work when the Shuttle Pro 2 is connected.

When the Contour Shuttle Pro is NOT connected then the screen saver starts perfectly....

Marcus Schuler · October 25th, 2008, 12:26 AM

Problem "solved": I spoke to the customer service of Contour and they told me, that under Vista 64 the Shuttle Pro "blocks" the system to switch on the screen saver. They work on a solution...

Laurence Scott · October 25th, 2008, 07:06 AM

Thanks for the heads up -
I plan on having my new 64bit system built by the end of this year and was wondering if my Contour would work.

Josh Chesarek · October 25th, 2008, 07:22 AM

Well it does work on 64bit. Once I had to reinstall it because it stopped working. Not sure why. I never noticed screen savver because I have mine off and turn off my LCDs when I walk away. Good to see they are working on it.

Marcus Schuler · October 25th, 2008, 07:49 AM

I´m really happy with Vista 64 because it´s much faster, especially with Vegas 8.1; it really surprises me how smoothly Vista works.

My biggest problem after installing was that I bought 16 GB of Ram.

BUT:
Before buying Ram one should find out if the motherboard works with the selected Ram. Otherwise you sit in front of your new PC hours and hours and try to figure out which Bios setting is the best.

Garrett Low · October 25th, 2008, 08:18 AM

Just another heads up for those out there still using Vista 32, the same thing happens when you have a Countour Shuttel Pro 2 hooked up. Before going to Vista 64 I had the same problem. The Shuttle seems to be constantanly sending a key stroke or ping to the USB port.

I just unplug mine when I'm not using it but it would be nice to see Contour come up with a fix.

Garrett

Marcus Schuler · October 25th, 2008, 08:34 AM

>I just unplug mine when I'm not using it but it would be nice to see Contour come up with a >fix.

That´s exactly what I do.... at the moment there seems to be no other solution...

Marcus

Ethan Piliavin · June 1st, 2009, 08:38 PM

Sorry to bump this thread after so long, but I have been living with this problem for over a year now. I am wondering if anyone has yet found a solution. I too have been unplugging between uses.

Ron Evans · June 3rd, 2009, 05:34 AM

I am just puzzled why you guys are using screen savers on your editing machines unless you have CRT monitors? They were introduced to minimize CRT phosphor burn in and have no effect on LCD's other than looking pretty. I use a screen saver on my PC used just for email and the internet because this sets Zone Alarm to lock the internet access while the screen saver is on. I have had mine turned off for years on my editing systems as it causes an interrupt to the CPU that could interfere with tape transfers and cause a dropped frame if it comes on while transfer is taking place etc. On my editing PC I have all these sort of things turned off. No power downs, no virus checking, no auto updating etc etc for the same reasons. This issue is of course less of a problem with multicore CPU's and tapeless work flow. If you just want the screen to look pretty put a picture up.
As an aside of course I have had no problems with my Shuttle Pro!!!

Ron Evans

Ethan Piliavin · June 3rd, 2009, 07:29 PM

Its not the screen savers I care about, but this prevents the monitors from shutting off (power save mode). So when I forget to unplug the shuttlexpress from the USB and then leave for the day, the monitors stay on the entire time...

Jeff Harper · June 3rd, 2009, 08:07 PM

It sounds like you will end up just having to turn them off manually till a solution is found.

Ron Evans · June 4th, 2009, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ethan Piliavin

Its not the screen savers I care about, but this prevents the monitors from shutting off (power save mode). So when I forget to unplug the shuttlexpress from the USB and then leave for the day, the monitors stay on the entire time...

But its the PC that's using most of the power, why not switch everything off when you go home? Or just switch the monitor off rather than disconnect the Shuttle if you need the PC running for some reason.

Ron Evans

Jeff Harper · June 5th, 2009, 11:17 AM

That's what I'm sayin' Ron; just turn if off.

The power saver features only serve to take up resources and are not recommended to be on for an editing station anyway.

October 24th, 2008, 02:55 PM	#1
Marcus Schuler Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Munich, Germany Posts: 28	Vista 64 & Contour Shuttle Pro2 Hi, I recently installed Vista Ultimate 64 with the new Sony Vegas 8.1 compatible version and I´m wondering if anyone noticed that the screen saver which should automatically starts does not work when the Shuttle Pro 2 is connected. When the Contour Shuttle Pro is NOT connected then the screen saver starts perfectly.... Last edited by Marcus Schuler; October 25th, 2008 at 12:23 AM.

October 25th, 2008, 07:22 AM	#4
Josh Chesarek Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Winter Park, FL Posts: 978	Well it does work on 64bit. Once I had to reinstall it because it stopped working. Not sure why. I never noticed screen savver because I have mine off and turn off my LCDs when I walk away. Good to see they are working on it. __________________ Simple Thought Productions - Life @ 30,000 Words per second

October 25th, 2008, 12:26 AM	#2
Marcus Schuler Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Munich, Germany Posts: 28	Problem "solved": I spoke to the customer service of Contour and they told me, that under Vista 64 the Shuttle Pro "blocks" the system to switch on the screen saver. They work on a solution...

October 25th, 2008, 07:06 AM	#3
Laurence Scott Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Allentown, PA Posts: 61	Thanks for the heads up - I plan on having my new 64bit system built by the end of this year and was wondering if my Contour would work.

October 25th, 2008, 07:49 AM	#5
Marcus Schuler Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Munich, Germany Posts: 28	I´m really happy with Vista 64 because it´s much faster, especially with Vegas 8.1; it really surprises me how smoothly Vista works. My biggest problem after installing was that I bought 16 GB of Ram. BUT: Before buying Ram one should find out if the motherboard works with the selected Ram. Otherwise you sit in front of your new PC hours and hours and try to figure out which Bios setting is the best.

October 25th, 2008, 08:18 AM	#6
Garrett Low Trustee Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Novato, CA Posts: 1,774	Just another heads up for those out there still using Vista 32, the same thing happens when you have a Countour Shuttel Pro 2 hooked up. Before going to Vista 64 I had the same problem. The Shuttle seems to be constantanly sending a key stroke or ping to the USB port. I just unplug mine when I'm not using it but it would be nice to see Contour come up with a fix. Garrett

October 25th, 2008, 08:34 AM	#7
Marcus Schuler Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Munich, Germany Posts: 28	>I just unplug mine when I'm not using it but it would be nice to see Contour come up with a >fix. That´s exactly what I do.... at the moment there seems to be no other solution... Marcus

June 1st, 2009, 08:38 PM	#8
Ethan Piliavin New Boot Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 19	Sorry to bump this thread after so long, but I have been living with this problem for over a year now. I am wondering if anyone has yet found a solution. I too have been unplugging between uses.

June 3rd, 2009, 05:34 AM	#9
Ron Evans Inner Circle Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 4,220	I am just puzzled why you guys are using screen savers on your editing machines unless you have CRT monitors? They were introduced to minimize CRT phosphor burn in and have no effect on LCD's other than looking pretty. I use a screen saver on my PC used just for email and the internet because this sets Zone Alarm to lock the internet access while the screen saver is on. I have had mine turned off for years on my editing systems as it causes an interrupt to the CPU that could interfere with tape transfers and cause a dropped frame if it comes on while transfer is taking place etc. On my editing PC I have all these sort of things turned off. No power downs, no virus checking, no auto updating etc etc for the same reasons. This issue is of course less of a problem with multicore CPU's and tapeless work flow. If you just want the screen to look pretty put a picture up. As an aside of course I have had no problems with my Shuttle Pro!!! Ron Evans

June 3rd, 2009, 07:29 PM	#10
Ethan Piliavin New Boot Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 19	Its not the screen savers I care about, but this prevents the monitors from shutting off (power save mode). So when I forget to unplug the shuttlexpress from the USB and then leave for the day, the monitors stay on the entire time...

June 3rd, 2009, 08:07 PM	#11
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	It sounds like you will end up just having to turn them off manually till a solution is found.

June 5th, 2009, 11:17 AM	#13
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	That's what I'm sayin' Ron; just turn if off. The power saver features only serve to take up resources and are not recommended to be on for an editing station anyway.