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Posted by Brian Boutel on 01/31/06 00:44
Derry Argue wrote:
> I recently purchased a Powermac G5 and Final Cut Pro 4 for video editing.
>
> I have a lot of material on composite so was attracted by the Miglia
> AlchemyTV DVR card which boasts "Watch full screen TV on your
> Powermac...Capture from your vcr, etc". Just the job, thought I, to save on
> buying a new TV and also use it to convert all that composite footage to
> digital so I can edit it on FCP 4! Miglia list the system requirements as
> "Powermac G4 or G5" etc. which is EXACTLY what I have!!
>
> Ha! Poor sweet innocent me!
>
> So far I have a very pretty black square on the G5 using the Miglia card.
> The aerial seems to be orientated OK as I get a good picture with it in the
> same position through a vcr output to a monitor. But not even a hint of TV
> reception via Miglia on the G5.
>
> Next thing, I try to access FCP. A window comes up saying it won't load. So
> I re-installed FCP. Same message. Then it occurred to me to take out the
> Miglia card. Voila! FCP now works!!
>
> Has anyone else had this problem? Is there anything out there that will
> actually work for what I want with my system? I thought I had actually
> cracked it. Here is a card boasting that it is designed for exactly the
> system I have to do the job I want. One small detail -- IT DOESN'T WORK!!!!
I have both the AlchemyTV DVR card and FCP on a G5 Powermac, and it all
works.
Let's check a few things. First, exactly which Powermac model do you
have. If it is very new, it will have a PCI Express bus, and the Miglia
Card will not work with that. It requires a PCI or PCI-X bus.
Second, you talk about the aerial, so I assume you are using the RF
input on the card. Do you get a picture using the composite or S-video
inputs, if you connect the a/v output from your vcr, for example?
Have you set up the channel list ( Preferences - video Input - Start
Automatic Tuning)?
One other thing: Recent cards have a second RF input, for FM radio,
although the software doesn't support it yet. Have you plugged your
aerial cable into the right connector?
I don't understand the interaction with FCP. What exactly does it
complain about?
--brian
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