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KONA 3 Installation and Operation Manual — The KONA 3 2K Process—Ingest
B. For the Format tab of the KONA Control Panel, make certain that the Video
Format for Primary and Secondary is matched and matches the incoming
“video”—which should be indicated in the graphic portion of the KONA
Control Panel next to the SDI in 1 and SDI in 2 icons.
3. Run AJA VTR Xchange software. Go to the Capture pulldown menu in the application
and select Video Settings. Choose Source from the three options of Adjustments,
Compression and Source. From within this menu, select the appropriate format that is
being indicated in the KONA Control Panel, i.e. 1556x2Kpsf14.98 10 Bit (2048x1556)
Now select Compression from the three choices of Adjustments, Compression and
Source. In the pulldown for Compression type, select AJA Kona 10-bit Log RGB Codec
or AJA Kona 10-bit RGB Codec. (For maximum flexibility, and with most equipment,
the AJA Kona 10-bit Log RGB Codec will be the best choice.) For the Frames per
second, select 23.98 as this is the frame rate that will be set for the QuickTime
Reference Movie that you will create simultaneously with the sequential DPX files.
From the Preferences (AJA VTR XChange pulldown menu), look under the Capture
heading and select Save as Numbered Files. You should also select a storage device
capable of a minimum of 300+MB/sec. for the data under the Capture heading,
Captured Clips Folder; if no selection is made, the application will prompt you to
choose a location for your captured media.
4. You're now ready to capture the material from the 2K output device. Begin playback on
a non-controllable device or mark in and out points for a clip coming from a
controllable device (like a digital disk recorder). If you have no device control, you can
only select “capture now”—meaning that you will be crash recording the data onto your
disks. If you do have a device that can be controlled, you can set in and out points and
then select “capture”.
5. While capturing, VTR Xchange is creating the QuickTime Reference Movie and the
series of sequential DPX files; these files are written to the target folder defined by the
VTR Xchange application based on the selection you made for their location from
within the Preferences>Captured Clips Folder.
6. For editorial, run Final Cut Pro. From within the Final Cut Pro application, go to the
Final Cut Pro pulldown menu and choose Easy Setup. If the Show All checkbox is not
checked, check it and then from the pulldown, select the 2K easy setup that reflects your
media (If you ingested from telecine, in all likelihood you will select the AJA Kona 3-
2K x 1556 psf 23.98 10 Bit Uncompressed Log RGB as an example.) Within your new
project you can import the QuickTime Reference Movies created by VTR Xchange into
the Browser window.
Note: Note: Since these QuickTime movies reference the 2K sequential DPX files, you
will be able to play and scrub the footage as expected, however if you wish to play the
footage backward, be sure to adhere to first holding down the “K” key on the keyboard
and while holding this key, then the “J” key can be depressed for reverse playback. This is
simply a limitation of reading the sequential DPX files; all other functions such as
scrubbing the playhead in the timeline or using the “L” key for forward play and transport
will behave as expected. In the event that you do use the “J” key solely, you may
experience a lag and will need to wait for the application before further operations can be
performed.