Video engine in 22.5 and 22.6

[Frank Kruse]

Originally Posted by npapaleo

This is exactly what I'm talking about. You change one little thing and the whole system comes to a screeching halt. When I was using Blackmagic cards I would never upgrade my PT version until I knew for sure it was working on my backup system. PT upgrades would constantly break functionality with my BM cards. It was infuriating. Since switching to Aja I've had zero issues.

Not my experience but pointless to argue. I've seen tons of issues with AJA cards in mixing theatres from frozen picture to strobing/stutter requiring restarts of playback rigs multiple times a day just to able to work. And this in major studios with full time engineering staff that know what they are doing. So I guess YMMV.

Also AVID own video hardware is rebranded BM so I think the whole product line might be closer integrated and tested since their driver compatibility charts is essentially the same drivers that BM make and publish.

Even though AVID officially says neither AJA nor BM are specifically tested or supported.

But regardless I have a Kona LHI (man, AJA is crazy expensive if you want a genlockable card) coming in from ebay to do a quick test.

My guess is that it's a driver issue but since BM v11.4.1 is the last one that works with Mojave (since 11.5 and 11.6 are broken) I won't be able to upgrade to the one that AVID recommends for 22.5/22.6 unless I buy a whole new computer or go the OpenCore route. I'm definitely not investing 1500-2k$ for an AJA card just to have something that's the same as before. I'd rather go back to PT21.12 until the dust has settled with Rosetta speed issues.

But since other 5,1 Mac users don't seem to have the problem in the end it might not even be a BM issue in the first place.

Will see...

F.