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PT Video Peripheral Advice BM vs AJA
Hey everyone,
I’m looking for some advice on video peripherals. I ordered in a Blackmagic Ultrastudio 4K Mini last week (haven’t paid for it or picked it up yet), in the week since I’ve been doing a little more reading and found some less than favourable comments on the Blackmagic system. I chose the Ultrastudio initially to save a few dollars after checking out the AJA IO 4K Plus box, but now I’m thinking I should change the order to AJA. The last insightful thread I found on this was from 2018, so I thought I would start a new one to check in on the current state of things in 2022. Any insight any of you have would be appreciated,
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Pro Tools 2024.3.0|Perpetual • MTRX Studio • HDX1 • Sync-X • S3 • Dock • Mac Mini 2018 - 3.2GHz i7 6-core macOS 13.6 • RAM 64GB DDR4 GPU AMD 6900XT 16GB • Monitor LG 32UL950-W |
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Re: PT Video Peripheral Advice BM vs AJA
I am using BM driver 11.4.1 with zero issues but I'm on an Decklink SDI.
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PTHDn 2024.3 (OSX13.6.5), 8x8x8, MacPro 14,8, AJA LHi, SYNC HD, all genlocked via AJA GEN10, 64GB RAM, Xilica Neutrino, Meyersound Acheron |
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Re: PT Video Peripheral Advice BM vs AJA
I am a big fan of Aja.
I had nothing but headaches with BM and all their drivers hassle. The Aja just works. Their support is superb and their drivers are frequent and current.
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Michael Goorevich Sound Designer / mixer www.goorevich.com PT HD⎪N v2024.3 Ultimate ● macOS Ventura 13.6.3 MacPro 7.1 (2019) 3.2GHz Intel Xeon W 16-Core ● 96 GB RAM MTRX Studio + DADman 5.7.0.1 + MOM ● Sync HD ● AJA Kona LHi referenced by AJA GEN10 ● D-Command ES24 |
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Re: PT Video Peripheral Advice BM vs AJA
+1 for Aja.
I initially bought Blackmagic but had driver issues. Changed to Aja and no problems since, on 2 different units. I think BM have got their driver issues sorted now, but I didn't want to risk it happening again.
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Mac Pro 7,1 16 core, OSX 12.7.3, HD-Native TB, Trinnov MC, MTRX Studio, 2xRME ADA-4, Sync HD, AJA IO XT, Avid Dock, Avid S1, PT Control, Soundflow, PT 2023.12 |
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Re: PT Video Peripheral Advice BM vs AJA
There was a period (I think it started with the BM 10.5 driver) where video would always run out of sync. BM blamed Avid and Avid blamed BM afaik. This lasted over a year, maybe even two, I can't remember. Our Decklinks are running fine now, but I did loose trust.
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Re: PT Video Peripheral Advice BM vs AJA
I agree with the others re: Aja. I've used BM in the past and I always found the dance of figuring our the which driver/OS/PT version will all play well together to be a real hassle. Aja just works. Currently using the io 4k and I can attest it's flawless.
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Re: PT Video Peripheral Advice BM vs AJA
good support from AJA
I'm still not convinced about the AVE tho - using non lethal applications's. "Video Sync Pro" has me working steadily
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Re: PT Video Peripheral Advice BM vs AJA
I switched from a Decklink to Aja (both PCI-e) and most problems gone away. Sync is more stable across different codecs as well.
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Re: PT Video Peripheral Advice BM vs AJA
First of all, apologies if this is hijacking the thread. Let me know and I can start a new thread.
Is it possible to put a Kona PCIe card (probably Kona 4) in a Sonnet PCIe TB2 chassis, alongside an HDX card? I'm thinking about picking up a used Kona 4 and using with a Gen10 and SyncHD for genlocked picture playback. My system is currently a MTRX Studio connected to HDX1 in an older Sonnet Echo III-D TB2 chassis connected to a 2019 MacBook Pro i9 with an Apple TB2->TB3 adapter. PT Ultimate 2022.4/macOS 10.14.6.
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Re: PT Video Peripheral Advice BM vs AJA
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Cheers, Pete |
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