Bogart 4 issues
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 3:51 pm
Today I did a full destructive install of OS 4.1c on my S4000 Pro. Hoping after 2 years that I would finally get a dependable OS that I could actually use to make money. My first real cash project in 2 years is to transfer some 8 mm film and export it to an external hard drive or use disk transfer. The set up is: a 3 chip DSR PD 170 camera feeding S video to a TBC to make adjustment to color, black level, hue, and brightness on the fly. From the TBC a S-Video cable goes directly to the S 4000 Pro's rear S video input. The very first 3.5 min film, the OS shut down on it's own after clicking on the record button. after several seconds, it appeared to come back up in the opening window. After opening the record window and starting over, it recorded the WHOLE 3.5 minutes. However, periodically there would be groups of green pixels of corrupt frames. These corrupt frames were noticeable and created an audible beep in the audio even though I was not recording any audio. The next 6 - 3.5 min films recorded without incident. The seventh reverted back to the drop to black screen upon selecting the record button and then recovering to the opening screen after 15 - 20 seconds. The 7th film has been recorded twice with corrupt films spoiling the scene on both recordings. Anyone else having this experience???? 
The OS file was from MSUS with the License code included with the disc.
The OS file was from MSUS with the License code included with the disc.
Then I started a new reel and before It had hardly gotten started the S4000 Pro shut down and re-started all on it's own. The film recorded Ok on the next attempt. The third film recorded without shutting down, BUT had numerous frames of green pixelized corrupt frames. There seems to be about 5 groups of corruption of 4 - 6 pixels each on each corrupt frame. The corrupt pixels span 1 - 2 frames. This is the exact same set-up I have used on thousands of feet of film without incident on my Reno plus. The cables were simply swapped from the Renommee Plus to the S 4000 Pro. I remembered that early on before I bought an HDMI monitor, I had to get a special S-video cable from MSUS to use my Sony PVM monitor. With that in mind I changed to a different S-video cable in case the S4k was picky about the cable I was using. That seemed to correct the problem for about 6 - 50 ft films. The next 300 ft film had corrupt pixels through out the full length of the file.I also removed the TBC from the chain and went direct from the camera to the S4k pro. No change. In the interest of not going broke, I guess I will have to revert to the Renommee Plus and provide the customer with data DVDs using Disk Transfer instead of loading onto the hard drive. I may try doing a disk transfer, transferring to the S4k and then downloading to an external HD to see if that is an option. 