Analog-Formac-DV? help!

Can anyone help with this? I'm trying to import analog video into Final Cut Pro 3 or imovie HD and getting error messages like "Camera not detected" and "No firewire found". I've disconnected and reconnected all cables several times, but have had no luck. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

I use the Formac with FCP from time to time, so perhaps I can be of some help.
Formac accepts either composite or S video as analog sources, but you must set the Formac channel controller to either S or composite using the Formac software. I am using version 3.2. This selection tells the Formac which "channel" to accept through its FW to your CPU. As already advised, you must use uncontrolled device and of course only Capture Now in FCP.
If you cannot set the channel while in formac, use the iMovie (gasp) option in Formac's software (preferences) which pops up Formac's channel selector panel when you start FCP. I can only guess why this works this way.

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Hi, iam facing proble in synchronizing 4 ni 4472 cards input with pxi -6052e analog output. please help me out to sort out this problem

hi, iam facing problem in synchronizing 4 ni 4472 cards input with pxi -6052e analog output. please help me out to sort out this problem

Hi achyuth,
Thank you for posting on the National Instruments forum.
I am not sure what you are trying to do. Are you trying to input and output at the
same time? Are you just trying to
synchronize all of your inputs? Do you
want them to run off the same clock? If
you could, give me some more information so I can understand your problem
better.
In the meantime, this might help you:
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Triggering, and Synchronization Capabilities of E-Series Multifunction Data
Acquisition ...
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Thank You,
Nick F.
Applications Engineer

No output sound from output port/analog audio: Need help

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I had what sounds like a similar problem to jazzzrat. i had my macbook setup to a stereo and it worked for over a year. suddenly no sound came out of the stereo. in my case, it definitely was a software setup thing.
plug in your stereo jack into the audio out port. then go to system preferences-->sound-->output. on there you should see, under "device for sound output": Name=Headphones, port=built-in output. (if you see name=built in speakers, you plugged in the wrong plug). Now go down to the bottom of the window and UNcheck the "mute" box, and make sure the volume slider is midway or more.
For some reason, mac allows you to mute the "headphones" and "built in speakers" selectively. we have no idea how that box got checked, that remains a complete mystery. but when we eventually found -- and unchecked -- the box, our stereo output came back just fine.
i hope this works for you. good luck and have a good new year.

Analog signal staircase help

Hello all,
I'm still new to LabVIEW, but I've played around enough to create a simple analog waveform generator. The signals produced appear staircased when displayed on an oscilloscope, but are smooth when I reread the signals into an analog input (as shown by the waveform graph). How can I change my program settings so that I can view this staircased signal?
I run LabVIEW 2010, and use a USB X Series Multifunction DAQ.
Thanks,
-Olivier
Solved!
Go to Solution.
Attachments:
Waveform Generator.vi ‏106 KB

Olivier,
Thank you for posting. I am a little unclear about what some of the front panel controls are in you're images, but I will explain the best that I can about what I believe is going on.
Take a look at the following images.
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What I am trying to demonstrate here is that you are only going to see a smooth signal if you are sampling fast enough. For instance, if you generate a 1kHz and sample at 2kHz, you will only see two samples per period. This will give you an accurate period and frequency, but nothing else. Because an analog to digital converter is used here, you must sample at a much faster rate to get a "smooth" signal. In my above 100kHz acquisition, you see that we are getting 100 samples per period which produces a much smoother waveform. I would suggest that you acquire a 5kHz signal at something on the order of 500kHz to see a smooth signal.
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Getting Rid of my Old 14" Analog TV-Need Help & Suggestions

I am thinking about getting rid of my old 14" analog TV and Verizon provided me with a digital box. I want to replace the TV but it has to be smaller in size. Right now, I have just a white cable going into it.
1) When I buy a new digital (I need it small in size), will I be able to simply plug this white cable back into the new TV?
2) I believe I have to return the digital converter but I don't see anywhere on the website on how to do this.
I am limited in space and would need the same type of connection (not using HDMI). Can anyone recommend a TV small and thin in size that would work?
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Try searching (Google, Amazon,) or looking at R/S, Target, Best Buy, etc for a "portable HDTV". Mostly all have AC/DC capability and a wall wart so you can plug it in for power. Then look for one that has a coax connection for a signal in so that you can use a box and won't need to use the antenna provided.
Most are like small tablets, with a stand.
On the other hand, there are small (15") HDTVs out there.
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The USB 6009 has digital outputs, so do you actually *have* to use the analog output channels?
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Another way to look at Events and albums (smart and dumb)

Maybe this will help others, but I had an epiphany regarding iPhoto 08 and the organizational method (or lack there of) in regards to Events and albums, etc.
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Think of searching for photos the same way you would search for songs. By typing in the artist, the album the specific title - etc you can easily find a song. With events, all the pictures are linked to the title of the event, so searching is very easy and fast.
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Events = CD's, plain and simple.
Great analogy! May I then add,
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I see people here asking why a photo can't be in an album and in No event; perhaps the iTunes analogy would be helpful to them. If you don't have the song in your library (because you don't have that CD) then you can't put it in a playlist. (Nevermind that you can download single songs now - it doesn't fit the analogy. Remember when you had to buy the hard copy.)
Thanks for the information.
Regards.

Problem with Cont Gen Voltage Wfm-Ext Clk-Dig Start.vi

I have a PCMCIA 6024E with a BNC-2110 connector. I try to use this example code but i don't understand how the trigger and the timmer works. I have tried to look if the PFI lines generate signals but with no result. What is the connexions I have to do for using this example.
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Attachments:
Cont_Gen_Voltage_Wfm-Ext_Clk-Dig_Start.vi ‏95 KB

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Hi, I am having the same problem as other people on here about getting pictures out of the Adobe 3.2 after the sunscription ran out. Of course I can't register and unlock it because it is no longer supported. I tried this a couple of years ago and tech support would not help so gave up. This time the Adobe tech told me to go to this forum. It seems like someone at Adobe Tech line would be able to help you instead of telling you to go to this forum. Is the page I am looking at the album? I went under My Pictures and found a Adobe file and then a Digital Camera file and deleted the pictures on there some of which were on the 3.2 page. After reading other forums, I still don't understand how to get to these pictures. I have tried the Search using the picture id and it found just that pic. I know a good bit about using a computer, but there is still a lot I don't know or understand. Any help that can be given in as simple terms as possible would really help. I really want to look at the pics as they were taken in 2003, but will probably delete most of them. Right now am downloading pics from my cell phone which I think is being done by Adobe Photoshop and then putting them in My Documents. I did notice that if I double click on C Drive, then double click on Program Files, then click on Adobe, then double click on Photoshop Album Starter Edition, then double click on 3.2, then double click on Apps, all kind of files, folders or apps whatever they are are there. Some of the pics may have loaded with the software that came with an HP camera I had. I don't know it has been so long. I have been trying some of the things on the forum and not having any luck. I can get some, but not all of the pics.

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In a message dated 8/3/2011 7:39:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
Hi DCrosen,
The way you phrased the problem; "can't get photos 'out' of 3.2', reveals
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If your in the restaurant and you look at a picture menu, that's Photoshop
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stored.
The menu is not a replacement for the kitchen; it's simply a
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doesn't go away, just the pictures of the food.
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files, so that when the app stopped working, many were asking the very same
question you ask, which is 'how do I get my photos now?".
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folder in your My Pictures folder, if you used the downloader to copy files
to your computer.
The files and folders in your Program Files folder are where the program
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Although it is rare to score a perfect 850, there are probably thousands of people who have done it, The flip side (perfect badness = 300) is something I am guessing, however, that no one has ever attained. Does anyone know of a documented case of this? In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if nobody has come even close. Scoring in the top 50 (the "800 club") is not unusual at all. The chart below suggests that 18% is the approximate number of consumers year by year who attain an 800. But I don't know of any data that show the % for the bottom 50. Even the chart below lumps all the bad scouts into a big 200-point range (300-499). http://www.fico.com/en/blogs/risk-compliance/fico-score-distribution-remains-mixed/ Anyone have a guess as to what the lowest anyone has ever scored? My thought is that it's probably in the upper 300s, but if someone produced hard evidence that the worst scorer of all time was (say) 413, it wouldn't surprise me. PS. Note: I am confining this to FICO algorithms where the lowest theoretical score is 300. Various specialty metrics can go lower. (Auto, Bankcard enhanced, etc. I think go down to 250.)

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The world record might be 9.58 seconds, but maybe someone else will come along next week and do it in 9.47 seconds. Here one assumes that FICO's theoretical range as a given: it really is 300-850 and the"real world range" is just a description of what individuals have done. With the perspective of #2, however, we see that as first and foremost a description of the model itself. 818 is the very highest it is possible to score. Now additionally, if we add the observed fact that people do indeed get perfect credit scores, we can infer that people must be getting 818 -- since 818 is perfect in that model for that CRA. But the range itself (in perspective #2) was fundamentally first a description of the model. So one difficulty that a proponent of perspective #1 would have as in understanding the ceiling of 818 for FICO 04 Equifax. That's the reason I gave that to you initially. Why is it nobody is ever able to break this sound barrier? 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