external speakers for FCP 7 & Mac OS Lion not working

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external speakers for FCP 7 & Mac OS Lion not working

Hello,

We recently upgraded to OS Lion. Previously, our System Preferences for Audio were set to Decklink Audio and the FCP a/v settings were set to Decklink. Now that we have upgraded to OS Lion, Decklink is no longer a choice and obviously our external speakers are not working.

(our setup is a G5 tower, connected to a Mackie mixer, and external speakers connected through the mixer.)

Solution?

Is there something better than Decklink we should consider?

Thank you!

Mac OS X (10.7.3), FCP 7

Posted on May 4, 2012 12:16 PM

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Answer 1

Nick Holmes

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May 4, 2012 12:37 PM in response to PGCvideo

If your computer has Mac OS X Lion on it, it's not a G5 tower.

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Answer 2

May 4, 2012 12:40 PM in response to PGCvideo

Hi,

Have you downloaded the latest software update for your decklink with Lion.

DM

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Answer 3

PGCvideo Author

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May 8, 2012 5:40 AM in response to David Mclaine

Yes, excuse me:

Processor 2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon

Memory 32 GB 800 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM

Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB

I go here:

http://www.blackmagic-design.com/support

Select Mac OSX and Decklink, but then there are several choices for product type. I have no idea what's in this computer.

If I go to About this Mac, I don't see Decklink listed anywhere. If I do a (command) F, and search for Decklink, all I get is the DecklinkImportExport.plugin and blackmagic_deaktop_video_macintosh_9.5.rtf

I am not the person who had this Mac built, so I have no record of what hardware was put in place. How can I find this?

Thanks.

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Answer 4

PGCvideo Author

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May 10, 2012 8:08 AM in response to PGCvideo

Talked to the person who originally had this editing system built. Turns out SDI is the right thing to download.

http://www.blackmagic-design.com/support/detail/register/?sid=3945&pid=4013&os=m ac&isSDK=0&fid=30385

It works! yay.

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