Canopus ADVC-110 with DP8?

alex2035 · Post by **alex2035** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:15 am

Hello,
because of an HD failure we had to fix our MacPro with an upgrade of OSX (10.8.5 now, from 10.6.

and reinstall everything. (DP7.24), we are demoing DP8 but I cant seem to make the Canopus work through Firewire to a NEC plasma monitor.It worked flawless in 7.24 for years as it does now. I have seen some posts in which it appears that version 8 doesnt support third party interfaces for video? can anyone confirm this? could it be because of DP8 running on 64bits? thank you.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:23 am

Are you using the current version of DP? I seem to recall the first release(s) lacked FW output but thought that had been fixed.

I'd also suggest not using OS X 10.8 (Lion) as it was fairly buggy. 10.9 or 10.10 are more reliable overall.

alex2035 · Post by **alex2035** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:48 am

Thanks for your answer. DP8.05, and 10.8.5 was recomended by the tech that made the upgrade, he took the machine away and came with this, saying it was well proven and Maverick (and more so Y) could lead to problems...

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:56 am

Well far be it from me to argue with a tech guy (LOL) but it's a well documented fact that 10.8 was a dog with a capital WOOF! Not that an updated will solve your problem. Will any other apps allow output via the Canopus? Maybe DVD Player or a QuickTime player?

alex2035 · Post by **alex2035** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 11:07 am

I must be honest, dont know how to do that trick with QT. I thought only DP could do this.

mikehalloran · Post by **mikehalloran** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:25 pm

DP 8 is not your problem. Canopus ADVC-110 is not compatible with 64bit. This means it won't work in 10.8 or later.

System Requirements

Mac OS
Mac OS X (10.2.7/10.2.8/10.3/10.4.x/10.5.x/10.6.x/10.7.x)

Tech Guy should have looked at the Grass Valley web site or Googled the system requirements.

alex2035 · Post by **alex2035** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:32 pm

I suspected that possibility. Thanks for clarifying.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:44 pm

I haven't needed my Canpous in a while. I'll see if I can get it working.

doodles · Post by **doodles** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 2:07 pm

MIDI Life Crisis wrote:Re: Canopus ADVC-110 with DP8?
by MIDI Life Crisis » 02 Jun 2015 05:23 pm

Are you using the current version of DP? I seem to recall the first release(s) lacked FW output but thought that had been fixed.

I'd also suggest not using OS X 10.8 (Lion) as it was fairly buggy. 10.9 or 10.10 are more reliable overall.

Really? I'm on 10.8.5 with DP 8.07. Rock solid. That seems to be the general consensus around here (not with DP, but 10.8.5 in general!). Just call me chickenshit for not upgrading to 10.9

mikehalloran · Post by **mikehalloran** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 2:29 pm

Really? I'm on 10.8.5 with DP 8.07. Rock solid

Good to hear. Is there a link to the drivers you are using?

doodles · Post by **doodles** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 8:25 pm

mikehalloran wrote:
Really? I'm on 10.8.5 with DP 8.07. Rock solid
Good to hear. Is there a link to the drivers you are using?

sure, I'll look when I'm back in studio tomorrow. Just to emphasize, I'm not talkingabotu using canopus box. I'm just talking about DP 8.07 and 10.8.5 being a great combo.

will post tomorrow!

hellfiremusic · Post by **hellfiremusic** » Wed Sep 16, 2015 12:33 pm

Hi, I noticed this post and thought i'd chip in and muddy the waters further!

I recently changed to DP (DP8) from Logic so that I could output Video via my Canopus. If I run DP on my 2012 Macbook Pro under 10.10.2 the canopus works (using the firewire 800 port). When I try outputting video from my 2012 MacPro (running 10.10.1) DP8 refuses to work with the canopus. I may try using external power on the box as I wonder whether this may be the problem. In the meantime I bought a £20 USB screen extender to run a third screen, and that works perfectly! I use an extended desktop for monitor 1 over 2 screens and I am free to switch monitor 2 between the monitor and a projector to show the picture - I even get a better quality picture to boot!!

hellfiremusic · Post by **hellfiremusic** » Fri Sep 18, 2015 4:21 am

UPDATE:

I now have DP9 on my 2012 Macbook Pro and 2012 MacPro both running 10.10 and the Canopus AVC-110 works with both. I had a problem running the video from the MacPro, but this time I put only the Canopus on the Firewire port (at the front of my 2012 machine).
So to answer the original post, the Canopus ADVC-110 does work with DP9 running on Macs with OS 10.10.
Hope this helps!