Sound

[samsc]

Can you open the 'Console application', and send me what happens when SAMSC opens?
It prints out loads of information to try and tell me whats going on.
There may be a driver conflict with something else in your system.
Catalyst uses bog standard normal quicktime to do its audio playback - nothing fancy.

i may have a delta card lying around. ill see if i can find it.
but i dont have a working g4 without a bit of grief.

The most reliable interface i found so far was the M-audio firewire 410.

This worked on my fully loaded g5, with scsi and blackmagic cards, when the motu 828 just crashed the computer the whole time.
The crashes i had with the 828 mk2 were not caused by my software, but by driver conflicts.

[Mr_P]

Thanks for the info - on a gig for the week, so I'll send you some info when I;m back.

I'm going to run samsc v4 under os9.2 (!) because I know it all works with my midi box and the delta dio - and I can save the show!...

I looked at a firewire 410 a while back, and I think its a good option - it works on PC too, so good value for money!

Cheers

S

[Mr_P]

Hello - back from the fashion show, where I sucessfully ran SAMSC on OS 9.22 to cue all the video (thru the hog) on a catalyst server - basically left me to run the lighting live, while all the content was locked to the CD tracks (about 5 cuelists) - All worked really well in 9.22......

As requested - attached is the console log for SAMSC d22 opening on my G4 500 with the Delta DIO 249 card. - Seems to open ok, it crashed once when i tried to change some sound settings using the Delta DIO control panel (but it did this too in OS 9.22) - Trick is to set up the sound - save the settings, then open SAMSC. - Dont change settings on the sound card once SAMSC is open. Works OK otherwise.

Also tried to copy the console log when i opened catalyst 3.3v21 - but it always crashes on startup - and I cant save the console log... (!?) Basically have to remove the sound card if I want to do any Catalyst pre-production... (going to buy a firewire 410 when i've got some money....)

If I do ditch the sound card - do i have to remove any drivers - or aren't macs as fussy as PC's?...

PS - any save codes in the near future??

Cheers

S

[Mr_P]

OK - Just managed to get Catalyst to startup (with no cat_settings file) and not crash with the Delta DIO card still in the G4. Console output attached.

Then closed catalyst - got a cuppa, then re-opened it - and it crashed after startup. All catalyst windows open - I get to see the output screen setups - ie 8 layers etc. Then the grey screen decends ad tells me to push the power button to restart.

Console basically looked the same as when i managed to get it to start... i took a pic of the last bit of the console window after it crashed (since I couldnt save it...) - see jpg... hope it helps...

S

(sory to put this catalyst bit in the samsc folder - but its all about the sound card!)

[samsc]

OK - Just managed to get Catalyst to startup (with no cat_settings file) and not crash with the Delta DIO card still in the G4. Console output attached.

Then closed catalyst - got a cuppa, then re-opened it - and it crashed after startup. All catalyst windows open - I get to see the output screen setups - ie 8 layers etc. Then the grey screen decends ad tells me to push the power button to restart.

Console basically looked the same as when i managed to get it to start... i took a pic of the last bit of the console window after it crashed (since I couldnt save it...) - see jpg... hope it helps...

S

(sory to put this catalyst bit in the samsc folder - but its all about the sound card!)

what other cards do you have in the G4 computer?

Which OS?

[Mr_P]

Slot a - Radeon 8500
slot b - empty
slot c - Delta DIO 2496
slot d - Adeptec 2940U2B SCSI

G4 Dual 500Mhz Power PC 512MB DRAM

all above with OS 10.3.8 (all up-to date)

[samsc]

does it work better if you take your scsi card out?

Adaptec stopped developing drivers for macs some time ago.