KONA - AJA Video Systems

KONA LSe / LS for Mac support

Archived Software

KONA LSe Driver Version 8.1.2, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 3/7/2011, zip archive)

This release fixes an issue where YUV output selections erroneously appeared in After
Effects>Video Preview. Please read the included release notes for complete details.

AJA Driver Compatibility as of KONA Version 8.1.2 is as follows:
FCP 7 - 6.0.x KONA Driver version 8.1.2 (Snow Leopard and Leopard OS compatible)

KONA LSe NDD Driver Version 8.1.2, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 3/7/2011, zip archive)

This NDD version is identical to the standard version above, but without the Macintosh Desktop feature.

AJA Driver Compatibility as of KONA Version 8.1.2 is as follows:
FCP 7 - 6.0.x KONA Driver version 8.1.2 (Snow Leopard and Leopard OS compatible)

KONA LSe Driver Version 8.1.1, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 1/24/2011, zip archive)

This release fixes an issue with on-board memory access, improving overall operation. Please read the included release notes for complete details.

AJA Driver Compatibility as of KONA Version 8.1.1 is as follows:
FCP 7 - 6.0.x KONA Driver version 8.1.1 (Snow Leopard and Leopard OS compatible)

KONA LSe NDD Driver Version 8.1.1, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 1/24/2011, zip archive)

This release fixes an issue with on-board memory access, improving overall operation. Please read the included release notes for complete details. This NDD version is identical to the standard version, but without the Macintosh Desktop feature.

AJA Driver Compatibility as of KONA Version 8.1.1 is as follows:
FCP 7 - 6.0.x KONA Driver version 8.1.1 (Snow Leopard and Leopard OS compatible)

KONA LSe Driver Version 8.0, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 6/17/2010, zip archive)

This release provides KONA LSe/LS with improved performance and fixes. Please read the included release notes for complete details.

AJA Driver Compatibility as of KONA Version 8.0 is as follows:
FCP 7 - 6.0.x KONA Driver version 8.0 (Snow Leopard and Leopard OS compatible)
FCP 7 - 6.0.x KONA Driver version 6.5 (Leopard OS compatible version)
FCP 6.0.x - KONA Driver version 6.0.3 (Leopard and Tiger OS compatible version)

KONA LSe NDD Driver Version 8.0, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 6/17/2010, zip archive)

This release provides KONA LSe/LS with improved performance and fixes. Please read the included release notes for complete details. This NDD version is identical to the standard version, but without the Macintosh Desktop feature.

KONA LSe Driver Version 7.5.1, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 3/22/2010, zip archive)

AJA Driver Compatibility as of KONA Version 7.5.1 is as follows:
   FCP 7 - 6.0.x - KONA Driver version 7.5 (Snow Leopard and Leopard OS compatible version)
   FCP 7 - 6.0.x - KONA Driver version 6.5 (Leopard OS compatible version)
   FCP 6.0.x - KONA Driver 6.0.3 (Leopard and Tiger OS compatible version)

KONA LSe NDD Driver Version 7.5.1, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 3/22/2010, zip archive)

This release fixes a problem that caused the external reference setting to revert to freerun in some situations, and adds other improvements. Please read the included release notes for complete details. Note: the 7.5 NDD version is the same as driver version 7.5.1, but without the Macintosh Desktop Display feature.

KONA LSe Driver Version 7.5, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 2/9/2010, zip archive)

AJA Driver Compatibility as of KONA Version 7.5 is as follows:
   FCP 7 - 6.0.x - KONA Driver version 7.5 (Snow Leopard and Leopard OS compatible version)
   FCP 7 - 6.0.x - KONA Driver version 6.5 (Leopard OS compatible version)
   FCP 6.0.x - KONA Driver 6.0.3 (Leopard and Tiger OS compatible version)

KONA LSe NDD Driver Version 7.5, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 2/9/2010, zip archive)

This release provides time lapse capture, IMX30/IMX40 codec support, multiple AJA products in a system, plus additional features and improvements. Please read the included release notes for complete details. Note: the 7.5 NDD version is the same as driver version 7.5, but without the Macintosh Desktop Display feature.

KONA LSe Driver Version 7.1, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 11/5/2009, zip archive)

This release provides improved DMA performance and other improvements. Please read the included release notes for complete details.

AJA Driver Compatibility as of KONA Version 7.1 is as follows:
   FCP 7 - 6.0.x - KONA Driver version 7.1 (Snow Leopard and Leopard OS compatible version)
   FCP 7 - 6.0.x - KONA Driver version 6.5 (Leopard OS compatible version)
   FCP 6.0.x - KONA Driver 6.0.3 (Leopard and Tiger OS compatible version)

KONA LSe NDD Driver Version 7.1, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 11/5/2009, zip archive)

This release provides improved DMA performance and other improvements. Please read the included release notes for complete details.
Note: the 7.1 NDD version is the same as driver version 7.1, but without the Macintosh Desktop Display feature.

KONA LSe Driver Version 7, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 9/1/2009, zip archive)

This release includes support for Apple's new Snow Leopard OSX. Also included are a new 64-bit KONA driver and new graphical icons across all AJA applications and utilities.

AJA Driver Compatibility as of KONA Version 7 is as follows:
   FCP 7 - 6.0.x - KONA Driver version 7 (Snow Leopard and Leopard OS compatible version)
   FCP 7 - 6.0.x - KONA Driver version 6.5 (Leopard OS compatible version)
   FCP 6.0.x - KONA Driver 6.0.3 (Leopard and Tiger OS compatible version)

KONA LSe Driver Version 7.0 NDD, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 9/1/2009, zip archive)

Note: The AJA KONA driver version 7.0 NDD is the same as driver version 7.05, but removes the Macintosh Desktop Display feature.

KONA LSe Driver Version 6.5, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 7/28/2009, zip archive)

This release includes support for Apple's new Final Cut Pro 7, along with closed captioning support for Final Cut Pro 7, MacCaption, VTR Xchange, and AJA TV
via QuickTime Closed Captioning Tracks (KONA 3, LHi, LHe, and LSe), full VANC data capture and playback support on a per-frame basis for all Apple ProRes formats, and support for new Apple ProRes formats (requires Final Cut Pro 7). For the full list of new features and improvements, please read the release notes included in the archive.

AJA Driver Compatibility as of KONA Version 6.5 is as follows:
   FCP 7 - 6.0.x - KONA Driver version 6.5 (Leopard OS compatible version)
   FCP 6.0.x - KONA Driver version 6.0.3 (Leopard and Tiger OS compatible version)
   FCP 6.0.x - KONA Driver versions 5.0 through 5.1 NDD (Leopard and Tiger OS
   compatible versions)

KONA LSe Driver Version 6.5 NDD, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 7/28/2009, zip archive)

Note: The AJA KONA driver version 6.5 NDD is the same as driver version 6.5, but removes the Macintosh Desktop Display feature.

KONA LS/LSe Drivers Version 6.0.3, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 3/9/2009, zip archive)

This release adds a new easier-to-use KONA software and easy setup installer (easy setups are now grouped and you can decide at installation exactly which ones you want installed), plus fixes and improvements.

AJA Driver Compatibility as of KONA Version 6.0.3 is as follows:
   FCP 6.0.x - Kona Driver version 6.0.3 (Leopard and Tiger OS compatible version)
   FCP 6.0.x - Kona Driver version 5.0 through 5.1 NDD (Leopard and Tiger OS-
   compatible versions)
   FCP 6.0.x - Kona Driver version 4.0 (Tiger OS compatible version)

KONA LS/LSe Drivers Version 6.0.3 NDD, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 3/9/2009, zip archive)

This 6.0.3 NDD version is recommended for OS X 10.5.2 or later users. Note: The AJA KONA driver version 6.0.3 NDD is the same as driver version 6.0.3, but removes the Macintosh Desktop Display feature.

KONA LS/LSe Drivers Version 6.0.2, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 12/11/2008, TAR archive)

This release offers general improvements and fixes (read the included release notes for details).

AJA Driver Compatibility as of KONA Version 6.0.2 is as follows:
   FCP 6.0.x - Kona Driver version 6.0.2 (Leopard and Tiger OS compatible version)
   FCP 6.0.x - Kona Driver version 5.0 through 5.1 NDD (Leopard and Tiger OS-
   compatible versions)
   FCP 6.0.x - Kona Driver version 4.0 (Tiger OS compatible version)

KONA LS/LSe Drivers Version 6.0.2 NDD, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 12/11/2008, TAR archive)

This 6.0.2 NDD version is recommended for OS X 10.5.2 or later users. Note: The AJA KONA driver version 6.0.2 NDD is the same as driver version 6.0.2, but removes the Macintosh Desktop Display feature.

With the regular version of the 6.0.2 driver, some users may experience issues with Quartz Extreme, the behavior of their computer displays, and in some cases, boot up issues may occur with certain graphics cards installed. If any of the issues mentioned occur, the driver version 6.0.2 NDD should be used instead of version 6.0.2

KONA LS/LSe Drivers Version 6.0.1, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 9/22/2008, TAR archive)

This release offers general improvements and fixes, including: better responsiveness of synchronized playback, improved tagging of framerates on variable frame rate (VFR) captures, Easy Setup improvements, better setting of field dominance in Apple ProRes captures, and other items (read the included release notes for details).

AJA Driver Compatibility as of KONA Version 6.0.1 is as follows:
   FCP 6.0.x - Kona Driver version 6.0.1 (Leopard and Tiger OS compatible version)
   FCP 6.0.x - Kona Driver version 5.0 through 5.1 NDD (Leopard and Tiger OS-
   compatible versions)
   FCP 6.0.x - Kona Driver version 4.0 (Tiger OS compatible version)

KONA LS/LSe Drivers Version 6.0, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 8/19/2008, TAR archive)

This release for KONA LS/LSe includes general improvements and fixes.

AJA Driver Compatibility as of KONA Version 6.0 is as follows:
   FCP 6.0.x - Kona Driver version 6.0 (Leopard and Tiger OS compatible version)
   FCP 6.0.x - Kona Driver version 5.0 through 5.1 NDD (Leopard and Tiger OS compatible versions)
   FCP 6.0.x - Kona Driver version 4.0 (Tiger OS compatible version)

KONA LS/LSe Drivers Version 5.1 NDD, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 2/14/2008, TAR archive)

This 5.1 NDD version is recommended for OS X 10.5.2 users. Note: The AJA KONA driver version 5.1 NDD is the same as driver version 5.1, but removes the Macintosh Desktop Display feature.

With the regular version of the 5.1 driver, some users may experience issues with Quartz Extreme, the behavior of their computer displays, and in some cases, kernel panics may occur with certain graphics cards installed. If any of the issues mentioned occur, the driver version 5.1 NDD should be used instead of version 5.1. Driver version 5.1 NDD is also the recommended version for use with the latest Intel Xserve with Xeon 5400 series processors, model (MA882LL/A).

KONA LS/LSe Drivers Version 5.1, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 1/24/2008, TAR archive)

This release updates the KONA LS/LSe with improved Edit to tape frame accuracy in all interlaced formats, plus includes other improvements and fixes.

AJA Driver Compatibility as of KONA Version 5.1 is as follows:
   FCP 6.0.x - Kona Driver version 5.1 (Leopard and Tiger OS compatible version)
   FCP 6.0.x - Kona Driver version 4.0 (Tiger OS compatible version)
   FCP 5.1.x - Kona Driver versions 3.1 through 3.4 (Tiger OS compatible versions)
   FCP 5.0.x - Kona Driver version 3 (first Universal Binary version)

KONA LS/LSe Drivers Version 5, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 12/10/2007, TAR archive)

This release updates the KONA LS/LSe to have OSX "Leopard" compatibility. The release also adds other improvements and fixes (read the release notes included).

AJA Driver Compatibility as of KONA Version 5.0 is as follows:
   FCP 6.0.x - Kona Driver version 5.0 (Leopard and Tiger OS compatible version)
   FCP 6.0.x - Kona Driver version 4.0 (Tiger OS compatible version)
   FCP 5.1.x - Kona Driver versions 3.1 through 3.4 (Tiger OS compatible versions)
   FCP 5.0.x - Kona Driver version 3 (first Universal Binary version)

KONA LS/LSe Drivers Version 4, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 5/18/2007, TAR archive)

This release is specifically designed to support Apple's Final Cut Studio 2. Users of previous versions of Final Cut Pro should refer to the Release Notes PDF file (included in this download) for the appropriate driver version. The Release Notes PDF also contains other information on improvements, fixes and special notes.

AJA Driver Compatibility as of KONA Version 4.0 is as follows:
   FCP 6.0.x (Final Cut Studio 2)- Kona Driver version 4.0
   FCP 5.1.x - Kona Driver versions 3.1 through 3.4
   FCP 5.0.x - Kona Driver version 3 (first Universal Binary version)

KONA LS/LSe Drivers Version 3.4, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 5/3/2007, ZIP archive)

This version adds improvements and bug fixes. Note: this release requires Final Cut Pro 5.1 (minimum).

KONA LS/LSe Drivers Version 3.3, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 11/14/2006, TAR archive)

This version adds Automator plug-ins for OS X 10.4 for batch DPX-to-QT AND QT-to-DPX translation, Rosetta applications like Adobe After Effects can now display their output thru KONA —plus other improvements and bug fixes. Note: this release requires Final Cut Pro 5.1 (minimum).

KONA LS/LSe Drivers Version 3.2, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 10/13/2006, TAR archive)

This version adds little-endian captures in Log RGB and RGB codecs, plus other improvements and bug fixes. Note: this release requires Final Cut Pro 5.1 (minimum).

KONA LS/LSe Drivers Version 3.1, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 9/20/2006, TAR archive)

This version adds new Limiter functionality to the KONA Control Panel, and installs Universal Binary versions of the DPX to QT and QT to DPX translator utilities—plus it adds other improvements and bug fixes. Note: this release requires Final Cut Pro 5.1 (minimum).

KONA LS/LSe Drivers Version 3, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 8/29/2006, TAR archive)

This version provides Universal Binary support for the new Intel-based Apple Mac Pro desktop computers, plus many other improvements and bug fixes.

Please Note: The Release Notes state that the DPXToQT Translator and QTToDPX Translator applications are part of the KONA installer. They are not included in the installer at this time, but can still be downloaded separately from the following URL for software ajashare:
http://www.aja.com/support/konaNEW/kona-lse-ls.php

KONA LS/LSe Drivers Version 2, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 5/31/2006, TAR archive)

This version has many new features including contextual menus in the Control Panel, DPX file support, 8-channel SDI embedded audio, new utiilitiy applications, plus other improvements and bug fixes.

KONA LS/LSe Drivers Version 1.2.2, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 4/4/2006, TAR archive)

This version has support added for Final Cut Pro 5.1, improved Easy Setups, and other improvements.

KONA LS Drivers Version 1.2.1, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 2/17/2006, TAR archive)

This version has audio level adjustment for input and output, KONA uncompressed codec added back into the installer, improvements to analog input switching, default proc amp values, default timing values, plus bug fixes.

KONA LS Drivers Version 1.2, Control Panel, and Notes

(Release Date 1/30/2006, TAR archive)

This software adds input analog ProcAmp feature, Line 21 captioning decoding, support for IMX 525/60 50 Mbps and 625/50 50 Mbps compressed clips, RGBA playback in FCP, timecode burn-in, RP-188 timecode capture, and 640x480 playback, plus bug fixes and improvements. See release notes (supplied) for details.
Known Issue: Analog Processing Amp Settings. [http://aja.com/pdfs/AJA_FAQ_procamp.pdf]

Utilities and Optional ajashare

AJA Mac Plug-ins for Adobe CS4 Version 7.1

(Released 11/5/2009)

This release is required for use with KONA and Io Express drivers version 7.1. This release provides CS4 AJA Mac Plug-Ins for Adobe, which include application plug-ins for Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop (user manual included in the download). Click here for the related release notes.

AJA Mac Plug-ins for Adobe CS4 Version 6.5

(Released 8/20/2009)

This release provides CS4 AJA Mac Plug-Ins for Adobe, which include application plug-ins for Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop (user manual included in the download). This release is required for KONA Driver version 6.5. Click here for the related release notes.

AJA Mac Plug-ins for Adobe CS4

(Released 4/19/2009)

This release provides CS4 AJA Mac Plug-Ins for Adobe, which include application plug-ins for Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop (user manual included in the download).

AJA Mac Plug-ins for Adobe CS3

(Released 9/3/2008)

This is the first release of the AJA Mac Plug-Ins for Adobe, which include application plug-ins for Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop (user manual included in the download). This initial release is version 6.0, keeping parity with required KONA driver software (also version 6). AJA's Mac Plug-ins for Adobe offer capabilities to the Mac Adobe user not found anywhere else, for use with industry-best AJA KONA products. Some of the many powerful new features include:

Native QuickTime, DPX, CIN, TIFF, TGA file support, within Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, After Effects and Photoshop
Native real-time 10-bit RGB editing in Premiere Pro CS3
Unique and powerful application interfaces within supported Adobe CS3 applications
Free for all KONA users

Please read the release notes for further information. This software works only with KONA LSe/LS, KONA LHe/LH, and KONA 3/3X and requires minimum version 6 KONA driver software to use.

AJA VTR Xchange Application Version 3—Universal Binary for Intel and PowerPC Macs
New features for this release include frame grabbing and user-selectable support for RP-188. This .tar archive includes the software application, release notes, and user manual.

AJA VTR Xchange Application v2.0
Version 2 supports DPX and TIFF file formats and supports 2K workflows.

AJA KONA System Test Version 1.2

AJA Data Rate Calculator Application Version 1.2

AJA KONA TV Version 1.2

AJA KONA QTToDPXTranslator Version 2

AJA KONA QTToDPXTranslator Version 1.2

AJA KONA DPXToQTTranslator Version 2

AJA KONA DPXToQTTranslator Version 1.2

System Recommendations

Recommended KONA LSe System:

Apple Mac Pro with Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processors (2 GHz or better) with a minimum of 2GB of RAM. Use a Fibre Channel or SCSI external RAID for uncompressed SD storage.

Recommended KONA LS System:

Macintosh dual processor G5 with a minimum of 2GB RAM and a Fibre Channel or SCSI external RAID for uncompressed SD storage.

Minimum KONA LSe System:

Power Mac G5 (dual) PCI-Express, 2GHz with a minimum of 2GB RAM. Ensure your Macintosh has a PCI-Express slot for compatibility.

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