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Hi,
I have a Sony HVR-10P HDV deck connected to FCP 5.1.2 with a dual 2GHz G5, 2.5GB Ram. I've just upgraded with the intention of running HDV but I can't seem to get a running signal to this HDV deck. When I select the the 'video playback' the HDV output settings are greyed out. What does this mean?
I have selected HDV editing from 'Easy Setups'. I've re-connected firewire and rebooted FCP. I can output a still frame through Firewire DV, but still, this doesn't run as video, it only presents a still frame when paused.
Is this something to do with the deck? I've also tried all the HDV Firewire Basic and 25fps HDV for PAL options.
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
thanks,
Sam
G5 Dual 2Ghz G4 Powerbook 867Mhz Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2.5GB RAM 128MB vram

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if you want to edit with HDV and view the timeline to an external monitor, as you might with DV, then you must use third party equipment such as the Matrox MXO box, or a suitable HD card from AJA or Decklink

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