External monitor causes FCP to flicker

I want to connect my MacBook Pro to an external monitor, mirroring the laptop, and run FCP 6 there. When I do so, the displayed FCP windows flicker severely when played, as if the computer is remembering the first frame FCP was at when the monitor was connected, and the playback flickers between that frame and the current frame. There is no flicker when Play is stopped, and the display does show the correct frame. Re-starting Play, the playback again flickers between that same original frame and the current frame.
Whatever resolution I set the display to, I get the same result. This has happened on two totally independent external setups - one using an Apple external monitor, the other an independent projector.
What should I be doing?

Not in this case, I just tried to mirror my displays on my Mac Pro and it did exactly the same thing as yours and I had to quit FCP to get it back to normal, strange, but why do you want to mirror your displays when you have the better option to edit with two screens?.
DM

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still has horrible interference. Think its not an earth problem now as the interence is more than a simple hum problem, it changes when i click mosue or open applications and can hear digital nastiness to it.
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External monitor causing playback problems?

Sorry if this has been covered before. I tried searching but it kind of comes down to what verbs people use to describe the problem.
I'm running FCP 5.1.4 on a Macbook Pro, and I just bought a Dell 2408 for an external monitor. A few times since I've hooked up the monitor, when I play in the timeline, the video skips and stutters and keeps looping back to the same section. If I switch to a different sequence, it plays fine. This only seems to happen when I have the cinema preview on. If I kill it, click on the canvas window and hit play, it usually plays fine.
So I've got some workarounds on this, but it's an annoying quirk. Has anyone else had this problem? It seems to be tied to the external monitor, but I don't know if I'm missing a step or something isn't setup quite right.
Any thoughts or help is greatly appreciated.

Go to your Audio / Video Settings >> A/V Devices tab and turn of "Mirror on desktop" for Playback ... this will reduce the load on your system as it will not be trying to decode the video for two separate (and different) playback streams simultaneously ie when using Digital Cinema Desktop Preview to display All Frames then you will not see playback in the Canvas window as well, just on the external preview monitor.
And/Or you could also try setting FCP's System Preferences >> Playback Control >> Gamma Correction to "Approximate" ... according to the manual this can offer a little performance boost (but to be honest I haven't ever tested this).
Choosing Real-Time Playback Gamma Correction Options
Whenever you watch your video on a computer display (such as video displayed in the Canvas, the Viewer, or via Digital Cinema Desktop Preview), Final Cut Pro applies gamma correction to the video to more closely approximate the way it would appear on a video monitor.
Note: Gamma correction is not applied to external video outputs such as DV or third-party interfaces because this correction is inherently applied by external video monitors.
If your computer’s graphics card supports gamma correction, Final Cut Pro automatically uses the card for accurate gamma correction. If your computer has an older graphics card that does not support gamma correction, you have two gamma correction options in the Playback Control tab of the System Settings window.
Accurate: High-quality gamma correction. This option is the most accurate but also requires the most processing power.
Approximate: Lower-quality gamma correction. This option leaves more processing power available for real-time effects but results in less accurate color and brightness rendition.
Tip: If your real-time performance is limited, try changing the gamma correction setting to Approximate (if available).
Hope it helps
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Using an external monitor with FCP Studio v. 1.0

I cannot get my external monitor to display my timeline editing window. I have made the right connections, with firewire from Mac to Sony HDV tapedeck, and with HDMI cable from tapedeck to LCD monitor, but the screen remains blank. The external video setting and the video playback setting both have the HDV 1080i options greyed out, so I can't click on them. I can only have 'none', or playback in full screen desktop. How can I activate the play out via the tapedeck to the monitor?

Nickmarios wrote:
However, if HDV cannot be played out of FCP via firewire, how come I can capture from tape and export back to tape with firewire successfully?
Part of the issue is the Open GOP nature of HDV. Basically, HDV spreads the information for all frames within the time that you've pressed record to the time that you've stopped recording, and then crunches that down. This is way different than other FireWire-supported codecs, like DV, where each frame contains all the information needed by FCP to send a signal out to an external monitor at full resolution.
Sending out a full resolution via FireWire during HDV editing - where, most importantly, you're not obeying the GOP structure - would require fairly intense system resources, since it must reference other frames (sometimes many other frames). That's why you need a dedicated accelerator, like a capture card, to do that and send out a signal. As mentioned, FCP can send out a (very degraded) letterboxed 4:3 signal via FireWire, but it can't send out a full resolution signal.
Capturing, however, is a data transfer and much easier on your system. Open GOP is also the reason that long captures get broken up into individual shots (every time you start/stop recording).
Finally, as Shane mentions, the conform that FCP does prior to Print to Video means that FCP converts your timeline to abide by the (Open GOP) structure of HDV. As you've witnessed, that takes a fair amount of time.

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I got my MBP back in April. I also got a Dell 2005FPW external monitor that I hook up to my MBP when I am at my desk. My MacBook Pro gets really, really hot, just like others and apparently that is ok. I guess it is no longer a "laptop" because it is too hot for a lap. Anyway, aside from being uncomfortable, the heat usually does not cause problems. However, I have found that when I plug in my external monitor and have both screens going and have my processors maxed with some video applications my MBP will just turn off. Not sleep, or anything else, it will simply turn off. This is while it is plugged into the power so it is not a battery problem. How can I get my MBP to stop turning off, aside from not plugging it into my external monitor and running intense applications?
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Do the random shutdowns happen when you don't have your MBP
connected to the external display?
I have tried to duplicate the random shutdowns without the monitor attached, but to my touch, it feels as though the MBP does not get nearly as hot as it does with the external display attached.
Do the shutdowns happen with less intensive processor
tasks?
No, it is usually when I have multiple programs open and both cpu's are near their peak.
Are you using the display cable that came with the Dell
display? Is the cable firmly seated in the display and the
MBP?
Yes, I am using the cable that came with the Dell display. Yes, firmly seated.
Have you installed any third party software that uses
kernel extensions (like a temperature monitoring program)?
No, but I have downloaded TechToolDeluxe, I have just not run it yet. Should I?
Do you hear the fans come on at any time before it shuts
down?
Not that I noticed but I was not really paying attention.
A little more background information. I originally found this problem because I would have my MBP at my desk at home, hooked up to the power supply, external keyboard/speakers/monitor. I would start a video processing application running on a long task and go to bed. I would come back and the MBP would be off. I would turn it back on and the task I had it working on would be only partially completed.
So I took it to work where I sit in an air conditioned office and have it on a glass-top desk. I tried to hammer it with tons of programs being open and video processing applications. The CPU's would run on max for hours and the MBP would get plenty hot but would not shut donw.
It is only recently that I realized that the shutdowns happened only when connected to the external monitor. So I thought that perhaps the video card for the external port was producing just enough extra heat to get the MBP to shut down. To test this I ran the same video processing application that I usually run over night, only this time I left the external monitor detached. No shut down.
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External monitor for FCP

I am looking into purchasing an external monitor for my iMac. The primary use would be to monitor the output of what I am editing in FCP, rather than have it be a secondary monitor (for dual screen editing). Currently my setup is an old 13" tv connected through a canopus converter, but I would like to purchase a flat screen and I am trying to figure out if I need to buy a flatscreen TV or just a flatscreen computer monitor. Hopefully this makes some sense--let me know if I can get away with the monitor instead of a tv!!

Kim -
What does the canopus converter offer for outs? Composite? Component? HDMI?
You are on the right track. How important is it for you to have the BEST, most 'true' picture to view?
I'm gonna hang out a few people here...
Some folks insist on running their audio thru crappy speakers just so they can make sure the audio sounds good on run of the mill TVs -- YET insist on having only the finest high quality broadcast adjustable with isolatable blue gun fancy production monitor to CC their media.
I say hogwash! (kinda)
Yes, you want a production monitor (for a number of reasons) to best set your broadcast luma/chroma. But are you broadcasting? Don't get something fancy if all you have coming out of the canopus is composite... I'd worry about getting the finest product with what you have first. Then worry about a new mac with a professional video card with a professional product with a professional monitor (audio AND video) setup.
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Would love some help
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4 day old imac 10.5.7 fully updated 2009 CTO Ati 4850 4gigs ram 1tb storage.
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Run Disk Utility and use the +Repair Disk Permissions+ on the startup volume.
When you restart, use the reset PRAM procedure.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/8235.html
Log out and log in to the new account. Does this same problem occur in the new account? If not, you have narrowed down the cause to something in your normal account. It could be some corrupted user preference setting, or some background process (perhaps something third party) that runs when you are logged into your normal account.
If it does occur in the new account too, restart using the Mac OS X installation disc. Insert the disc and restart with the C key held down to force a restart from the optical drive. When it gets to the Installer's first screen, don't go any further, but note if this problem still occurs (when you are booted from a different system).

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Mid 2012 15inch MBP
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Memory 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
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I have a 2 minute music video all pretty much done. Sequence minimized down to one track with Look Suite filters on it, with a film grain overlay. Rendering crashes Final Cut with the second monitor plugged in. I sometimes get the OUT OF MEMORY error as well. Works fine when unplugged.
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I need help troubleshooting this or finding the right searches to find other posts with the same problem. I just spent an hour trying various google searches and have just found that a second monitor can slow down FCP. I don't see why that would be an issue for my MBP though.

Connecting the way your are merely lets you use the HDTV as a second desktop. If you want to use the HDTV as an external TV monitor (using the proper TV color space) , you'll need something like the Matrox MXO2 Mini: http://www.matrox.com/video/en/products/mac/mxo2_family/mxo2_mini/
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Monitor thru your camera or deck...
#8 External Monitor Viewing.
Shane's Stock Answer #8:
A simple path is mac > firewire > camera or deck > rca cables > tv
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Color Corrector's Frame Viewer Split Not Showing Up On External Monitor

Kind've a long title - sorry - but . . . here's my question:
Why am I not able to see the Frame Viewer's split on my external monitor?
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I recently purchased Ripple Training's Color Correction with Andrew Balis. It's very, very imformative and I think will help a lot when it comes time to begin color correcting the feature I'm working on. The section I'm on shows the Frame Viewer tab in the Tool Bench window that presents itself when one opens Color Correction under the Arrange area. In other words, Arrange>Color Correction sets up your windows for color correcting with your Viewer, Canvas, and Tool Bench windows aligned from left to right. When one opens up the 3 Way Color Corrector on a clip and makes a change in the clip, the Frame Viewer tab in the Tool Bench window will show a split screen where on one side you'll have your clip with the color correction you just did, and the other side un-color corrected. Isn't this (split) image supposed to show up in your external monitor just as the images in the Canvas and the Viewer?
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I had a problem with my 3rd party external mornitor that kept flickering. It happened all of a sudden and was a constant flicker that was really annoying. Anyways, I discovered that when the mini-dvi connector is near my speakers(which are unshielded of course) It causes the screen to flicker. All I needed to do was move my mini-dvi connector away from the speakers(at least a foot away) and had no more issues. It was awesome when I made this discovery because I was paranoid it may be an issue with the mbp graphics card.

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