External preview monitor question

Hello,
I'm trying to switch over to Premiere Pro CS5.5 for some of my future projects (coming from Sony Vegas 10) and I'm a little confused. I have a Black Magic intensity card and I am thinking about getting a Nvidea GTX 580 for the mercury playback. My goal is to use dual PC monitors for working space and preview to a 42" Panasonic Plasma HDTV.
Question: I have noticed that many of the GTX580 cards have an HDMI output. Would I want to use the HDMI output of the GTX580 to feed my Plasma or would I still use the Blackmagic card? I got the impression from another thread that Black Magic intensity will slow my Premiere timeline down. Also would the GTX580 HDMI output be as accurate as the BM Intesity card HDMI output?
Many thanks, Marc

Hello Everyone,
I have a ATI Radeon HD 5870 and a NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 in my Mac Pro. I using the NVIDIA for my two monitors and the ATI for my external monitor. I'm using the HDMI connection to my 42'. Everything was working fine until today. I'm not sure why I can't select the external monitor anymore. I've rebooted my Mac (still thinking like a PC user), but that didn't help at all. Has anyone else noticed any changes as far as the external monitor goes?

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External Preview Monitor

I have searched multiple forums but haven't found the exact answer I am looking for.
Mac Pro Quad Core 2.93, 8GB. Doing one hour projects for local T.V. station. Looking for a method to get a 'external preview monitor' to see what it will actually look like when on T.V.
Looking at this as an option.
http://www.macmall.com/ttsvr/p/Peripherals/product~dpno~466290~pdp.cffhead#tabspages.productDetailPage@1380
Its the DeckLink SDI on this page.
http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/decklink/
Will this work? Output will probably be to a cheap SD TV.
Sorry if this has been a repeated question, but I could find it.
Thanks.

If you are working in DV (not SD), a simple analog/DV converter feeding a regular ol' TV will work. Most DV cameras have this capability.
x

Using my mid 2012 MB Air with an external HDMI monitor question.

Am wanting to use my mid 2012 MacBook Air 13 inch running Mavericks with an external HDMI monitor.
I've got a thunderbolt to HDMI adapter which I've plugged in and am able to redirect the sound to my speaker equipped external monitor by choosing it in the sound output preferences box.
BUT I've got a picture displayed on both my air and monitor.
My question - is it possible to switch the display so that it only shows on the external monitor - I'm only wanting to display the same picture on both displays.
Finally is it possible to show one screen on the Air and a different one on the HDMI Monitor.
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i have the July 2011 Macbook Air 13". I would like to connect it to a 1080p lcd monitor or an hdtv.
Can anyone recommend a decent model? i do not want to spend more than $300 and would prefer either a 27" or 32"
When connected to an external monitor, will i get higher screen resolutions instead of my 1440x900 that i have on my air?

Its going to be tough to get a "decent" model LCD monitor of that size for less than $300. A decent model of that size will START at around $300. That being said, your resolution will depend on what mode you set the monitor at from your Air. If you set the mode as Mirrored, you will only get the 1440X900 on the Air, but if you set it at Extended Desktop, it should fully fill the monitor. Also, you can set the external monitor to be the MAIN monitor with the computer operating with the display closed to get the full screen at 1080, but then you will need an external keyboard and mouse.

Preview monitor suddenly stopped working and disappeared

In the middle of my edit, clips refused to play and my separate external preview monitor blinked back to the desktop.
Now, even after a restart, importing into a new project, reconnecting and disconnecting equipment, I can't get the second monitor option to reappear in my Playback settings window. Where did it go?

How is this Separate External Preview Monitor connected?
- Computer Monitor via Video Card?
- NTSC Monitor via MATROX, BlackMagic, AJA?
- Mental Telepathy?
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(Shift +F2)
Sequence > Sequence Settings > Playback Settings:
- check/uncheck Desktop Video Display During Playback
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Premiere Pro CS6 with external HDMI monitor

Hello all
Is it possible to use an HDMI monitor as an external preview monitor when editing with Premiere Pro CS6? If so, then how is it connected, and where can i find the correct tick box in
Premiere Pro CS6? I have an apple iMac (early 2009) intel core 2 Duo (if this is relevant).
I need to be sure of the correct colour/look output, etc.
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Hi Ferret Head,
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External NTSC Monitor - 4:3 and 16:9 Question

I'm trying to find a configuration setting in FCP 5.0 when outputting to an external NTSC monitor that will force the image to "letterbox", rather than crop to 4:3.
I have a nice Sony NTSC monitor, but it's not the model that allows switching between 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios, unfortunately.
I don't want to have to replace this monitor at this time.
I see in the latest version of After Effects I can force the image to "letterbox" in the external monitor. I tested it, and it works perfectly.
Ironically, PhotoShop CS3 does NOT allow you to letterbox your preview to an external monitor. A widescreen formatted file appears cropped in my monitor.
So, my question is can I do this in FCP 5.0? Why am I stuck with a cropped image from a 720x480 aspect ratio? Is there a setting somewhere that will force the preview to letterbox on my monitor?
On a similar note, what will we use to replace NTSC monitors if you're shooting and editing HD?
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FCP will not unsqueeze the image for you...you need a monitor that has this option.
what will we use to replace NTSC monitors if you're shooting and editing HD?
And HD monitor. But then you need some sort of HD capture card or output device (unless you are working with DVCPRO HD)...even HDV. And then you will need an HD monitor. The cheapest solution might be the Decklink Intensity and small HDTV...the intensity has HDMI out. But this only works if you have a MacPro. The MATROX MXO is next, and it connects via DVI. It can output a signal to an HDTV (component), or to an Apple Cinema Display or Dell 24" Display. That gets you broadcast quality on a computer monitor...believe it, or not!
http://library.creativecow.net/articles/ross_shane/MXO.php
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I know, another external monitor question...

Can someone please point me to a link or suggest some keywords to find a solution for adding an external video monitor? Apparently I'm not using the right ones. FCP manual says to use a "3rd party video interface". I would like to monitor my video on an NTSC TV (likely an economical 15" flat panel) primarily to look for interlace issues before burning. I need to know what cheaper options are available for my Mac Pro with a spare DVI output and plenty of card slots. I do not want to run it through a camcorder via firewire, in an effort to keep my workspace clean.

It all depends on what video formats you'll be working with. For example, you can use Firewire through a DV device (camcorder, VTR or converter) to monitor and of the DV25 formats on an external NTSC monitor.
But for most other (higher) formats, you will need a specialized capture card such as those offered by AJA and BlackMagic Designs (Decklink).
If you're concerned about interlacing issues and being able to spot them as you edit, use a CRT TV monitor - not a progressive scan monitor (LCD or plasma).
-DH

External NTSC monitor setup

When I use an external NTSC monitor connected to an Apple DVI to video adaptor then to a Radeon 800XT video card I have many crashes. It seems like these are caused by the External monitor setup. I would to know what sort step up others are using for external video. And what kind of success you are having with them.
Thanks
Ken

I to have had the same problem, in fact, I just posted about it a few days ago. Hopefully Apple's monitoring this forum and looking at the issue. The only solution I've found is to disable the external preview, which is quite frustrating. Just a question have your crashed happened while you're working or when you perform application switching. I've only had problems when I apple-tab to another program and then do the same to get back into Motion.

External HPw20 monitor & maverick

Using Maverick, my HPw20 display is not permitted to use its optimal resolution of 1680 x 1050. It's either 1600 x 1200 or 1400 x 1050. The result is awkward, squashed images.
Please advise fix for this.
BTW, I cannot use my DVI-D cable with Maverick, the Mac Mini 2010 model isn't strong enough to drive the display through this cable (HDMI port converted to DVI-D), so I have to use the display port with VGA converter. This was not necessary with Mountain Lion.

I to have had the same problem, in fact, I just posted about it a few days ago. Hopefully Apple's monitoring this forum and looking at the issue. The only solution I've found is to disable the external preview, which is quite frustrating. Just a question have your crashed happened while you're working or when you perform application switching. I've only had problems when I apple-tab to another program and then do the same to get back into Motion.

Preview monitor lost realtime preview

This is a silly question but I'm not a heavy Fcp user. My preview monitor doesn't get the realtime preview. It only shows the current frame although I have the External Video" set to 'All Frames". So I only have realtime preview in the canvas window. What am I missing? I run AfterEffects on the same machine without problems. I've had issues with Blackmagic drivers before but usaly with AE.
System:
Fcp 6.0.4
OS 10.4.11 (PPC)
Decklink HD
Decklink 6.7.2
Sony PVM20L4

Where do you have your media stored? System drive? External? Is it a RAID? How is it connected?
FWIW, I had this happen the other day. I deleted my prefs, shutdown and restarted and everything was fine.
K
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Can I use a Dell W3706MC 37" LCD HDTV as an external NTSC Monitor?

Hello,
I was considering buying this dell TV as a second monitor for my studio as i mostly do audio post production and score music (this size monitor would be excellent for working on scores in my case) on a full time basis but I am expanding into film editing as well.
My question is can i use this as an external NTSC monitor for FCP 4.5HD and version 5? Any help would greatly be appriciated. You can view the tech specs of this TV at http://www1.ca.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/lcd_w3706mc?c=ca&cs =CADHS1&l=en&s=dhs
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While it might be fine for corporate video or other non-broadcast work, it won't be appropriate for broadcast work. For that you need to buy a broadcast monitor.
The reason is that if you take 20 TVs of various models, and put them side by side (say you went to Circuit City or Best Buy), you wouldn't see the same image twice. They all would be slightly different. Even if you calibrated them, they might all look slightly different. But put 20 broadcast monitors side by side, all calibrated, and you will see exactly the same image and color representation.
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External LCD Monitor not detected

I've recently just bought a LED monitor and I've tried using the mini-display port to DVI cable and a DVI to VGA cable to connect to my macbook pro to my external LED monitor but it wasn't detected.
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Hi texas-rangy,
If you're planning to format the laptop, the Operating System will simply roll back and it will reinstall the original Operating System which is Windows 8. Yes, you can still roll back to Windows 8 as long as the recovery partition is still accessible. This is also the last troubleshooting steps that we do to isolate if the issue if hardware or software. You may check the steps here: How to perform a System Recovery from outside of Windows. We suggest to backup all your important files within Windows and disregard the option Rescue Data on this process.
Once done formatting the unit, test your external monitor. If the monitor works then it is software issue. Proceed with the upgrade process. It is advisable to follow the steps of Upgrading the Operating System from Windows 8 to 8.1. Just follow the link. How do I upgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1?
I know this is a long process but we need to consider every step and make sure that we did follow the correct procedures.
Hope these help.
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Vincent
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External video monitor not supported?

I started to use color APP just recent and soon found out that Color does not support live preview to my external video monitor via Firewire, I have 2 devices to choose, DSR11 or a DAC 10 ( DV Converter ), firewire to Component.
I hope that Apple resolve this issue fairly quick, many color users like me that don't have an IO card like AJ Kona or Decklink, color will be useless without an external video monitor for color correction.
Any input will be appreciated.
Sigi

Because of the reduced colorspace required for DV, I'd wager it's unlikely that Color will ever be made to go out via FireWire to a DV deck or DAC.
Decklink Intensity - $249 or $399? is a potential alternative...
Patrick

External vga, monitor recognized, still no display

I have a L R60 9461-DXG, with Win7 (32bit) running very fine.
Now trying to use an external monitor (L171p) but nothing works.
While in boot and in combination with Fn+F7 the display doesn't come up (staying in power saving mode).
In Win7 the external connected monitor is recognized and displayed as a L171p, enabling the monitor is possible but again the display doesn't come up.
Is this a driver error or could there be a hardware malfunction?
Installing (Vista) Ati Mobility Radeon X1400 drivers from the L site didn't solve the problem.
Please help.

Not necessarily, but the probability of receiving a solution from other members, who are also using a similar setup, is most likely better here.
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