No play out fhru firewire

Hi folks. I'm really pulling my hair out on this one. I've just had a whole pile of problems trying to use an external firewire drive to capture video. Now I have reverted to an internal drive. I can capture, and also "print to video", but can't get any playback from the viewer, canvas, or timeline thru the firewire to the deck/monitor. Is it possible I have damaged the FW ports by using an external FW drive? Would it still "print to video" if it was damaged? It is very hard to edit with this problem. Any suggestions would be a big help. Thanks. FCP HD 4.5.

I seem to have solved the issue for now, by trashing the prefs... I'll keep my fingers crossed!

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Play out to firewire massive audio distorition

the subject says it all.
when I play the timeline out the comupter speakers, everything is OK.
when I play thru the firewire port so I can see the video on and NTSC monitor or so I can make a DVCam or VHS print, I get MASSIVE AUDIO DISTORTION.
Never had this one before.
I have head that itunes for widows comes with a worm the effects audio and video of PC's. Could the boneheads (for lack of another word) have made a strain that effects Mac now too.
Itunes v6 upgrade and the addition of a Lecitech USB mic are the only possible variables in the equation.
what could be causing the massive audio distortion thru the Firewire port.
thanks.

Do you have another way to monitor the audio thats being sent thru the FW output other than the way you are now? Maybe it's the external monitoring that's pumping up the audio somehow? Also check that the master output levels in the audio mixer are not causing this too...
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No audio out to firewire

I have a 1.5 hour time line of a dance recital. In one dance there is a 2 second part where I get no sound out to my firewire deck.
The FCP VU meter shows activity between -12 and -6 db during the silence.
There is nothing funny in the waveform
If I use "built in audio" (though imac sound), I get sound.
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I installed all of the latest updates.
Any ideas anyone???
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Hi -
Go to where the missing two seconds are and back up two seconds. Place an in point there (two seconds before the strange audio disappearance). Now go two seconds past where the audio drops out, and place an out point.
Go to the menu File>Export>Quicktime Movie.
In the widow that opens give the clip a name like Audio Repair.
For the Setting: Current Setting
For Include: Audio Only
For Markers: None
and check the box Make Movie Self Contained.
Save that file to your desktop.
Once the file is saved, go to your desktop and open the file with Quicktime Player. Can you hear the entire audio track, including the "missing:" two seconds?
If you can, then import that file you created into your project, and edit it where you have your in and out marks placed.
Now try and see if this section will play out the firewire correctly.
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Playing out to video monitor

Hi. I'm running FCP 4.5HD, and currently using dual Apple Cinema Displays. I use 2 Sony HDV decks, which connect to a Panasonic HDTV as my video monitor. When I capture or when I mix down to video or tape, the video plays on both the HDTV and on my displays. However, I am not getting a signal through the deck to the HDTV when playing clips or sequences within FCP. I have my video out set to Apple Firewire.
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If it is all DV, then...
#8 External Monitor Viewing.
Shane's Stock Answer #8: External Monitor Viewing
If you are working with DV, this is simple. First connect your computer to a camera or deck via firewire, Then connect the camera/deck to your TV/monitor via RCA or S-Video.
Then start up your camera and TV, then open FCP.
Go to the View Menu, choose > External Video > All Frames
VIEW>Video Playback should be “Apple Firewire NTSC” (If you are using an NTSC set)
VIEW>Audio playback should be “Audio follows Video”
Technically, this should send synched video to your TV
If for some reason you can't view your timeline on your external monitor, there are a few things to try:
1) Make sure that the camera/deck is connected and powered on BEFORE you open FCP.
2) In the Final Cut Pro menu select AUDIO/VIDEO Preferences and make sure your signal is being sent out thru Firewire DV.
3) Go to the menu and select VIEW>EXTERNAL>ALL FRAMES.
4) Click in the % box above the image and select FIT TO WINDOW.
5) Go to VIEW->refresh A/V devices
6) Make sure the Log & Capture window is closed
If you want it to play in both the canvas and the external monitor you need to go to the FINAL CUT PRO menu and select AUDIO/VIDIO settings and make sure MIRROR ON DESKTOP is selected under the A/V DEVICES tab.
If you are working with HDV footage, FCP 6 allows you to view this via firewire, but ONLY as downconverted DV. It won't look the best, but you can see it. To do this,
If you need to view any format other than DV at full resolution, then you need to look into capture cards. Several standard definition and high definition models are available from www.aja.com and www.decklink.com. With these options you'll need a proper monitor to view full broadcast colors, but all models allow for realtime standard definition downconvert, allowing you to view HD on an SD monitor.
The Matrox MXO is another option that is output only, but allows you to view your footage on an Apple Cinema Display at full broadcast quality.
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Can't play out to DV/tape

Hi, recently splashed out on FCP and a new MacBook Pro after a year or so of FCE on an identically spec'd MacBook Pro. However, I'm having a problem when I try to save my work down to tape using FCP.
I have a Sony DV machine as my output (recording to minDV tape) but no matter what I seem to try, when I play the timeline in FCP it doesn't play on the output - it shows only a still of the frame. I've tried just playing direct from the timeline, I've tried the Print to Tape option, but still can't see the output playing on the DV machine - just a still frame.
However, if I do exactly the same on FCE using the same DV equipment, all works perfectly well and I can see the playing movie on the DV machine and record to tape.
I'm baffled! Any help appreciated.

#8 External Monitor Viewing.
Shane's Stock Answer #8: External Monitor Viewing
If you are working with DV, this is simple. First connect your computer to a camera or deck via firewire, Then connect the camera/deck to your TV/monitor via RCA or S-Video.
Then start up your camera and TV, then open FCP.
Go to the View Menu, choose > External Video > All Frames
VIEW>Video Playback should be “Apple Firewire NTSC” (If you are using an NTSC set)
VIEW>Audio playback should be “Audio follows Video”
Technically, this should send synched video to your TV
If for some reason you can't view your timeline on your external monitor, there are a few things to try:
1) Make sure that the camera/deck is connected and powered on BEFORE you open FCP.
2) In the Final Cut Pro menu select AUDIO/VIDEO Preferences and make sure your signal is being sent out thru Firewire DV.
3) Go to the menu and select VIEW>EXTERNAL>ALL FRAMES.
4) Click in the % box above the image and select FIT TO WINDOW.
5) Go to VIEW->refresh A/V devices
6) Make sure the Log & Capture window is closed
If you want it to play in both the canvas and the external monitor you need to go to the FINAL CUT PRO menu and select AUDIO/VIDIO settings and make sure MIRROR ON DESKTOP is selected under the A/V DEVICES tab.
If you are working with HDV footage, FCP 6 allows you to view this via firewire, but ONLY as downconverted DV. It won't look the best, but you can see it. To do this,
If you need to view any format other than DV at full resolution, then you need to look into capture cards. Several standard definition and high definition models are available from www.aja.com and www.decklink.com. With these options you'll need a proper monitor to view full broadcast colors, but all models allow for realtime standard definition downconvert, allowing you to view HD on an SD monitor.
The Matrox MXO is another option that is output only, but allows you to view your footage on an Apple Cinema Display at full broadcast quality.
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Error with viewing out of Firewire (hard to explain in 1 line)

I am editing on an iMac with FCP 5.1. For capturing I have my DV camera running into one of the firewire ports and my external drive running into the other firewire port which I am capturing to. This works great
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#8 External Monitor Viewing.
Shane's Stock Answer #8:
A simple path is mac > firewire > camera or deck > rca cables > tv
Then start up your camera and tv, then open fcp.
Then go View > External video > all frames
Video playback should be Apple firewire NTSC (If you are using an NTSC set)
Audio playback should be Audio follows Video
Techinially, this should send synched video to your TV
If for some reason you can't view your timeline on your external monitor, there are a few things to try:
1) Make sure that the camera/deck is connected and powered on BEFORE you open FCP.
2) In the Final Cut Pro menu select AUDIO/VIDEO Preferences and make sure your signal is being sent out thru Firewire DV.
3) Go to the menu and select VIEW>EXTERNAL>ALL FRAMES.
4) Click in the % box above the image and select FIT TO WINDOW.
5) Go to VIEW->refresh A/V devices
6) Make sure the Log & Capture window is closed
If you want it to play in both the canvas and the external monitor you need to go to the FINAL CUT PRO menu and select AUDIO/VIDIO settings and make sure MIRROR ON DESKTOP is selected under the PLAYBACK OUTPUT section
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Timed video out through firewire?

Hey everyone,
In Final Cut Pro 5, is there a way to set print to video on a timer? For example, print to video on Friday at 2PM.... Or simply, just play the entire video in the timeline at a specific time?
I'm assuming not, so does anyone know of any program out there that can play Quicktime videos out through Firewire on some kind of timer system?
I know this is an unusual request... and I can explain why exactly I want this if anybody wants me to, but it's kind of a long story =)
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HDV won't play out to Z1u

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#25 HDV external Monitor Viewing
Shane's Stock Answer #25 - HDV external Monitor Viewing
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- An HDV sequence output to a DV FireWire output
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