Print to Video takes over monitor

I recently started to back up all my videos on to DV tapes. When I print to tape my monitor mirrors the playback. My DV deck has a monitor connected so i can see playback there and don't want my Mac taken over by the export. I found a setting in the "Audio/Video Settings" under the Final Cut Pro tab that allows me to turn off mirroring, but the screen still goes black. I've also hooked up a second monitor in hopes that the mirroring output would take over that screen, but no. So if anyone could direct me to some settings that I could switch this, your awsome. I'm using Final Cut Pro 6.0.1

How do I make the print to video faster with these options checked?
OK...I am biting my tongue
If I have to insert the color bars and slate into the timeline, how do I get the conventional color bars footage with hight pitch sound without recapturing one of the dubs?
Bithing myth thongue.
In your case printing to video doesn't take longer with the slate checked?
It is beginning to bleed....
How do you drag your sequence from the browser to the print to video video?
Oww....
Pat is talking about the EDIT TO TAPE window. Print to video doesn't have this option. And if you are trying to deliver a tape for broadcast, and you are NOT using edit to tape and are using Print to Video instead...how on earth are you getting proper timecode on this tape? Because bars and tone typically start at 58:30:00...go for a minute...then black for a few seconds...then a slate with program info...then more plack (perhaps a countdown)...then show starts at 1:00:00:00 on the nose. What are you doing?
And seriously...adding bars and tone means outputting takes longer? Uhhh, YEAH. If you add 60 seconds of footage to your timeline, the duration increases by 60 seconds. That is typically how things work. Adding bars, tone, black and a slate should add about 2 minutes to your cut. because you need 30 seconds of black BEFORE the bars and tone too...typically. Export faster? No...can't output faster than real time.
How do you get BARS & TONE without recapturing? In the Viewer, below where you look at your footage, there is a drop down menu with the letter "A." Click on that and you will see BARS AND TONE for a variety of footage formats.
Shane

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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
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actually i misread Philippe's statement. If he is truly talking about "Print to Video" -> which would imply he goes to tape over firewire or whatever connection he has <- then i must pass. I have not done that before, so my knowledge is purely theoretical.
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If you didn't use black after the couple of frames of the "2," what would you put between there and the starty of program?
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It's expected and necessary in live television.
Black is necessary on the tape in order to be able to go from "black to black" as when going into a commercial break.
------- stop here if you don't want the background on why---
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Print to Video Does not Work

I am running Final Cut pro 5. I am trying to send my time line to a mindv deck using print to video. I have a monitor hooked up to the deck to watch what is being recorded. I set my in and out points in the time line and and select print to video from the menu. I do not have any of the boxes checked, because i have black and color bars already in my time line. I select in/out and hit ok. The screen goes black and my video shows up in the middle playing, but nothing shows up on my monitor and when i watch the tape that i am recording to, there is nothing on there as well. The device control is working, because I can capture footage off of the deck, but it seems to not be getting a signal when I am trying to print to tape. I have also tried edit to tape, and I press record on the deck after setting up the sequence and then I play the sequence, and nothing is still recorded onto the tape. For both edit to tape and print to tape, everything is working, but nothing is being recorded onto the tape. I have also tried hooking up my sony camera to be used to record, but that doesn't work either. Any help would be great thanks!
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I have a project which I captured from .mov and want to print to video : dvd. The image shows on the monitor but does not work to capture. The other sequence that is open does run to capture. What's wrong and how do I fix it.
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Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x0000000047AC834E PC=0x0000000000821D3C
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
   Exception state (sv=0x37D2EA00)
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0x00032E98 0x0081AB20 0x0080AC74 0x002E9A80 0x002EB94C 0x0008C248
         0x00029234 0x000233F8 0x000ABEAC 0x5038514E
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         com.apple.GeForce(4.1.8)@0x7ff000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.7)@0x491000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.4.2)@0x5fc000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.4.2)@0x620000
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(4.1.8)@0x636000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
   Exception state (sv=0x37D2EA00)
      previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
   Exception state (sv=0x38A98780)
      PC=0x9000B348; MSR=0x0200F030; DAR=0x01785000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x9000B29C; R1=0xF0202F20; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xFFFF0003): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
      Backtrace:
         0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x000A8204 0x000ABB80
Proceeding back via exception chain:
   Exception state (sv=0x37D2EA00)
      PC=0x00821D3C; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x47AC834E; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00821D24; R1=0x21E23B40; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
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         0x00029234 0x000233F8 0x000ABEAC 0x5038514E
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         com.apple.GeForce(4.1.8)@0x7ff000
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            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.4.2)@0x5fc000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.4.2)@0x620000
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(4.1.8)@0x636000
   Exception state (sv=0x38A98780)
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Memory Module: DIMM1/J22, 512 MB, SDRAM, PC133-333
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Thank you for your reply BDAqua.
Yes I ran short and the Extended Test. All pass. One of the first things I did is Safe Boot several times I also repaired permissions. Safe boot takes no longer than before the crashes and as long as I stay in safe boot mode it won't crash. What does that mean?I also ran MacJanitor and removed the SCCUZI card Apple put in when I bought the G4 as well as an M-Audio Delta 66 card which I do not use (both) anymore. I also started up on an external firewire drive 10.4.6. It also (crashes) does the same thing.
I was hoping somebody understands the crash report I enclosed? Isn't that suppose to say what went wrong?
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