Shane - DVCProHD Out To Second Monitor

Can I do this without a card?
Two monitors with the canvas being sent to a second monitor while working with DVCProHD footage?
Anybody else?

Yes, what Brian said.
You can use DIGITAL CINEMA PREVIEW to send the signal to the second monitor (I do this often...helps find things in the corners like telephone wires and camera men that really didn't exist in 1848). But, as Brian said, this is not good for color correction. Just consider it a client monitor...like having a TV in your bay for the client to look at. You can generally see what your footage looks like, but you cannot color correct to it.
And I noticed that the weird horizontal lines that I get in the canvas when I play back the HD footage (this is similiar to the fuzzyness your observe when playing back DV) is also present in the large monitor when I play back.
Now out thru my Decklink thru the AJA HDP to the Dell...that is a different story. Still not really ideal for broadcast CC, but good for non-broadcast stuff. According to my HD engineer.
Shane

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    I recently bought this card and it worked well for about a month. I woke up one morning to see my second monitor having turned black. There appears to be a signal of some sort since I don't get the "no signal/input" message, but there's no response no matter what I try. I went back to the shop and they confirmed the same error which was then believed to be a broken secondary DVI port. They tested a new card and found it to be working, but I got the same black screen when I came home and plugged it in.
    I'm using a 24'' BenQ G2400WD and a Samsung SyncMaster 173T. As they worked well together for about a month and did so on my old 9800GT as well I have no reason to expect the actual monitors to be the cause. They both work fine on DVI 1, but none of them do on DVI 2.
    I'm currently sitting with my second card and have tried the following things:
    - clean install of new drivers
    - uninstalling the last windows updates before the second DVI port stopped working (and then doing a clean install of drivers)
    - confirmed that both monitors work on the other port
    I've talked to the shop again and they told me they got the card I handed in to work by making sure it was properly connected. I've made sure of this myself as well of course, but without any luck. The guys at this place are known for being good at what they do so I have no reason to suspect that they overlooked anything obvious. The fact that they've gotten both cards to work at their place puzzles me a bit.
    My current theory is either a bad batch of cards or some sort of windows update breaking dual screen support. I would expect to have heard about it if it was a windows issue, but both cases might be underreported given that most people only use one monitor. I filled in relevant information in my signature to the best of my knowledge. Please let me know if I've missed something and I'll try to figure it out.
    Any help appreciated

    OK, I will let you know. First update:
    Vendor has already given me a RMA number(less than 2 hours). The VGA card should hopefully be in the snail mail process tomorrow.
    One weird thing, my RMA was degraded from replace to repair. Not quite sure about that one? Not sure if that means that it will be replaced or sent to MSI from vendor for repair/or vendor will attempt repair? Only time will tell, I guess. The only great thing is that just one of these 4890 Cyclone OC cards beats out a single 3870x2 vga card hands down. And thanks to this forum, I was taking some time to read up on this forum. I must say I am impressed, keep up the good work moderators and MSI. Thanks and will keep you updated. Special thanks to Svet.

  • Second monitor displays weird colors

    Hi there,
    Yesterday I bought a Displayport to HDMI adapter (Mini DisplayPort Male - HDMI female) for my MacBook Pro 15" (Late 2011 version). I use this to connect my MacBook Pro to my Philips 32" television. Everything has been set up (I've adjusted the resolution of the TV to 1080p and put my refresh rate to 50 hz since my TV doesn't support 60 hz). But once in every 5 - 15 minutes or so, my screen turns green for a brief second and suddenly my background or whatever is on my second monitor turns in to weird colors. Sometimes it takes about 2 or 3 seconds and it switches back to how it normally was, but sometimes it takes way longer. I don't mirror my screen, I use it as a second display. But I can't figure out why the screen it switching betweens there colors and don't know how to fix it. I've looked it up on the internet, but couldn't find anything useful. So I hope you guys could help me with this.
    Thanks in advance.

    Bump.

  • 24" Intel iMac with Samsung T220 as second monitor

    Hello!
    Recently got an iMac with a Radeon 4850 video card which I am generally very pleased with, however..
    Before I got it I used a Samsung T220 as my main monitor which provided a crisp and colourful display. When I got the iMac I decided to use it as a second monitor so ordered a miniDisplay port to DVI adaptor.
    Now the issue is that while it appears to be allowing the T220 to output to it's maximum resolution (1680 x 1050) the picture still appears to be blurry. On top of this the colours appear washed out and the contrast (20,000:1) seems very low compared to when I used the monitor with my PC.
    I've spent hours attempting to calibrate the monitor and playing around with colours and settings. I am using the DVI-D cable supplied with the Samsung.
    Any thoughts? Do I need to update any drivers or software or is it something more fundamental.

    Some display settings are stored in PRAM, so if you have not done so already, try resetting PRAM
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
    If there is a reset button on the display (often a recessed button), or a reset-to-default command in the display's on-screen menu, try using that as well.
    There was one firmware update involving that video card
    http://support.apple.com/downloads/iMac_EFI_Firmware_Update_14
    It may already be installed. You can check your current Boot ROM Version by running System Profiler and selecting Hardware in the sidebar.

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