• Avid Media Composer

  New to avid..Previewing on external monitor and computer

  Posted by Doug Bay on April 14, 2006 at 5:22 pm

  Im new to avid.
  I am editing on a

  Windows XP Home with 2ghz intel
  1gig DDR ram
  256 GeForce FX550
  Exporting video via firewire to the Datavideo DAC-100

  I understand these specs may suck while editing on Avid Xpress HD 5.
  Here is the question: When I edit I can play the timeline on my external monitor but it does now show up on the composer window. When I scrub I can see it on both. I would like to preview the video on both External Monitor and the Project screen.

  I am editind full quality DV.
  Is there a setting I missed, or is my computer have too low specs?

  Chaz Shukat replied 20 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Jon Zanone

  April 15, 2006 at 4:10 pm

  The thing that jumps out at me is your OS – Avid is certified to run on Windows XP w/ SP2. There have been numerous problems with XP Home…

  Jon
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  Doug Bay

  April 25, 2006 at 6:23 pm

  I have SP2 on home. But Its not Pro. Will this make a diffrence?
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  Chaz Shukat

  April 30, 2006 at 1:22 pm

  I’m probably going to show my ignorance here more than help, but, I don’t know how you are getting video out to a monitor in the first place without a Mojo. Is that not what’s needed?

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