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New to AVID… Setting up an external monitor…
Hi.
Just testing MC 7. We have a JVC LCD monitor besides the two computer monitors in our system.
It is SDI-hooked and works just fine in apps like FCP and Resolve. From what I understand you had to have special hardware from AVID to get external output in earlier versions, but it this not available nowadays?
I cannot find any information or logical way to activate playback on the external monitor through MC.
We have a Black Magic Decklink Studio 2 card for the monitor.
Any help is appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Johan
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8 Replies
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Third party hardware for video I/O has been around since v6. I am sure there is something in the documentation that explains SDI monitoring setup. Also know that the button in the timeline toolbar for turning ON/OFF external monitoring also works with third party hardware, so make sure that is active as well. In MC, go to TOOLS menu and hardware I believe and see what settings you have access to.
Michael
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Many thanks for your reply Michael, I’ll look into it.
Kind Regards,
Johan
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It’s possible you don’t have the latest Blackmagic drivers installed for your Decklink Studio 2 card. Avid has been supported for this card for several years now, but I suppose its possible you never updated if everything was working well for you,
As a former owner of the Decklink Studio 2, I would have to honestly say editing performance was not great with this card with Avid. Trimming was sluggish and there were other annoying performance issues. I eventually sold it and switched to an AJA Kona and everything works as expected. Unfortunately, with Resolve you are kind of stuck with Blackmagic. Perhaps their newer cards perform better with Avid.
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Download the latest Desktop Video from blackmagic. You will find it in the support section under the card you own.
Set it up to handle what ever format you are working with in in the preferences settings. Within Avid there is a shortcut to these preferences as well…video output tool? or hardware output tool? something like that.
Glenn
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Many thanks guys. I’ll check out those updates. As for changing to AJA, I’d rather keep Resolve though.
Kind Regards,
Johan
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dont use the latest driver !! 10.0 and 10.1 are screwed with Avid.
9.9.3 is the best working driver black magic has put out in regards to Media Composer.
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+1
Richard Boghosian
Bogh AV ProductionsAVID 7.03 MacPro late 2013 D-700 OS 10.9.2 32Gb ram BMD Ultra 4K
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Changing to driver 9.9.3 fixed the problem. Didn’t even need to go to any setup within MC.
Many thanks!
Btw, how do I see which current BM driver I have installed? Didn’t find that info anywhere…
Once again, thanks.
Kind Regards,
Johan
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