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viewing monitor
how do i connect a viewing monitor to my G5 so that whatever i play on my timeline, is shown on my viewing monitor without having to drag the canvas screen onto the viewing monitor. is there a setting that i need to apply?
what i have at the moment is a viewing monitor that works, but i cant see my output from my timelineplz help
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Steve Eisen
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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
VIEW>Video playback should be Apple firewire NTSC (If you are using an NTSC set)
VIEW>Audio playback should be Audio follows VideoTechinially, 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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The answers you’ve already been given are correct for an external reference monitor – but from the way you phrased your question it seems like to me you were asking about monitoring on a second display (you said instead of dragging your canvas into the window, and you generally don’t do that with an external ref monitor).
So I’m going to answer the question as I understood it – and the answer is pretty easy. In Final Cut, go to View > Video Playback > Digital Cinema Desktop. If you have 2 monitors hooked up to your mac, you’ll see 4 options. You can choose which screen the image gets played back on as well as the sizing of the image. After you’ve made that selection, just turn on video for all frames (CMD+F12 or View > External Video > All Frames) and you’re set.
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Paul Escandon
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