• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  viewing output

  Posted by Ajay Brar on June 16, 2010 at 1:30 am

  Hi,

  I do not have a broadcast monitor (I know!) so what I do at the moment when I want to test some footage (and see how it would appear on a television) is export to QT and then play with back on my computer but hook that up to a television via a mini-DVI to S-Video adaptor. The tele does not have DVI in.
  Its better and more reliable than viewing in Final Cut.

  I realise this is not a very good setup. But I want to know what the video (HDV, edited in AIC and exported in that)looks like on a tele – viewing on my dual monitor doesn’t provide the info.

  This will sound dumb but how different is this from burning on a DVD and playing back on a DVD player? If I export as AIC and burn that on a DVD, its the same quality right?

  The only thing I can think of is resolution?

  I realise this isn’t directly fcp related but didn’t see a forum for video professionals.

  thanks

  Bret Williams replied 15 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Bret Williams

  June 16, 2010 at 6:40 am

  You’d be better off getting a cheap in/output solution like matrox or decklink. The gamma you’re getting from the minidvi isn’t going to be right and you won’t get interlacing. If you have a dv camcorder use it as an output monitoring device.

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