Broadcast Monitor wiring

[Todd Gillespie]

The two ways you would normally hook up a broadcast monitor would be to either the ‘output’ of the deck and/or the output of a capture card Aja, Blackmagic, etc.
With a good monitor you would have multiple inputs so you could do both.

Cheers,

Todd at UCSB
Television Production

[Shane Ross]

#8 External Monitor Viewing.

Shane’s Stock Answer #8: External Monitor Viewing

If you are working with DV, this is simple. First connect your computer to a camera or deck via firewire, Then connect the camera/deck to your TV/monitor via RCA or S-Video.

Then start up your camera and TV, then open FCP.

Go to the View Menu, choose > 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 Video”

Technically, 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 A/V DEVICES tab.

If you are working with HDV footage, FCP 6 allows you to view this via firewire, but ONLY as downconverted DV. It won’t look the best, but you can see it. To do this,

If you need to view any format other than DV at full resolution, then you need to look into capture cards. Several standard definition and high definition models are available from http://www.aja.com and http://www.decklink.com. With these options you’ll need a proper monitor to view full broadcast colors, but all models allow for realtime standard definition downconvert, allowing you to view HD on an SD monitor.

The Matrox MXO is another option that is output only, but allows you to view your footage on an Apple Cinema Display at full broadcast quality.

Shane

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[Alan Okey]

Be careful about black level – only the DSR-1500A is switchable between 0 IRE and 7.5 IRE black levels on its analog outputs. If you’re using the DSR-1500 (no “A”), you’ll be getting a black level of 0 IRE on the analog outputs. This means that your footage will appear too dark if you’re using a North American NTSC broadcast monitor.

If you’re using the broadcast monitor for color correction or judging image tonality, this is critical.

Details here:

https://www.signvideo.com/dv-black-level-dvd-7.5-ire-0-ntsc-part-2.htm