Composite monitoring

[Boioboi]

Hi Richard,
I’m not exactly shure about the hd pro as I’m using DL Extreme, but probably it’s pretty the same. For analog output your possibilities are to go component (3 bnc-connectors) or composite (all information on 1 bnc connector). S-video isn’t possible. So probably you will have to use the composite output.

additionally if your tv-set doesn’t have composite inputs (the yellow chinch connectors) you will need 2 cheap adapters. one which is bnc-male-2-chinch-male, and one chinch-2-scart.

if you’re not shure which connector on your decklink is used for composite output, check out the connection-diagramm pdf which is downloadable at blackmagic-design’s website. if I remember correctly it should be the Y-connector. (There should be a option in your DL control panel to choose between Composite and Component Output, Sorry I’m on the Windows side, so I don’t know exacty where you have to look for at the mac…)

I hope this makes sense to you…
andreas

[Craig Thomas]

Not sure if you were asking about what type of consumer set to use.
I just finished a job cutting with FCP and DVCPro HD 720p. I used a Sony wega XBR960 crt HD television. It worked great. It is by far the best consumer HD on the market. It cost about $1,900 USD.
Hope this helps

[Richard Webb]

Thanks guys

I’ve come to the conclusion that the reason I can’t get it to work is that I’m using a standard PAL domestic TV (i.e. not an HD set – I’m not even sure you can get those in the UK). What I get is single frames (like you get when you don’t have All Frames set in External Video) but no moving picture. When I tried the same set-up with a DV-PAL sequence rather than a DVCPRO HD sequence it worked fine. So it’s HD on a normal TV that doesn’t work.

Forgive me if you all knew that anyway.

Richard Webb
Shotgun Productions
London UK