Edit to video

[Shane Ross]

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
Video playback should be Apple firewire NTSC (If you are using an NTSC set)
Audio playback should be Audio follows Video

Techinially, 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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[Michael Calvino]

actually its fine for editing.
Just when I use “edit to tape” function it cues up and starts recording
but only audio is outputted to tape.

confusing.

[Doug Olin]

You have selected insert video and audio on the little icons in the lower right corner of the edit to tape window, I presume. Can you see the video when the machine is patched to the output of the FCP video? Could the machine be in the wrong input or not have video patched to it?

What type of machine are you using & what video IO for FCP?

Doug Olin
Pensacola Christian College

G5 DP 2.0, 2 GB RAM, FCP HD, IO, OS 10.3.9, Medea RT3X 1200 GB