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Enabling External Video
I was just e-mailing a friend about options like the Matrox MXO and upcoming
AJA IOHD, and using them for monitoring to an NTSC monitor. He enables External Video in FCP and uses his MBP DVI port to feed an LCD TV without problem. Aside from the obvious color correction issues (the MXO has good calibration tools too, I hear), is there any reason why when I’m on the road I couldn’t be editing HDV on my MBP and hook up directly to a DVI TV (if I find one where I find myself) for non-color-critical NTSC preview?
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No real reason that you “can’t” do it, but the MXO would greatly enhance the monitoring… it will make the signal to the monitor interlaced instead of progressive, as well as fix the gamma differences that connecting directly to the MBP would have. i.e. you can’t setup a DVI TV set and have it show you the “real deal” color without the MXO… or an Io HD of course. The Io HD would give you a ton more options capturing video…. Pro Res is gonna rock I believe, and the Io HD will allow your portable to capture SD or HD flavors of it all day long… The Matrox is an output only box, but certainly has it’s place too.
Jerry
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Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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Thanks Jerry,
In my case, the reason I’m interested is that I’ll be starting to shoot all progressive next week (a JVC HD-200) in HDV. I guess that makes the gamma/color issue the big one.
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Exactly…
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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