Exporting To Tape(DV)

[Shane Ross]

#8 External Monitor Viewing.

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

Shane

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[Dan Cooper]

That answers another query not yet written. Cheers!

What i need to know though, is how to record/copy the video from my project onto DV Tape?

Thanks,
Dan

[Shane Ross]

Hook up everything as I described. You should then see an image on your camera’s viewfinder. Put in a tape….press record…press play on your timeline.

Or go FILE>EXPORT>PRINT TO VIDEO.

Time to read those manuals, or at LEAST look at the tutorials. This is very basic stuff…

Shane

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[Dan Cooper]

Hi Shane,

I have done all of the above, but there must be something not right because no image appears on the camcorder or deck when recorded (audio does however).

I can view the an image when i go View>External Video>Current frame, but not when I select >External Video>All Frames, or when i open the Edit to Tape window.

Thanks for the time, I really appreciate it

[Shane Ross]

What are your sequence settings? What format are you trying to output? What option is chosen under VIDEO PLAYBACK?

Shane

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[Dan Cooper]

Good news on the video front… in the playback output settings i took off mirror on desktop checkbox, so now i can see and record video on the camera/tape.

The only problem now is that after it starts to record for awhile, it pauses and says it drops frames. I have a 2.3 duel G5 w/ 2gig ram, so that shouldn’t be the issue.

FCP specs are:

Output format = DV Tape

Sequence settings:
– frame size = 720 x 576 PAL CCIR601
– Quicktime compression = none

Playback settings are:
– unlimited RT
– Video Quality = Dynamic
– Pulldown Pattern 2:3:2:3
– Record Quality = Full

Any idea?

[Aysern]

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