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External monitor question
I’m in the process of building a new system specifically to run Vegas Pro 10/11. Ideally, I want a dual monitor set-up plus a separate client monitor.
Right now, my build list includes a PNY Quadro 4000 video card and a Blackmagic Intensity Pro capture card. Will those components support three monitors (2x computer monitors + 1x TV with HDMI/Component inputs)?
If so, how is the client monitor utilized by the Blackmagic card? (What shows up on it?) Is it a mirror of the second monitor or does it act as a separate, third monitor?
Is it possible for Vegas to display preview video on BOTH a computer screen and the external monitor (in sync)? Is it as simple as toggling the “preview on external monitor” button on/off?
Karl Soehnlein
Reel Wave Media, LLC
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I built an i7 with an Intensity Shuttle,it’s USB 3 and has a few different capture settings but should otherwise work the same as your Intensity Pro card. Vegas 10 does allow you to use it as an external preview monitor, at the setting your Vegas preview monitor is set to, meaning it only shows what your preview window shows, capturing and playing back. You cannot use the Intensity Pro as a Windows external monitor though. At the time I built this PC, I only had an HDV camera, which makes an .m2t compressed file. So I got the Shuttle and capture component from it as Motion JPEG AVI with Media Express, the software that comes with the Intensity products. This is a better format as I bypass the .m2t compression captured via firewire and capture straight from the camera imager. I can capture through my shuttle with Vegas Pro 10 but only as HD422 mxf or 8+bit YUV AVI which requires a raid array. If your capturing with the Intensity, I would use Media Express, which capture and playback come out of all the Intensity video outputs. Why are you using the Intensity card? If it’s for preview only, there are video cards that support three monitors. But as to your questions, yes you can have three monitors with your system in Vegas. Hope this helps, Danny Hays
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Thanks, Danny. I plan on using the Intensity card for both capturing and previewing. I think it should do the job well.
Best,
Karl Soehnlein
Reel Wave Media, LLC
http://www.reelwavemedia.com
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