-
External monitor via firewire
I’ve always used this Canopus ADVC-100 to preview Vegas on a CRT monitor, and lately its bothering me that there’s a slight video lag. Feels like maybe half a second, but when you run into a project that involved syncing audio cues its less than ideal. I’ve just always assumed that its normal for the firewire to lag a little since it has to pass through the converter box, but I’m wondering if between everyone else’s experience there might be a better solution?
Do you all use faster devices that can pass a signal with no delay, or is everyone in the same boat as me and just not bothered by it? At home I can use my hdtv’s dvi input to have vegas just preview on a second monitor, but the office I work at is a little behind the times when it comes to hdtv. -
8 Replies
-
Did you recently update to a newer version of Vegas?
The reason I’m asking is that, after upgrading to Vegas 7, I noticed a susbstantial video lag on my external monitor.
I don’t use a Canopus box like you do.
My computer is hooked up to a JVC dual miniDV/SVHS deck.
The analog out of this machine feeds my 15″ JVC monitor.
My solution was to adjust the sync offset.
Go “Option – Prefs – Preview Device” and adjust the “Sync Offset (frames)” slider.
On Vegas 6 on my machine, it was set to 4 frames.
With Vegas 7, I had to set it to 12 frames (the max) to get things back to normal.
See if this solution works for you. -
I don’t know why it never occurred to me that could be fixed in software. The sweet spot for me seems to be 8 frames. Thanks for the help!
-
Glad to hear that it worked for you!!
I got used to watching it on the Preview monitor until I stumbled across mention of this method on a Vegas forum somewhere. Sure glad I did 🙂 -
Hi Mike. I am using the same JVC set up as you. Computer–>firewire–>JVC deck–>S-video–>HDTV monitor.
I have not edited any HD only SD. Does this setup output HD?
Do I need something else for HD preview?Charlie
-
Charlie, like you, I have yet to do any HD.
Our current setup (yours & mine) isn’t capable of displaying HD because most of the components are only SD-capable.As I recall (and someone please correct me if I’m wrong), the way most folks are getting an HD signal to a monitor is by using the “Windows Secondary Display” feature that’s a part of Vegas.
You’ll need a graphics card capable of handling the necessary resolution. -
hi,
I have just installed Geforce 6 6200 pci graphics card to my dell dimension 2400. I have both monitors working but cannot preview on external monitor in sony vegas even though I have played around with the ‘preview device preferences’
Any suggestions?
Kind Regards
-
And you pressed the “television icon” on top of the preview window?
Theo
-
Had the exact same problem with the 6200 card and vegas 8. Installed vegas 9 and voila, problem solved. Seems the update solves some glitches with secondary display previewing and certain cards
Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up