Quality of video on 23″ cinema display not all that…..

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Quality of video on 23″ cinema display not all that…..

Posted by Dave Sullivan on October 20, 2005 at 2:26 am

Hi all,

I’ve just started using my 23″ cinema display to give me a full screen preview of the project I’m working on, and I’m a bit disappointed with the quality of the image.
I thought the 23″ monitor was HD, therefore the quality of the image played back from the timeline should be better than a dvd copy of the footage played back on my plasma TV, am I right saying this?
I’m thinking about connecting my 21″ JVC broadcast monitor to my G5, but I’m not to sure how to do it,(using the 21″ JVC to view the footage on the timeline).
I’ve got a DSR-25 deck, can I view the footage on my FCP timeline through my DV deck? If I can that would be ace.

Cheers in advance

Dave

Dave Sullivan replied 20 years, 6 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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Mark Raudonis
October 20, 2005 at 2:45 am

Dave,

What kind of signal are you sending to the cinema display? SD? HD?

We’ve used the Cinema display in conjunction with the Black Magic box to convert an HD signal for viewing. The results were quite good.

Don’t know what you’re talking about.

Mark
Shane Ross
October 20, 2005 at 2:49 am

[Dave Sullivan] “can I view the footage on my FCP timeline through my DV deck? If I can that would be ace”

Yes you can:

#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

For all the stock answers, click on this link:
https://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?50@941.OTrRaOS9SEl.0@.68a3b883
Chris Babbitt
October 20, 2005 at 3:25 am

First of all, assuming you are viewing an SD image, the resolution is only 720×480, so if you are viewing it full-screen, you are blowing it up to about four times it’s size. Secondly, you are viewing an interlaced NTSC image on a non-interlaced RGB monitor. For best results, you should view on an external NTSC monitor.
Dave Sullivan
October 21, 2005 at 8:05 pm

Hello all,

Many thanks indeed for your responces. I’m trying to view SD PAL footage full screen, so I now realise why the footage is looking a bit ropey.
Shane, many thanks for your advice, I’ll try out the advice you gave me in the morning.

All the best, have a great weekend

Dave

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