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seeing editing on external TV
I have heard that you can watch what you are editing on an external TV by going through an IEEE 1394 cable to a mini-DV camera and from there out to a TV. I have tried this, but cannot see anything on my TV but a blue screen. I have gone into Playback Settings and chosen “Play Video on DV Hardware.” I turned on my camera and set it to VTR, and ran an RCA cable to my TV and chosen the correct input on the TV. Am I missing some settings?
I can use my matrox breakout box for a matrox project, but want to also see non-matrox projects on my TV.
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It is a little finicky but I do it with a canopus box… .firewire out of the computer…. into canopus AD converter box… then RCA analog from Canopus AD box into TV.
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Does you camera accept IEEE 1394 in, and does it have a setting to select input IEEE 1394 or composite ..?
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Yes, it accepts IEEE 1394 in (automatically). I have occasionally recorded to tape from the Premiere timeline with no problem, using this camera (Sony TRV-900 — mini-DV) There is no “either/or” setting or button for the IEEE 1394 and composite functions — they work independently of each other.
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Hi,
That should work. Disconnect the tv and try again. Why dont you purchase a simple graphic card with tv out. Nvidias are very cheap. Purchase one with 1vga out and 1tv out or if you can afford dual dvi plus tv out like 6600 or G550 from matrox.
It’s very difficult to edit while monitoring on tv out through dv because the dv out is delayed about 2-3 secs. So your timeline and internal monitor will be out of sync. When you press space bar to stop the video will actually stop 2-3 secs late. This make it difficult to edit and choose out points.good luck
sameer shrivastava -
Hi,
Have you tried putting a tape in your cam and press rec+pause.
good luck
sameer -
Yes, I did try this, but nothing.
I just checked something — nothing shows up on my camera when I use Premiere’s setup for “export to tape”. The camera is not engged and nothing shows on the LCD. I just realized something. The only way I have ever gone out to my camera was with a Matrox project (which uses a different interface than Premiere’s “export to tape” interface). I have never used Premiere’s own system before. I wonder if somehow Matrox’s software/hardware circumvent Premiere somehow…
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Are you editing an HDV project? because HDV won’t output over firewire real-time. Also, is there a picture on your camera’s lcd, because if there isn’t then that means that there is a problem with your first connection. If you can see the timeline video on the lcd, then your tv out function on your camera isn’t working.
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No, I’m not using HDV.
I would really like to hear from someone who is using Matrox’s RT-X100 system (which I am using). My theory is that somehow Matrox’s hardware/software is hindering me from going out on IEEE 1394.
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I owned one for 3 years. just sold it. Firewire out would work if I changed the output settings in my video settings to output firewire. Are you trying to get a non-matrox project to export through matrox’s firewire? I don’t think that will work.
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Dude — that may be the problem. I’ll check it out.
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