Creative Communities of the World Forums

The peer to peer support community for media production professionals.

Activity › Forums › Blackmagic Design › Video Playback on Broadcast Monitor or Second Display

  • Blackmagic Design

    Video Playback on Broadcast Monitor or Second Display

    Posted by Visionshd on February 6, 2007 at 11:21 pm

    I currently am using FCP 5.1 with a Blackmagic Decklink Pro card and have a Panasonic HD broadcast monitor connected through SDI. My problem is when I try to play back any HDV or HD using my external monitor or even using digital cinema display on my second computer screen it does playback at all. It will show the point in the clip when i press play as static on screen and when i stop playback the new frame it is on will display as a still image on screen. Any insight would be appreciated.

    P.S. It plays back fine when not using the external viewers.

    Thank you
    James Appletyn

    Jeremy Brettingham replied 19 years, 5 months ago 5 Members · 6 Replies
  • 6 Replies

  • Shane Sokolosky

    February 7, 2007 at 12:22 am

    What are you using for your playback settings in FCP?

    Shane Sokolosky
    Circuit Access

    Email – heysomthin@aol.com
    Phone – (714) 599-1611

  • Visionshd

    February 7, 2007 at 2:33 am

    Well it depends on the footage, DVCPROHD seems to playback fine now with adjusting the settings, but what should I use for my settings for HDV since they are 1440x 1080.

    Thanks
    James

  • Kristian Lam

    February 7, 2007 at 4:00 am

    Hi James,

    It’s the same as DVCPRO HD.

    Just choose the settings in the View > Video Playback. e.g. If it’s HDV 1080i60, select “Blackmagic HDTV 1080i 29.97 – 8 Bit (1920 x 1080)”.

    regards

    Kristian Lam
    Blackmagic Design

  • Visionshd

    February 7, 2007 at 5:26 am

    Ok, I will try that out. Thank you for your support.

    James

  • Anthony Dalesandro

    February 27, 2007 at 12:58 am

    James,
    What settings did you finally use to get DVCPRO HD to display on your monitor? Whenever I use the FCP Easy Setup for DVCPRO HD I get an error saying it couldn’t find the source.

    —
    Anthony Dalesandro
    add2@pacbell.net

  • Jeremy Brettingham

    February 27, 2007 at 9:34 am

    Have you checked that the View / External Video / All Frames has not un-checked itself ? I find that happens from time to time.

    J

Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up

We use anonymous cookies to give you the best experience we can.
Our Privacy policy | GDPR Policy