I know my monitor doesn’t support 23.98. In FCP 7,1080p 23.98…FCP 7 was able to send out a 1080i 29.97 signal. Then the signal going from FCP to the IO device would be 29.97. The View>Video Playback was where you changed this. And you could change it to 720p 59.94 if you wanted, and the 1080p 23.98 signal would be converted by FCP to 720p 59.94. FCP did that, not the IO devices. Same with Media Composer.
Adobe Premiere, I can view 23.98 playback out to my monitor as long as footage is in the timeline. But footage directly from the project window then dragged/double clicked to the source monitor, I lose video playback sync on my monitor.
Is this a Premiere limitation? BMD limitation? Both? Does Premiere have the capability as FCP7/MC of outputting a 1080i 29.97 signal in software or does it rely on the I/O card for this? If there’s a way in Premiere, please let me know what settings I might have incorrectly(Kevin M, your thoughts?) If Premiere relies on the I/O card, and is a BMD limitation, I would like to know and move on to Matrox or AJA. Thanks again all!