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January 21st, 2007, 06:29 AM | #1 |
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FCP & external monitor
Sorry if this shows me up to be a technophile, but while I know my camera & shooting I really struggle with computer issues.
I'm cutting on FCP on an iMac. Shooting on a Z1. My old setup was Pinnacle Liquid on a PC & a PD 150. When I had the 150 connected via firewire to the PC, it provided a 2-way feed. IE: When connected I could play in tape from the camera to the edit system, and when I was playing footage in the timeline the picture appeared on the LCD of the cam. I used to then connect the camera to an external monitor, thereby getting a nice full screen version of the timeline footage instead of being limited to the on-screen viewing window. Now I'm trying the same thing with my Z1 and FCP. Firewire from Z1 to the mac, then S-Video from the Z1 to a sony monitor - but no image coming back to the cam from the computer. Is there anything obvious I'm missing? Perhaps in FCP / mac settings? Any ideas greatly appreciated. Marco
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January 21st, 2007, 07:44 AM | #2 |
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Marco - just a quick gut-reaction check: you're NOT trying to do this with HDV footage are you? That will not work - HDV footage will NOT come out of the Mac's Firewire port in realtime from your timeline.
This is all standard definition DV, right?
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January 21st, 2007, 08:45 AM | #3 |
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You'll need another monitor solution for HD in general.
The cheapest and worst: Buy an Apple 23" and connect through DVI Use FCP "digital Cinema Desktop for preview As you're on an iMac, I'm not familiar with a way you can get a HD-SDI signal out of the box, but if there is, the cheapest way from there would probably be a HD-Link to an Apple Cinema Display 23" Better still: Get an HD-SDI capable calibrated broadcast monitor like the Panasonic 17" Gunleik
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January 21st, 2007, 10:36 AM | #4 |
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In another thread where I had a similar question, Matrox MXO was mentioned. THis is a really handy device that will take the HD output either to DVI, composite, or component video to SD output. A cheap option for previewing HD if you're not actually delivering HD just yet. Worth a look...
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...ughType=search |
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Hi Marco! Instead of covering old ground again, please see the following:
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=83917 http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=84129 http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=82391 |
January 22nd, 2007, 10:35 AM | #6 |
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Thanks all
Thanks for all the replies.
No WAY am I trying this with HDV - just good ol' SD material. Boyd - sorry if I'm repeating. I think the links you directed me to all deal with HDV or more complex DV issues. I'm having what I think is a very simple problem where the solution may be staring me in the face. Perhaps it's a Z1 setting? Either way, my SD firewire doesn't seem to be 2 way enabled. If, however, the answer does lie in those other links, then apologies. The fact that I can't see it shows I should probably enroll in a computer evening class or something.
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OK, I thought you were using HDV. With the Z1 in VCR mode, check to be sure it's set for DV and not HDV. It should work, have done it myself a number of times.
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January 22nd, 2007, 01:28 PM | #8 |
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What about the Black Magic Intensity HDMI card to an external monitor with a HDMI connection?
Seems that for $250 that would be the cheapest and best i/o. Has anyone tried it? (edit: I see that he isn't using HDV footage.) |
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