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Glen Elliott · May 5th, 2003, 05:07 AM

After several years of editing with my Pinnacle DV500 "real-time" capture card I'm thinking about ditching it. The only thing I will miss if the fact it has a break-out-box that I can connect to an editing monitor. My question is, if I decided to ditch the DV500 and just edit via software without hardware NLE support. Is there still a way to connect an editing monitor. Sure I know some video cards have an output but that'll ouput the entire desktop and not just my "program" view of my timeline. How do you guys do it? Thanks in advance!

Adrian Douglas · May 5th, 2003, 05:14 AM

Matrox have a card that will connect to a TV/monitor and only display your preview window. The card is called the Parhelia and comes in a either 128MB or 256MB version

Richard Alvarez · May 5th, 2003, 05:35 AM

The Parahelia is a good solution. Otherwise, depending on your NLE, you might want to look into a Canopus advc100. THis is a transcoder. It converts analog to digital and vice-versa, while sending a signal to your tv/monitor. Costs about 285 bucks.

Rob Lohman · May 5th, 2003, 06:30 AM

Another possibility is to leave your camera attached through
firewire and on and connect your monitor to the analog output
of your camera.

Glen Elliott · May 5th, 2003, 07:42 AM

Well currently I'm using a 13" Television as my "editing monitor"....a far cry from a real-deal NTSC Editing Monitor. What's the benefit of a true NTSC monitor- color calibration? If I were to invest in a true editing monitor are there any special connections I should take into account or do they connect the same way a television would with A/V cables? Lastly with editing monitors do you run the same risk you do with televisions- ie Having them too close to your CRT disrupts it and causes interference due to the two refresh of both the CRT and Television?....or is it that much different from a Television that you could have your editing monitor butt up against the side of your CRT and have no interference.

Garret Ambrosio · May 6th, 2003, 07:22 PM

The Parahelia I think has the most monitor support in a PC graphics card out in the market at 3. It is also not too expensive. If you want the monitor support and don't care much about your DX9 performance this card would be ideal. I saw on a a computer show for $330, I think it lists for $500.

Glen Elliott · May 7th, 2003, 08:30 AM

So the Parhelia only outputs the timeline (project) view and not the entire screen?! Dare I ask how it does this?! And does it work with multible NLEs? I'm using Premiere.

I really should build a second computer- I have a gaming/editing computer. So my videocard etc is geared towards gaming (Gforce 4 ti 4600). I do have the DV500 capture semi"real-time" card. But I'm thinking it might be the actuall reason for some of premiere's quirkiness at times. When I do some weird stuff with footage, ie reverse motion (-100%) then repeat it with a bunch of virtua clips it doesn't play right. Granted there aren't many times, if any, I need a clip to be played in reverse and repeated via virtua clips on the timeline- but I'd like to know I can without Premeire acting buggy.

May 5th, 2003, 05:07 AM	#1
Glen Elliott Wrangler Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 2,898	Maybe a newbie question but...... After several years of editing with my Pinnacle DV500 "real-time" capture card I'm thinking about ditching it. The only thing I will miss if the fact it has a break-out-box that I can connect to an editing monitor. My question is, if I decided to ditch the DV500 and just edit via software without hardware NLE support. Is there still a way to connect an editing monitor. Sure I know some video cards have an output but that'll ouput the entire desktop and not just my "program" view of my timeline. How do you guys do it? Thanks in advance!

May 5th, 2003, 05:14 AM	#2
Adrian Douglas Trustee Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Chigasaki, Japan. Posts: 1,660	Matrox have a card that will connect to a TV/monitor and only display your preview window. The card is called the Parhelia and comes in a either 128MB or 256MB version __________________ Adrian DVInfo.net Search for quick answers Where to buy? From the best in the business...DVInfo.net sponsors

May 5th, 2003, 06:30 AM	#4
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Another possibility is to leave your camera attached through firewire and on and connect your monitor to the analog output of your camera. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

May 6th, 2003, 07:22 PM	#6
Garret Ambrosio Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Vallejo, CA Posts: 263	The Parahelia I think has the most monitor support in a PC graphics card out in the market at 3. It is also not too expensive. If you want the monitor support and don't care much about your DX9 performance this card would be ideal. I saw on a a computer show for $330, I think it lists for $500. __________________ "USA Today has come out with a new survey - apparently, three out of every four people make up 75% of the population." -David Letterman

May 5th, 2003, 05:35 AM	#3
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	The Parahelia is a good solution. Otherwise, depending on your NLE, you might want to look into a Canopus advc100. THis is a transcoder. It converts analog to digital and vice-versa, while sending a signal to your tv/monitor. Costs about 285 bucks.

May 5th, 2003, 07:42 AM	#5
Glen Elliott Wrangler Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 2,898	Well currently I'm using a 13" Television as my "editing monitor"....a far cry from a real-deal NTSC Editing Monitor. What's the benefit of a true NTSC monitor- color calibration? If I were to invest in a true editing monitor are there any special connections I should take into account or do they connect the same way a television would with A/V cables? Lastly with editing monitors do you run the same risk you do with televisions- ie Having them too close to your CRT disrupts it and causes interference due to the two refresh of both the CRT and Television?....or is it that much different from a Television that you could have your editing monitor butt up against the side of your CRT and have no interference.

May 7th, 2003, 08:30 AM	#7
Glen Elliott Wrangler Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 2,898	So the Parhelia only outputs the timeline (project) view and not the entire screen?! Dare I ask how it does this?! And does it work with multible NLEs? I'm using Premiere. I really should build a second computer- I have a gaming/editing computer. So my videocard etc is geared towards gaming (Gforce 4 ti 4600). I do have the DV500 capture semi"real-time" card. But I'm thinking it might be the actuall reason for some of premiere's quirkiness at times. When I do some weird stuff with footage, ie reverse motion (-100%) then repeat it with a bunch of virtua clips it doesn't play right. Granted there aren't many times, if any, I need a clip to be played in reverse and repeated via virtua clips on the timeline- but I'd like to know I can without Premeire acting buggy.