Viewing on external monitor at DVinfo.net

Eric T. Johnson · April 10th, 2007, 09:05 AM

I feel kind of lame asking this question, but I need an answer, so here it is:

I have an HP laptop with an S-Video out. I am running Windows XP. I have Vegas 7 (and am a brand new user). I want to preview my timeline on an external monitor. I've found the button which allows me to do this. When I plug in my external monitor via S-Video, as usual it mimics what is on my laptop. But, I could not get Vegas to preview anything on the monitor. So then I began messing around by 'Extending my Windows desktop on to this monitor'. Once I did that the preview would open and fill the screen...of my laptop. I could not figure out how to get it to fill the screen of the external monitor.

Any suggestions?

Edward Troxel · April 10th, 2007, 09:11 AM

Preview via firewire through a convertor instead. Vegas *can* use a secondary monitor but using firewire will be better than trying to get the S-Video to work.

Steven Davis · April 10th, 2007, 10:47 AM

For whatever reason you can't get Edwards suggestion to work; which would be optimal considering what I'm about to suggest, you could set your desktop to stretch to your secondary monitor, in destop setup, then detach the video monitor from vegas and drag it to the screen that is stretched, probably the far right side of your desktop. I did this the otherday, it was not a pretty display.

But get firewire through a converter to work, it's a much better option.

Seth Bloombaum · April 10th, 2007, 10:50 AM

Also try using a computer monitor, if you have one available. Plug it into the VGA port of your laptop.

Set up as "extend my desktop onto this display" in windows, not "clone".

Select "use windows secondary display" in the preview preferences in Vegas.

John L. Miller · April 10th, 2007, 07:55 PM

Furthermore, if you use Magic bullet or some plugin that requires the GPU of your video card, forget firewire, you will need to use the windows secondary display option. If you said you want the timeline on the external monitor, change your video card option to show your external as the PRIMARY monitor and that will do it. Hope this helps. J

April 10th, 2007, 09:05 AM	#1
Eric T. Johnson New Boot Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 11	Viewing on external monitor I feel kind of lame asking this question, but I need an answer, so here it is: I have an HP laptop with an S-Video out. I am running Windows XP. I have Vegas 7 (and am a brand new user). I want to preview my timeline on an external monitor. I've found the button which allows me to do this. When I plug in my external monitor via S-Video, as usual it mimics what is on my laptop. But, I could not get Vegas to preview anything on the monitor. So then I began messing around by 'Extending my Windows desktop on to this monitor'. Once I did that the preview would open and fill the screen...of my laptop. I could not figure out how to get it to fill the screen of the external monitor. Any suggestions?

April 10th, 2007, 09:11 AM	#2
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Preview via firewire through a convertor instead. Vegas can use a secondary monitor but using firewire will be better than trying to get the S-Video to work. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

April 10th, 2007, 10:47 AM	#3
Steven Davis Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 3,065	For whatever reason you can't get Edwards suggestion to work; which would be optimal considering what I'm about to suggest, you could set your desktop to stretch to your secondary monitor, in destop setup, then detach the video monitor from vegas and drag it to the screen that is stretched, probably the far right side of your desktop. I did this the otherday, it was not a pretty display. But get firewire through a converter to work, it's a much better option. __________________ What happens if I push the 'Red' button?

April 10th, 2007, 10:50 AM	#4
Seth Bloombaum Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,420	Also try using a computer monitor, if you have one available. Plug it into the VGA port of your laptop. Set up as "extend my desktop onto this display" in windows, not "clone". Select "use windows secondary display" in the preview preferences in Vegas.

April 10th, 2007, 07:55 PM	#5
John L. Miller Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Huntington, WV Posts: 260	Furthermore, if you use Magic bullet or some plugin that requires the GPU of your video card, forget firewire, you will need to use the windows secondary display option. If you said you want the timeline on the external monitor, change your video card option to show your external as the PRIMARY monitor and that will do it. Hope this helps. J