Best way to see footage real time in FCP

[high8]

What is the best way to see HD footage real-time on a monitor from FCP. Can I click on footage from the browser and watch it in the viewer real-time? what is the easiest set up for this?

thanks!

[nsoltz]

Not certain what you mean here. If you have imported your P2 footage into FCP (or HDCAM for that matter), you certainly can play in RT anything that does not require rendering. Am I misunderstanding your question? Are you talking about external monitoring?

Ned

[high8]

when I import footage to Final Cut from the P2 card and put it in the capture scratch folder, I would like to be able to view it real time in the "viewer" of Final Cut. I have a SD monitor and a DSR11 deck with FCPRO 5.0.4. It seems that I have to bring footage in the time line and render before I can watch in real time on the external monitor.
does this make sense?

[Shane Ross]

Ooooh.

You can only monitor DV material thru your DSR-11. Uncompressed-8 bit or 10-bit cannot be routed thru firewire. DVCPRO HD can, but you need the appropriate hardware.

You need to route the signal thru a DVCPRO HD deck (AJ-HD1200 or HD1400) to an HD monitor, or have an HD capture card routed to an HD monitor, or HD capture card with SD connections that connect to an SD monitor (like the Kona 2).

[BenB]

If the clip is in your Browser, double click it to open it in the Viewer. This is the most basic skill in FCP. Get the book "Apple Pro Training: Final Cut Pro 5" as fast as you can and start learning. Not to sound harsh, but this is a very super basic question.

Now, the Catpre Scratch Folder is where captures are kept. That is different from Importing footage into FCP. External monitor should show what's in the Viewer. Check your preference settings.

Make sure that all the settings in the Audio/Video preferences are looking right.

[high8]

I think you totally missunderstood my question. but thanks anyway



If the clip is in your Browser, double click it to open it in the Viewer. This is the most basic skill in FCP. Get the book "Apple Pro Training: Final Cut Pro 5" as fast as you can and start learning. Not to sound harsh, but this is a very super basic question.

Now, the Catpre Scratch Folder is where captures are kept. That is different from Importing footage into FCP. External monitor should show what's in the Viewer. Check your preference settings.

Make sure that all the settings in the Audio/Video preferences are looking right.

[BenB]

Have your Audio/Video preferences set right, run it out of the FW cable through a deck or camera into a monitor.

If you want HD monitoring, best, fastest way is to get one of Apple's Cinema Displays that are rated for HD monitoring. Just monitor it there in your Viewer/Canvas.

Still very basic set up issues. There is another very invaluable book for this type of stuff called "Apple Pro Training Seriese: Optimizing Your Final Cut Pro 5 System". I highly recommend it to any professional FCP editor.

[earthling]

Have your Audio/Video preferences set right, run it out of the FW cable through a deck or camera into a monitor.

That's what I thought (hoped for), but this doesn't seem to work with the camera (HVX200), I'm sure it does with a deck, but why not the camera ? I can play the footage and see it on the camera's lcd, but how come I can't see it on the monitor connected to the camera. I can see the footage from the P2 card on the monitor, but as soon as I switch to fcp, the monitor goes dark !

This gives me the impression it is a software limitation (in camera) which could easily be changed. Panasonic, if your listening... Is this done because you're afraid it will hurt the sales of your decks. Come on, those that can afford a deck are still going to buy one, but a lot of us have emptied our savings to buy your wonderful camera. We also have to find a way to deal with P2 cards or Firestore drives and then find a way to archive footage, etc. Don't strip us of an essential feature, please.

Cheers,
Damien