HOOKING UP A REFERENCE MONITOR TO G5/FCP4?

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HOW DO I HOOK UP VIDEO REFERENCE MONITOR TO G5 RUNNING FCP4?

I think this is a simple question, hope y'all can help! I'm trying to rig my system so I can watch my footage on a standalone reference monitor while I edit. Any ideas on a good affordable solution? Considering the following equipment I intend to use (1) is it possible? (2) what will I need?, i.e. in the way of videocard, etc, to do this?

> G5, running FCP4
> APPLE STUDIO DISPLAY (Model: M7768, links on monitor are below)
It has DVI video/power cable

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dllViewItem&item=5123935463&category=81686

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43128

Any thoughts are greatly appreciated and will make my work a lot easier and more enjoyable.

Thanks in advance!!

Jesse
 
Re: HOOKING UP A REFERENCE MONITOR TO G5/FCP4?

If you are just working with DV footage, then you can hook up your camera or deck (via firewire) to the S-Video in of an NTSC monitor.  This only requires a S-Video cable for video and stereo RCA for sound.   Select the DV NTSC out in the VIEW menu of FCP4.
This works really well, but if you have a professional studio monitor with YRB or SDI inputs, the Blackmagic Decklink series of cards will throughput DV codec.

Tim
 
Re: HOOKING UP A REFERENCE MONITOR TO G5/FCP4?

Perhaps this is a silly question. If ultimately your footage will be printed to film is an ntsc monitor necessary or useful?

In other words, is a standard apple wide-screen lcd enough to edit a feature film shot on a dvx?
 
Re: HOOKING UP A REFERENCE MONITOR TO G5/FCP4?

[quote author=Deron Bauman link=board=FCP;num=1095745749;start=0#2 date=09/21/04 at 16:37:44]Perhaps this is a silly question. If ultimately your footage will be printed to film is an ntsc monitor necessary or useful? [/quote]

Not necessary, but it is very useful in judging critical focus of your shots (very important for blow-ups), correct pulldown removal, and the temporal "flow" of your edit. I find that the LCD Cinema Display can sometimes be misleading - especially if there is a cadence issue with pulldown. Everything looks good on the LCD display, but an NTSC monitor will help you flag potential problems.

The other thing I like to do when cutting something that will be eventually presented on a large screen, is to sit very close to a large TV and roll the final edit. You may find that certain edits don't work well in a large screen presentation. Sometimes close-ups that look great on your computer monitor are just "too close for comfort" on the big screen.
 
Re: HOOKING UP A REFERENCE MONITOR TO G5/FCP4?

Thank you. Can you recommend a good ntsc monitor? Pardon my ignorance, but what's the difference between an ntsc monitor and my sony wega for instance?
 
Re: HOOKING UP A REFERENCE MONITOR TO G5/FCP4?

You're in North America, so all standard TVs are NTSC.    29.97 frames per second, 525 lines of resolution.    Your Sony Wega is NTSC. Wegas actually make pretty good home studio monitors for DV if you use the S-video connector from your camera/deck.

TV standards vary around the world, but the most prevalent outside of North America & Japan is PAL.

Check out this link:  http://kropla.com/tv.htm

Tim
 
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