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Zac Stein · December 8th, 2002, 08:50 AM

Heya All,

I am a vegas video user, what is the most usual way to output my preview footage onto a tv monitor.

I know i can use my camera as a DAC via the firewire port, but that seems cumbersome, is there another way.

Are there firewire breakout boxes with DAC's built in?

I am really not sure, as there are no hardware cards designed for vegas video.

Well anyways thanx for the help

kermie

Richard Alvarez · December 8th, 2002, 01:38 PM

Look inot the canopus advc100. Might be what you want.

Edward Troxel · December 9th, 2002, 01:15 PM

Vegas is designed to output to monitor via the firewire connection. It is the BEST way to see the preview on the TV. In order to do that, you need *something* to convert from the firewire to the TV signal. As you mentioned the camera will work fine - you just have to leave it connected and ON. As mentioned, the ADVC convertor will also perform this task. Personally, I have a deck whick also works for this purpose and I do not have to use a camera for capturing or print to tape.

Zac Stein · July 20th, 2003, 10:15 AM

Now it seems a long time later, i have a monitor.

But back to vegas.

I am getting not to fantastic frame rates outputting onto a tv monitor, and i would like advice on how to get it to hover around 25fps.

My machine spec's are.

p4 2.8ghz, 845pe mainboard with 1gb ram.

2x seagate 7200rpm 80gb drives. (optimised by norton twice a week, read. defragged)

By the way i am in pal land.

I would have thought my machine is fast enough, but it seems to getting only 15fps or so, which is kind of dissapointing, maybe i have a setting wrong, i am just using the default setting. I am previewing at it's best setting.

Please suggest a way to get this up to real time, i am not using heaps of streams or any effects, this is just watching a clip, (after it has been pre-rendered)

Thanks in advance.

Zac

Glen Elliott · July 20th, 2003, 12:06 PM

After it's been pre-rendered it should play in it's full frame rate?! Ed, any idea what could be his problem?

Edward Troxel · July 20th, 2003, 10:36 PM

Is DMA turned ON for all your hard drives????

Zac Stein · July 20th, 2003, 11:36 PM

yes dma is on, and also i should note it plays back fine when previewing on the screen, only slows down once i try and preview externally.

Zac

December 8th, 2002, 08:50 AM	#1
Zac Stein Major Player Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 730	Outputting to Tv/Monitor Heya All, I am a vegas video user, what is the most usual way to output my preview footage onto a tv monitor. I know i can use my camera as a DAC via the firewire port, but that seems cumbersome, is there another way. Are there firewire breakout boxes with DAC's built in? I am really not sure, as there are no hardware cards designed for vegas video. Well anyways thanx for the help kermie

July 20th, 2003, 10:15 AM	#4
Zac Stein Major Player Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 730	wow reopening old thread here. Now it seems a long time later, i have a monitor. But back to vegas. I am getting not to fantastic frame rates outputting onto a tv monitor, and i would like advice on how to get it to hover around 25fps. My machine spec's are. p4 2.8ghz, 845pe mainboard with 1gb ram. 2x seagate 7200rpm 80gb drives. (optimised by norton twice a week, read. defragged) By the way i am in pal land. I would have thought my machine is fast enough, but it seems to getting only 15fps or so, which is kind of dissapointing, maybe i have a setting wrong, i am just using the default setting. I am previewing at it's best setting. Please suggest a way to get this up to real time, i am not using heaps of streams or any effects, this is just watching a clip, (after it has been pre-rendered) Thanks in advance. Zac

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December 8th, 2002, 01:38 PM	#2
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	Look inot the canopus advc100. Might be what you want.

December 9th, 2002, 01:15 PM	#3
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Vegas is designed to output to monitor via the firewire connection. It is the BEST way to see the preview on the TV. In order to do that, you need something to convert from the firewire to the TV signal. As you mentioned the camera will work fine - you just have to leave it connected and ON. As mentioned, the ADVC convertor will also perform this task. Personally, I have a deck whick also works for this purpose and I do not have to use a camera for capturing or print to tape.

July 20th, 2003, 12:06 PM	#5
Glen Elliott Wrangler Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 2,898	After it's been pre-rendered it should play in it's full frame rate?! Ed, any idea what could be his problem?

July 20th, 2003, 10:36 PM	#6
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Is DMA turned ON for all your hard drives????

July 20th, 2003, 11:36 PM	#7
Zac Stein Major Player Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 730	yes dma is on, and also i should note it plays back fine when previewing on the screen, only slows down once i try and preview externally. Zac