I had final cut pro 4 and had no problem making a conection with the tv monitor.. when i worked and looked at the way the video was going, i could play it back on the TV... but now that i have final cut HD, i can´t do it. does any one know what i can do?

thanks.

Shane's Stock Answer #8:

A simple path is mac > firewire > camera or deck > rca cables > tv

Then start up your camera and tv, then open fcp.

Then go View > External video > all frames
Video playback should be Apple firewire NTSC (If you are using an NTSC set)
Audio playback should be Audio follows Video

Techinially, this should send synched video to your TV

If for some reason you can't view your timeline on your external monitor, there are a few things to try:

1) Make sure that the camera/deck is connected and powered on BEFORE you open FCP.

2) In the Final Cut Pro menu select AUDIO/VIDEO Preferences and make sure your signal is being sent out thru Firewire DV.

3) Go to the menu and select VIEW>EXTERNAL>ALL FRAMES.

4) Click in the % box above the image and select FIT TO WINDOW.

5) Go to VIEW->refresh A/V devices

6) Make sure the Log & Capture window is closed

If you want it to play in both the canvas and the external monitor you need to go to the FINAL CUT PRO menu and select AUDIO/VIDIO settings and make sure MIRROR ON DESKTOP is selected under the PLAYBACK OUTPUT section

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thank you very much man... really appreciate it.

hello.. thanks for trying to help man, but it didnt work. i dunno what is wrong with it, if it is my camera or the FCP HD.

Try toggling A/V --> DV Out on your camcorder/deck?

Things can go either way, but it can only go one way at once. analog to digital/firewire, or vice versa.

Angel,

Are you working with HD footage? I recently started and found out you can't monitor HD over firewire. I'm not sure if there is a good solution to a monitor setup.

If you are working with standard definition, make sure Final Cut is set up for it. Press control Q and make sure it's set to DV-NTSC.

Hope this helps,


Jeff

yeah im running into the same problem and im not working with HD footage i can watch on my monitor when i capture footage but when i want to watch stuff i put on the timeline i get nothing, i will try what was suggested in one of the earlier posts. I will let you know what happens