Monitoring Video With iMac?
 

I'm currently editing on a PC with Premiere Pro 1.5 and I have a little TV next to my computer. Can I do this using an iMac with Premiere Pro CS4?

-seth

Yes, you should be able to send your video over Firewire, through a deck/camera/Firewire converter that has analog outputs, to your TV.

Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 * Set up a device for device control

I currently have a Sony DSR-11 deck and that's what I've been using...I just wasn't sure if that would affect the 16x9 footage I would be editing. I would plan on having my monitor to be an LCD widescreen TV...would the aspect ration on the monitor be correct?

-seth

Yes, if your TV has the ability to stretch a 4x3 signal out to fit the 16x9 screen. DV and DVCam footage shot in widescreen actually records to tape as standard 720x480 at a 4x3 aspect ratio NTSC. Look at the footage on a 4x3 monitor, everyone looks tall and skinny. Look at it on a 16x9 monitor with a "Stretch" mode, and it looks perfect.

The (discontinued) DSR-11 did not inherently deal with widescreen footage, so there's no letterbox output for 4x3 monitors or similar controls. But, like I said, your LCD monitor probably has a setting that will work.