Digital Cinema Preview not Realtime at DVinfo.net

Aaron Koolen · November 30th, 2005, 06:07 AM

Hi guys. I've been playing with FCP HD lately and am trying to get the Digital Cinema peview (On secondary display) working realtime. All I can do is get it so it shows the last frame when I stop. I have "All Frames" selected under View->External Video but I just can't get it to do it's thing in Realtime. I have Dynamic on, and Unlimited RT. Everything's fine (As it can be) in the Canvas.

Any ideas?

Cheers
Aaron

Boyd Ostroff · November 30th, 2005, 09:10 AM

That's odd, I haven't ever had this problem. What kind of computer are you using? Is this HDV or regular DV? I assume you have 2 monitors? What are they and how are they connected?

Aaron Koolen · November 30th, 2005, 02:04 PM

It's running on a Dual Core 2.0Ghz - Regular DV. Now, before some of those streams were not FCP standard (AVI, WMW etc) but I've converted them all with MPG StreamClip so they are now and still I get the problem. The machine should be ample fast enough I would have thought. In the Viewer it's all fine and dandy.

Oh to add, I have had some sort of success previously with a test project I was mucking around with, but now it's just a no go at all.

I'll have to contact Apple, cause it's a good feature to have.

You definately need the patience of a saint trying new software on another platform - FCP is just so wierd compared to Vegas :)

Boyd Ostroff · November 30th, 2005, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Aaron Koolen

some of those streams were not FCP standard (AVI, WMW etc) but I've converted them all with MPG StreamClip so they are now

This is the only thing which sounds a little odd to me. I don't know anything about that software. Do your clips need to be rendered? When you highlight a clip on the timeline and go to Edit > Clip Properties > Format, what does it say? Now compare this to what you see when you go to Sequence > Settings. Is anything different? If so then that may be your problem.

November 30th, 2005, 06:07 AM	#1
Aaron Koolen Trustee Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 1,727	Digital Cinema Preview not Realtime Hi guys. I've been playing with FCP HD lately and am trying to get the Digital Cinema peview (On secondary display) working realtime. All I can do is get it so it shows the last frame when I stop. I have "All Frames" selected under View->External Video but I just can't get it to do it's thing in Realtime. I have Dynamic on, and Unlimited RT. Everything's fine (As it can be) in the Canvas. Any ideas? Cheers Aaron __________________ My Website Meat Free Media

November 30th, 2005, 02:04 PM	#3
Aaron Koolen Trustee Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 1,727	It's running on a Dual Core 2.0Ghz - Regular DV. Now, before some of those streams were not FCP standard (AVI, WMW etc) but I've converted them all with MPG StreamClip so they are now and still I get the problem. The machine should be ample fast enough I would have thought. In the Viewer it's all fine and dandy. Oh to add, I have had some sort of success previously with a test project I was mucking around with, but now it's just a no go at all. I'll have to contact Apple, cause it's a good feature to have. You definately need the patience of a saint trying new software on another platform - FCP is just so wierd compared to Vegas :) __________________ My Website Meat Free Media

November 30th, 2005, 09:10 AM	#2
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,787	That's odd, I haven't ever had this problem. What kind of computer are you using? Is this HDV or regular DV? I assume you have 2 monitors? What are they and how are they connected?