M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio User Manual

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Pro Tools Reference Guide

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Playing QuickTime HD or SD Video
Through PCIe

(Mac Only)

With a Digidesign-qualified PCIe video card,
Pro Tools can play and display QuickTime SD or
QuickTime-based HD video files with frame
edge-locked HD image output to a variety of
professional HD monitors.

To Play QuickTime video through PCIe:

Import a QuickTime-based video file into a

Pro Tools session. (See “Importing Video into
Pro Tools” on page 1043 for detailed informa-
tion.)

Select Options > Video Out PCIe.

When this option is enabled, Pro Tools will play
the video out the PCIe video card to the con-
nected HD monitor.

If the Video window is open while video plays
out the PCIe video card, it displays text indicat-
ing that video is playing out PCIe.

To toggle output of QuickTime video between the
Video window and PCIe, do one of the following:

Select (or deselect) Options > Video Out PCIe.

– or –

Right-click, or Control-click, the Video win-

dow, and select (or deselect) Video Out PCIe.

Video Reference

Video output can be locked to external video
reference, including Black Burst and Tri-Level
Sync.

Supported QuickTime Codecs

Most common QuickTime codecs are supported,
including HD codecs such as h.264, DVCPro 100
HDV, and DV25.

Supported Video Formats

Though no PCI video cards have been
qualified for use with Pro Tools, some may
work. Visit www.digidesign.com for more
information.

Pro Tools HD should be locked to a suitable
clock reference, such as a Digidesign SYNC
peripheral. If no external audio clock is
referenced, audio will not be frame-edge
aligned and may drift.

Supported Video Formats using a PCIe video card

Video
Format

Video
Reference
Rate

PT Frame
Rate

Video
Output
Format*

23.976p
NTSC

NTSC

23.976

NTSC

720p/
23.976

720p/
59.94 or
NTSC

23.976

720p/
59.94

1080p/
23.976

1080psf/
23.98

23.976

1080psf/
23.98

24p NTSC

NTSC

24p PAL

PAL

1080p/
24

1080psf/
24

25p PAL

PAL

25i PAL

PAL

1080p/
25

1080i/50
or PAL

1080i/50

30i NTSC

NTSC

29.97

NTSC