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External Video Monitoring
It’s best to preview your video on an external video monitor
to accurately see how your final program will look.
This chapter covers the following:
 Using an External Video Monitor While You Edit (p. 219)
 Using Digital Cinema Desktop Preview (p. 226)
 Compensating for Video Latency by Specifying a Frame Offset (p. 230)
 Troubleshooting External Video Monitoring Problems (p. 231)
Using an External Video Monitor While You Edit
If you’re outputting to videotape for television broadcast, it’s a good idea to preview
your video on an NTSC, PAL, or HD video monitor while you edit. Color is represented
differently on computer and video monitors, and computer displays always show your
video progressively scanned, even though NTSC and PAL video are interlaced. You can
connect an external video monitor several ways:
 Via FireWire, through a camcorder, deck, or DV-to-analog converter
 Directly from a third-party video interface connected to your computer
You need to match your video interface or DV device output format to your monitor’s
input format. Some combinations are not possible without purchasing additional
equipment. For example, if your video interface only has an SDI video output, and your
video monitor only has an NTSC composite input, you cannot connect the two directly.
In this case, you can:
 Purchase a monitor that supports SDI video input
 Purchase an SDI-to-composite converter
 Use a VTR that has an SDI input and composite output and supports converting
between input and output signals (this solution is often used with DV decks, when
FireWire DV input is converted to analog composite output)
 Purchase and install a video interface that supports composite output in addition
to SDI output