Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 236)

• Options button: Depending on your video interface and its associated codec, the
video frames may need to be decompressed when viewing video on an external
monitor. Click Options, then select the “Decompress after compress” checkbox. This
option is not available when using FireWire. If you’re using a third-party video
interface, check the documentation that came with it to see if you should use this
option.
• Mirror on desktop: Select this checkbox to simultaneously show video on both your
computer’s display (in the Canvas or Viewer) and an external video monitor. Some
third-party video interfaces may override this setting.
• Audio pop-up menu: Choose an audio device to output audio to. For information about
choosing audio output settings, see “Connecting Professional Video and Audio
Equipment.”
• Rendered Frames: This option may only appear when certain output devices are selected.
If you choose this option, rendered frames will be displayed on your external monitor,
as well as video that doesn’t require rendering.
Separate Output Options for Edit to Tape and Print to Video
• Different Output for Edit to Tape/Print to Video: Selecting this checkbox allows you to
redirect your program’s output to the specified video and audio interfaces whenever
the Edit to Tape or Print to Video command is used. For example, if you’re using a video
interface, you may want to preview your video using the interface’s analog outputs
during editing but output your final movie to tape using the digital SDI output.
When this option is selected, all the controls in this section become available. All controls
in this section are identical to, but independent of, those appearing in the Playback
Output area, above.
Note: If this option is not selected, your sequence video and audio are always sent to
the video and audio interfaces specified in the Playback Output area—even when the
Edit to Tape and Print to Video commands are used.
Disabling Warning Controls
• Do not show External A/V Device Warning when device not found on launch: When selected,
this option disables the “Unable to locate the external video device” dialog that appears
when Final Cut Pro is opened without a camcorder, deck, or video interface connected
or installed. Instead, Final Cut Pro finishes opening, and External Video is automatically
set to Off in the View menu. When this checkbox is selected, Final Cut Pro continues
to attempt to locate an installed video device each time it is opened, but does not
display a warning requiring user input if a video device is not found.
If the Don’t Show Again checkbox is selected in the “Unable to locate the external video
device” dialog, it is also selected in the A/V Devices tab of the Audio/Video Settings
window.
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