Previewing on a television monitor – Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 User Manual

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You can set an option to automatically scroll a sequence when it is wider than the visible area in its Timeline panel.

1. Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or Premiere Pro > Preferences > General (Mac OS). Type the desired lengths in the

Preroll and Postroll fields.

2. Choose an option from the Timeline Playback Auto-Scrolling menu:

No Scroll Sequence doesn’t scroll.

Page Scroll Sequence scrolls through the visible area of a Timeline panel a page at a time. This is the option set by default.

Smooth Scroll playhead stays in the center of the visible area while the sequence scrolls under it.

Previewing on a television monitor

You can display the sequence on any monitor connected to your computer. Previewing on a television monitor requires video hardware that
provides an appropriate video port for the monitor.

Previewing on a television monitor via video card

Some video cards and operating system software products support a television monitor independent of the computer desktop. Others support a
second computer monitor that is contiguous with the computer desktop so that it can also function as additional space for the application. See the
documentation that came with your video card and operating system.

Preview on a television monitor via camcorder or deck

If you’re editing a DV project, you can preview the sequence on a television monitor via your IEEE 1394 connection and camcorder or video deck.

Note: You may not be able to preview on a TV monitor via camcorders or decks in HDV mode. Set these, instead, to DV or Auto mode.

1. Make sure that the monitor is connected to the DV camcorder or deck and that the camcorder or deck is connected to your computer.

2. (For camcorder setup only) Set the camcorder to output to the monitor. Some devices detect this automatically, while others require you

choose a menu option.

3. In the Source Monitor or Program Monitor, click the panel menu button to the upper right, select Playback Settings, and choose the desired

options from the following.
Desktop Video Display During Playback Specifies whether or not to play back to the Program Monitor. Deselect this option to play back
only through the external monitor specified in the External Device option. If the External Device option is set to None, Desktop Video is
selected to ensure playback to the Program Monitor.

External Device Sets an external device through which to play back video.

Aspect Ratio Conversion Determines how pixel aspect ratio is converted for DV projects.

Desktop Audio Sets audio playback to the computer

External Device Audio Sets audio playback to a connected external audio device.

Export: External Device Enables export to tape for the specified device. This option doesn’t affect playback to an external device during
export.

Disable Video Output When Premiere Pro is in the Background Disables video to the external monitor if Premiere Pro is not the active
application on your desktop.

24p Conversion Method Specifies the conversion method for 24p footage. See Set 24p playback options.

There can be a slight delay between the playback on the desktop and the playback on a television via a camcorder/VCR. If the video and audio
seem out of sync, try to preview both video and audio through the same device.

Ensure that Adobe video applications use the same cached files

Adobe video applications can automatically insert a unique document ID into each imported file. These unique IDs ensure that each application
accesses the same cached previews and conformed audio files, preventing additional rendering and conforming.

In the Media section of the Preferences dialog box (or the Metadata section for Soundbooth), select Write XMP IDs To Files On Import.

This setting is global—a change in one Adobe video application affects all the others. This setting also results in new file modification dates when
IDs are initially inserted.

To save rendering time when transferring a project to another computer, move both cached and original files.