Instruction manual

Capture and Playback
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Final Cut Pro X
Apple Final Cut Pro X
If you want to use Final Cut Pro X to play back video on an external video monitor or TV, you can use the
broadcast monitoring feature of Final Cut Pro X 10.0.4 and newer to output your video through Teranex
Processor hardware.
For this example, clips are Uncompressed 10 bit 4:2:2 1080i59.94 with 2 channels of audio.
Setting Up
Step 1. Open the System Preferences and click on Blackmagic Design. Go to the setting, "Set default
video standard as" and then select HD 1080i59.94.
Step 2. Launch Final Cut Pro X and go to the Menu bar and select File/New Project. A window will
open containing project settings.
Step 3. Name your project and click the "Use Custom Settings" tab.
Step 4. Under Video Properties, click the Custom button and set the following: Format to HD 1080i,
Resolution to 1920x1080 and Rate to 29.97.
Step 5. Under Audio and Render Properties, click the Custom button
Step 6. Set the Audio and Render Properties, click the Custom button and set the following: Audio
Channels to Stereo, Audio Sample Rate to 48kHz and Render Format to Uncompressed 10 bit
4:2:2. Click OK.
Step 7. Go to the Final Cut Pro menu, choose Preferences and then click the Playback tab. Ensure the
A/V Output menu has selected "Blackmagic" and the same video standard as your project.
Close the Preferences.
Step 8. Go to the Window menu and select A/V Output to enable video output via your Teranex Processor.
Playback
After importing your clips you can use the Final Cut Pro X timeline to display video on a monitor or TV
connected to the output of your Teranex Processor. If you can’t see any video on your Blackmagic output,
check the connections again and ensure you have the correct output settings configured within Final
Cut Pro by going to the View > External Video and ensuring “All Frames” is selected.
Set the Audio and Render Properties to Custom.
Set the default video standard in the System Preferences to
match your Final Cut Pro X project.