X4

Settings for and management of video projectors 253
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Frame rate: Here you can determine the fitting SMPTE frame rate, for example
24 for cinema film, 25 for PAL video and audio synchronization, 29.97
drop/non drop or 30 for NTSC video.
Preroll: Here you can enter a frame number which MAGIX Video Pro X4 will
ignore before it starts synchronization. This accommodates the fact that analog
devices need time to reach their correct speed. To make sure that MAGIX
Video Pro X4 synchronizes to a valid time, this segment can be skipped using
pre-roll frames.
Output synchronization: Here you must select the driver, which MAGIX Video
Pro X4 will use to send MIDI timecode. When synchronizing via SMPTE, please
make sure that the device corresponds to the SMPTE output of your MIDI
interface.
Start offset (ms/SMPTE): Here you can enter a time value in milliseconds or in
SMPTE frames to be subtracted from the SMPTE time before the time is used
for synchronization. With an offset of 60:00:00 (1 hour), a tape whose SMPTE
code starts at 1 hour may be synchronized by MAGIX Video Pro X4 as starting
at 0.
Specify synchronization
MAGIX Video Pro X4 is capable of being synchronized by external sources or
synchronizing external sources.
Synchronizing MAGIX Video Pro X4 with Samplitude or Sequoia is also
possible via a virtual MIDI cable (e.g. "MIDI Yoke" or Hubi's MIDI Loopback
Device"). The requirement in this case is simply that the virtual MIDI cable has
been installed successfully.
MAGIX Video Pro X4 as master
If MAGIX Video Pro X4 should synchronize external programs or sources, then
proceed as follows:
 Open the Synchronization dialog (view page 252).
 Unde
r "Output synchronization", set the MIDI device that is connected to the
device that MAGIX Video Pro X4 is supposed to sync with.
 In case you want to synchronize another program (e.g. Samplitude/Sequoia)
via a virtual MIDI cable with MAGIX Video Pro X4, please make sure that the
corresponding MIDI device is set in both programs. The program to be
synchronized must support MTC and be configured as the "slave".