System information
External Monitor via IEEE-1394
You can send video directly from the timeline to a television monitor. With this feature, you can make your
final editing decisions on a broadcast monitor (which differs significantly from a computer monitor) before
printing the project to tape.
IEEE-1394/FireWire external monitor requirements:
n OHCI-compliant IEEE-1394 DV card.
n DV camcorder or DV-to-analog converter.
Notes:
n Vegas Pro allows you to use one external video device at a time. The external monitor display
will be unavailable during video capture.
n When using an external video monitor, you need to enable external-monitor preview each time
you start Vegas Pro. This change was made to prevent the possibility of hiding the main Vegas
Pro window behind the secondary display when monitors are improperly configured.
Setting up an external monitor
The diagram below shows the preferred setup for sending video from the Vegas Pro timeline to an external
television monitor.
The video is converted to DV format and sent through the IEEE-1394 card to the DV device (camcorder or
DV-to-analog media converter). The DV device sends analog output to the television monitor.
Use the Preview Device tab in the Preferences dialog to configure your IEEE-1394 card. For more
information, see "Preferences - Preview Device Tab" on page 585.
The DV device must support pass through in order to use an external monitor.
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