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PREVIEWING AND ANALYZING VIDEO | 359
You can turn off external preview by pressing Alt+Shift+4 or by clicking the secondary display and pressing Esc.
Viewing on an 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:
• OHCI-compliant IEEE-1394 DV card
• DV camcorder or DV-to-analog converter
Tip: Video is sent to your secondary display and the Video Preview window at the same time. If you experience dropped frames, try
clearing the Display frames in Video Preview window during playback check box on the Preview Device tab of the Preferences
dialog.
Notes:
• Vegas Pro software allows you to use one external video device at a time. The external monitor display will be unavailable during
video capture.
• 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.