Previewing through S-Video to TV

tag313 wrote on 1/16/2006, 4:31 PM

Using SONY VEGAS 6 Movie Studio
I am trying to send the Preview out to a TV through the S-Video output on my video card, but can't seem to make it work.
Under OPTIONS>PREFERENCES>PREVIEW DEVICE there's drop down menu that only has 1394/DV as a choice and I have turned on the preview external monitor.

With the settings on my video card I can "clone" and "extend" the screen to the TV, but it seems I can't get the preview to work.

I did undock the viewing area and slide it over to the TV, but it's not the same.

any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

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Chienworks wrote on 1/16/2006, 7:18 PM

Vegas' only external preview path used to be firewire out. With the full version of Vegas 6 you can now use a secondary display screen as well. I don't know if that feature has made it into the Studio version or not; from what you're saying it would appear not. In order to make this work you'll have to have some sort of DV->analog converter connected to the firewire port. Often a DV or Digital-8 camcorder will perform this job well if you don't want to buy a dedicated device.

tag313 wrote on 1/17/2006, 7:13 AM

Thanks,
What sort of device did they have in mind to preview with using firewire? A monitor?

Chienworks wrote on 1/17/2006, 9:08 AM

Basically any video screen that you care to connect. Once you've sent the firewire signal into a DV->A/V converter you can connect whatever the converter supplies: composite, S-Video, component, even RF to a TV if you have a modulator such as a VCR.