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BillyBoy wrote on 3/19/2003, 3:52 PM
The preview can be played on any external TV that has video-in IF you feed it through a firewire card, and either a digital camera that supports firewire or a similar device. Audio is not supported, but you still will hear the audio through your computer speakers. If you must, a "Y" adaptor from your audio-out on your computer can split the audio signal and you can have it play on both the TV and camera or one or the other.
jetdv wrote on 3/19/2003, 3:56 PM
You don't have to "split" anything. Just click on the little TV icon above the preview window. This will send the preview signal out the firewire port where you must have a converter/camera/deck that allows pass-thru of the signal. Then hook that device to your TV for your preview.
Frenchy wrote on 3/19/2003, 4:13 PM
If you want to hear the audio preview on your tv (since you're hearing it on your pc speakers, why would you?), you must split the audio-out from your soundcard. Audio is only sent through the firewire cable when printing to tape. It is NOT sent when previewing from the timeline, trimmer, or media pool.

Frenchy
jetdv wrote on 3/19/2003, 4:25 PM
If you want to hear the audio preview on your tv (since you're hearing it on your pc speakers, why would you?), you must split the audio-out from your soundcard. Audio is only sent through the firewire cable when printing to tape. It is NOT sent when previewing from the timeline, trimmer, or media pool.

That is correct. I always listen to the computer speakers.
kriz100 wrote on 3/20/2003, 2:45 AM
My TV has no S-Video Input, but it has a SCART interface, and if I understand this right, I can use the following configuration:
Firewire -> Digital Video Camera -> S-Video to Scart -> TV
So, I just need to buy a cabel which is S-Video2Scart connected, and I can see all videostuff from the timeline on TV. Audio I will hear by my soundcard.
Can someone confirm this to me, please?
PAW wrote on 3/20/2003, 4:51 AM

The other guys may be able help better but when I tried SVideo to Scart the TV picture appears in black and white. The video output format is different for S-Video and the TV did not seem to like it - probably depends on the set.

I would use the video out (non S-Video) if you have one from the camera or use a dedicated converter (Canopus ADVC-100 recommended) which frees up the cam and allows you to capture analogue video the other way as well.
roger_74 wrote on 3/20/2003, 5:04 AM
It will work, as long as your TV has the capability to accept S-Video in the scart. All Sonys I've used in the last 10 years have done this on at least one input.
Frenchy wrote on 3/20/2003, 9:43 AM
Vegas de -

Do your DV cam and TV each have have RCA-type analog plugs? - If so, use these to pass the video from the cam to the TV, instead of S-video (I'll show my ignorance - What is a SCART interface?). This works great for me

Frenchy
Frenchy wrote on 3/20/2003, 10:55 AM
Marquat - Merci boucoup (I can never remember whether or not to put the ending "e" on or not...)

Frenchy
FuTz wrote on 3/20/2003, 1:29 PM
it's bEaucoup... ;)