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dsanders wrote on 9/21/2001, 12:08 PM
If you go the VV web site, under specifications for the product, the dual monitor spec is a hyperlink to Matrox, so I guess Sonic Foundry works well with it.

http://www.sonicfoundry.com/products/NewShowProduct.asp?PID=280&FeatureID=2685

I use the Matrox G450 card but to be honest, I havn't been able to get it to work well in Dual Monitor mode. I would like to be able to run VV on monitor #1, and output the preview to monitor #2. So far I have been able to run VV on monitor #1, but only drag the preview window to monitor #2. What I really want is a full screen preview (no window title bars or scroll bars). I'm not sure if this is possible with this card or not. I think I read somewhere that both monitors (at least under W2K) must be running the same resolution. I posted a similar question a couple of weeks ago and got no response. Maybe we'll get lucky this time.
HPV wrote on 9/21/2001, 4:37 PM
I use a Nvidea Geforce MX2 32MB with an S-video output.
The signal goes to my SVHS deck via S then to a 13" monitor via composite. I run my main display at 1024x768 and the second at 640x480. I can drag the preview screen to the second monitor and size it so that all of the title & action safe areas show for the 720x480 D1 (DV) output from Vegas. I run the preview at draft setting for full frame rate on clips, drops a few per second during transitions. If I need to preview at a perfect 30fps, I drop down to 360x240.
The color is almost exact to the DV signal, and I get no jitter (Nvidea drivers adjustments for both). This helps on the eyes, but isn't a TRUE reflection of what the video stream is doing. To see just how the filter/title/graphic is going to act on NTSC, I just select the OHCI output that goes thru my camera and to a switch box. One mouse click and one button press later and I'm looking at real NTSC output less the overscan areas.
I'm running Windows ME.

Craig H.
HPV wrote on 9/21/2001, 4:42 PM
Opps, I typed something on the wrong line in that last post.
"One mouse click and one button press later and I'm looking at real NTSC output less the overscan areas."
Of course the overscan area isn't going to show during NTSC (OHCI) output, what I meant to say was the 640x480 display doesn't show overscan either. It also doesn't quite fill the NTSC active area of a TV.
Hope that makes sense.

Craig H.
SonyEPM wrote on 9/24/2001, 8:23 AM
The BEST setup for external monitor in Vegas is to use any OCHI compliant 1394 card (SIIG, Pyro, Orange, Unibrain etc) and run the video from the 1394 card into either a DV camcorder or DV-analog converter box.
From there you can go out to a TV set or broadcast monitor.

There is no better setup.
HPV wrote on 9/24/2001, 10:40 AM
>>run the video from the 1394 card into either a DV camcorder or DV-analog converter box.
From there you can go out to a TV set or broadcast monitor.
There is no better setup.
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If the 1394 preview was a full 30fps, then yes this would be the best. But 1394 output on my P4 is not full frame rate for either single clips or multi tracks with "recompression". Is there something I need to fix on my system ?

Craig H.