External monitor?

[D. A. Metrov]

I use a regular TV as my external monitor from Premiere Pro. However, I can't get anything to show up on this monitor with my RED footage. I have firewire going out from my computer to my Panasonic mini-DV deck, then to my TV. It usually works fine, but not now. I read somewhere that this is because the RED footage is HD. Is there anyway I can utilize my external TV monitor?

 

[Giancarlo Bianchi]

Have you tried setting your sequence to SD?

 

[D. A. Metrov]

I've looked, and can't seem to find the way to do that. By any chance, can you please explain how to do that? thank you.

 

[Elliott Dunwody]

See if this helps:

http://www.aja.com/html/news_red.html

 

[Uli Plank]

FW doesn't transport any HD-format other than DVCProHD in realtime. And a DV-deck won't show that anyway, only a DVcProHD-deck.

You may need a professional I/O-card, like AJA or BlackMagic. The chepaest (but not most precise) solution is the Intensity from BlackMagic. Careful, it doesn't accept all progressive formats!

 

[D. A. Metrov]

UPDATE: I got my regular TV monitor working fine. I didn't have to buy any special hardware or video cards. In Premiere Pro, I simply went into "Sequence Settings/Playback Settings," and changed "External Device" from "none," to "DV: 23.976 720 X 480p."

Works great!