NTSC Monitoring on Macbook Pro
by Michael Nichols
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May 10, 2008 at 12:18:15 am
I have a macbook pro w/ a caldigit 1.5TB drive going into the SATA port on the express card slot. I have a groovy NTSC monitor that I would love to use to monitor my uncompressed 10-bit files in Final Cut Pro. Echo Bridge is not an option, right?? What sort of firewire device can I use STRICTLY for monitoring? Something cost effective. The AJA IO HD would be nice, but I cannot afford that at the moment and my projects are still SD!
Re: NTSC Monitoring on Macbook Pro by Ed Dooley on May 10, 2008 at 1:05:21 pm
But the MXO2, scheduled to ship in July (we'll see) does I/O in digital and analog HD and SD, all for $1,500. One notable thing it doesn't do (that the IOHD does) is hardware assisted convertion to ProRes.
Ed
http://www.matrox.com/video/en/products/mxo2/
[Shane Ross]"he MXO does HD...but it is OUTPUT only...so...
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Re: NTSC Monitoring on Macbook Pro by Chris Poisson on May 10, 2008 at 3:07:31 pm
Michael,
I have an old JVC DV deck with a broken tape mechanism which I use as a pass through to my Sony PVM monitor with my MacBook system. I feed FireWire to the deck and component out to the monitor. It plays even 8 bit timelines in real time, go figure. You might be able to pick up an old deck like this cheap on eBay.
Re: NTSC Monitoring on Macbook Pro by Shane Ross on May 11, 2008 at 2:48:13 am
[Michael Nichols]"I have a JVC HDV clamshell. I wonder if I can FireWire out to that and component out to the monitor.
Wouldn't it just use the DV CODEC though?"
Well, I am sure that FCP 6 does to the DV downconvert via firewire....but it isn't as good of quality of normal DV footage, much less for any use to judge quality. Reference only, unless you get a third part card.
