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84Final Cut Pro User Guide
Play media on an external display in Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro includes an A/V Output option to send video and audio from your Mac to an
external video monitor. The A/V Output feature shows you how video and audio look and
sound on a reference SDR or HDR video monitor. In addition, this feature allows you to test
output with sophisticated external devices such as vectorscopes and waveform monitors.
A/V Output also lets you use the Pro Display XDR as a dedicated HDR color reference
monitor for video editing and color correction.
Note: If you have a second computer display connected to your Mac, you can expand your
workspace by showing the viewer, browser, or timeline on the second display. See Use a
second display with Final Cut Pro.
View playback on an external monitor using a third-party video interface
1. Install the video interface hardware and software according to the manufacturer’s
instructions.
2. Connect an external video monitor to the video interface, and make sure the monitor
and all other external devices are connected to power and turned on.
3. To select an A/V output device in Final Cut Pro, choose Final Cut Pro > Preferences (or
press Command-Comma), click Playback, then click the A/V Output pop-up menu and
choose the external monitor.
4. In Final Cut Pro, choose Window > A/V Output.
The viewer contents appear on the broadcast monitor. Viewer features (such
as onscreen controls and the title-safe and action-safe overlays) appear only in
Final Cut Pro.
Note: Video and audio are synced at the video frame (not audio sample) level.
To turn off A/V Output, choose Window > A/V Output.