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86Final Cut Pro User Guide
6. In Final Cut Pro, choose Window > A/V Output.
The viewer contents appear on the HDMI monitor. Viewer features (such as onscreen
controls and the title-safe and action-safe overlays) appear only in Final Cut Pro.
Note: If you’re viewing HDR video on a system with macOS Catalina 10.15 or later, you
can have Final Cut Pro show the HDR image as tone mapped. Tone mapping compresses
bright image content and reduces the apparent dynamic range of the video to fit the
viewable range of the connected display. To turn on tone mapping, open the Playback
pane of Final Cut Pro preferences and select the Show HDR as Tone Mapped checkbox
at the bottom of the pane.
Video and audio are synced at the video frame (not audio sample) level.
To turn off A/V Output, choose Window > A/V Output.
For more information about third-party devices and software, contact the device
manufacturer or go to the Final Cut Pro Resources webpage.
Control playback quality in Final Cut Pro
You can adjust settings in the viewer to manage visual quality and playback performance.
For example, you can increase playback performance by displaying video at reduced
resolution or by using proxy media.
Set playback quality
• In Final Cut Pro, click the View pop-up menu in the upper-right corner of the viewer,
then choose an option in the Quality section:
• Better Quality: Choose this option to display full-resolution video frames in the
viewer. This setting may decrease playback performance for high-quality, large-
frame-size video.
• Better Performance: Choose this option to display video in the viewer at reduced
resolution. Decreasing the size of the media maintains playback performance even
for very large media files.