User Manual

Playing Back to a DV Device
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When you are playing back to a DV device, you have the option of enabling real-time encoding
of effects and mixed resolutions.
To play back to a DV device connected through a 1394 port:
1. Right-click the Video Quality Menu button and select Output to DV Device.
Playback to the DV device and playback to the desktop occur simultaneously.
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If you do not have a device connected to a 1394 port, these options are grayed out.
2. Right-click the Video Quality Menu button, select Format, and then select the native format
to be sent to the DV device:
3. (Option) If you are in an SD project, right-click the Video Quality Menu button, and then
select Realtime Encoding.
- If you select Realtime Encoding, you are in real-time effects mode. The media in your
sequence is encoded to the format selected in the Video Quality menu. Enabling
Realtime Encoding is helpful if you have a faster processor because it lets you bypass
rendering many of your effects to disk.
- If you do not select Realtime Encoding, you are in native play mode. You must render
all effects and any media not matching the selected format will be played as black. The
Video Quality menu only lets you select Full Quality (green) playback. Disabling
Realtime Encoding is helpful if your machine has a slower processor.
- Select Realtime Encoding to output 24p media to a DV device. You must also select Full
Quality playback.
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Realtime Encoding applies only to playing DV 25 and DV 50 media to a DV device.
You can also select the DV playback options in the Video Display Settings dialog box.
Format Availability
DV 25 411 Enabled in any SD project
DV 25 420 Enabled only in PAL SD projects
DV 50 Enabled in any SD project
DVCPRO HD Enabled only in HD 720p 59.94, 1080i 50, and 1080i 59.94 projects