How do you monitor your DV output?

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I'm putting together a simple DV editing system for a producer-friend of
mine. How rents a DV1000 when he needs to do some shooting and would
like to be able to rought-edit his own material.

Anyway, my question is this. I can set him up with a simple firewire
card and edit package but how can I give him a simple way to monitor his
DV output? That is, is there anything besides investing in a Canopus
ADVC-100 to get the DV out to a composite video monitor for viewing.
Remember, he does not own a DV camera.

What are other folks using?

Thanks,
George

 

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G.I.O. wrote:
> I'm putting together a simple DV editing system for a producer-friend
> of mine. How rents a DV1000 when he needs to do some shooting and
> would like to be able to rought-edit his own material.
>
> Anyway, my question is this. I can set him up with a simple firewire
> card and edit package but how can I give him a simple way to monitor
> his DV output? That is, is there anything besides investing in a
> Canopus ADVC-100 to get the DV out to a composite video monitor for
> viewing. Remember, he does not own a DV camera.
>
> What are other folks using?
>
> Thanks,
> George


For many of us, the Canopus box is the "preferred" way to do it. However,
an alternative is to try and buy a used DV camcorder that needs mechanical
repairs but can still function as a pass-through device. Should be cheaper
than a Canopus.

Mike

 

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"G.I.O." wrote ...
> I'm putting together a simple DV editing system for a producer-friend of
> mine. How rents a DV1000 when he needs to do some shooting and would
> like to be able to rought-edit his own material.
>
> Anyway, my question is this. I can set him up with a simple firewire
> card and edit package but how can I give him a simple way to monitor his
> DV output?

Why? The two capture applications I use (Premiere and Scenalyzer)
both display the image on the computer screen. Dunno why any other
monitor would be necessary?

 

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"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley7@xprt.net> wrote in message
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> Why? The two capture applications I use (Premiere and Scenalyzer)
> both display the image on the computer screen. Dunno why any other
> monitor would be necessary?
>

In order for me to be consistent for broadcast I have to use an NTSC monitor
along with the computer monitor which, is not interlaced. Viewing motion
NTSC on a computer monitor is inaccurate. I don't know wny editors who
actually ship finals without viewing on an NTSC monitor.

To the OP.

The real difference between a cheap camera, a Canopus bridge or the Sony
bridge and a decent deck is the conversion from DV back to audio and video.
I have a bridge that I normally use but for example, the sudio out of the
Sony bridge doesn't ever sound as good as the audio oout of the Sony DV
Deck. So if I am going to be EQing audio or finalizing an edit I always
listen through the deck.

 

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"a-e-i-o-u-" <joseft@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Richard Crowley" <rcrowley7@xprt.net> wrote in message
> news:10no2rv18sj0acc@corp.supernews.com...
>
>> Why? The two capture applications I use (Premiere and Scenalyzer)
>> both display the image on the computer screen. Dunno why any other
>> monitor would be necessary?
>>
>
> In order for me to be consistent for broadcast I have to use an NTSC
> monitor along with the computer monitor which, is not interlaced. Viewing
> motion NTSC on a computer monitor is inaccurate. I don't know wny editors
> who actually ship finals without viewing on an NTSC monitor.
>
> To the OP.
>
> The real difference between a cheap camera, a Canopus bridge or the Sony
> bridge and a decent deck is the conversion from DV back to audio and
> video. I have a bridge that I normally use but for example, the sudio out
> of the Sony bridge doesn't ever sound as good as the audio oout of the
> Sony DV Deck. So if I am going to be EQing audio or finalizing an edit I
> always listen through the deck.

Sorry, I misunderstood the question to be about monitoring only
during capture. Most certainly, I agree with Mr. Vowels that one
must have a "real" video monitor (NOT a computer monitor) for
any kind of serious video editing. How you can accomplish this
depends somewhat on what hardware you already have, and what
edit software you are using.

 

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Most editing apps include a capture routine and they typically allow one to
monitor what is being captured. Typically you can controll the DV cam here
and either capture a whole tape at once, or scan the tape and set in and out
points for material you you and then go back and capture just that. It
typically provide a small windows to allow you to see thats on the tape.
Additionally, the DV cam LCD should also display.


"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley7@xprt.net> wrote in message
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>
> "a-e-i-o-u-" <joseft@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> newsyVed.34237$QJ3.11249@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
> >
> > "Richard Crowley" <rcrowley7@xprt.net> wrote in message
> > news:10no2rv18sj0acc@corp.supernews.com...
> >
> >> Why? The two capture applications I use (Premiere and Scenalyzer)
> >> both display the image on the computer screen. Dunno why any other
> >> monitor would be necessary?
> >>
> >
> > In order for me to be consistent for broadcast I have to use an NTSC
> > monitor along with the computer monitor which, is not interlaced.
Viewing
> > motion NTSC on a computer monitor is inaccurate. I don't know wny
editors
> > who actually ship finals without viewing on an NTSC monitor.
> >
> > To the OP.
> >
> > The real difference between a cheap camera, a Canopus bridge or the Sony
> > bridge and a decent deck is the conversion from DV back to audio and
> > video. I have a bridge that I normally use but for example, the sudio
out
> > of the Sony bridge doesn't ever sound as good as the audio oout of the
> > Sony DV Deck. So if I am going to be EQing audio or finalizing an edit I
> > always listen through the deck.
>
> Sorry, I misunderstood the question to be about monitoring only
> during capture. Most certainly, I agree with Mr. Vowels that one
> must have a "real" video monitor (NOT a computer monitor) for
> any kind of serious video editing. How you can accomplish this
> depends somewhat on what hardware you already have, and what
> edit software you are using.
>
>