Digital Cinema Desktop Preview

Hi all:

I have checked the Digital Cinema Desktop Preview under View > Video Playback. But playback is still normal, not Cinema Desktop. What am I not doing or doing wrong to make this work? I normally edit on a G5 with a Kona 3 so I don't have this issue but I am editing this project on my laptop. Kind of a drag. This timeline is DVCPro50 anamorphic, if it matters?

15" 2.4GHz i5 MBP
4GB RAM
FCP 7.03
QuickTime 7.6

I am probably neglecting to do something really basic but I don't know what because I have only used Digital Cinema Desktop Preview one other time and it worked fine then but that was on my older MBP, not this one.

Thanks,

Dan Brockett

Set external video to "all frames".



www.strypesinpost.com

First thing's first: Is External Video (F12) on?

Second: Are you using Main or Full? If you're trying to use your single computer monitor to view images, you need to be on Digital Cinema Desktop - Main.


www.derekmok.com

Thanks Derek, that solved it. I appreciate the advice.

Thanks too Strypes.

Dan