MOTU V4HD User Manual page 43

Playback settings menu
The Playback Settings menu (Figure 6-2) lets you
choose one of four sets of playback settings to view
in the signal path diagram. There are separate
settings for 480, 576, 720 and 1080 playback
(Figure 6-4). When you choose a format from this
menu, the settings for the format are displayed in
the Playback Signal Path diagram. When Final Cut
Pro is running, this menu becomes inactive and
simply displays the Final Cut Pro timeline format
and frame rate.
Playback formats
Figure 6-4: The Playback Settings menu.
When you play back video from Final Cut Pro, the
V4HD hardware detects the video format being
output by Final Cut Pro and distributes it to the
V4HD hardware HD and SD destinations
Video Source menu
Source
format
Figure 6-3: Convert/Capture Signal Path.
M O T U V I D E O S E T U P
Playback frame rate
Format
HD output
conversion
signal path
diagram
SD output Format
signal path Conversion
menu
according to the settings you've made for that
format. Whenever playback starts, the MOTU
Video Setup software automatically switches to the
Playback tab to show the settings for the format
being played.
Playback frame rate
Choose the desired playback frame rate
(Figure 6-4) you wish to work with in the Playback
Signal Path diagram. The frame rate you choose
here should match what you intend to use in Final
Cut Pro, and it determines what other hardware
settings you'll see in the Playback Signal Path
diagram, such as up or down conversion formats,
pull-down insertion, etc.
Convert/Capture signal path
If the V4HD is not in Playback Only mode (as
explained in chapter 5, "V4HD Basics"), click any
other tab besides the Playback tab (Figure 6-1) to
view the Conversion/Capture Signal Path settings in
the signal path diagram (Figure 6-3). Unlike the
four sets of playback settings, there is only one set
of conversion/capture settings. Changing
Conversion/Capture settings in the signal path
diagram changes these settings immediately in the
hardware.
HD output format HD destinations
SD output
format
HDMI / DVI
menu
SD destinations
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