DigiDesign Pro Tools 8.0 Reference Manual page 1076

Playing QuickTime HD or SD Video
Through PCIe
(Mac Only)
With a Digidesign-qualified PCIe video card,
Pro Tools can play and display QuickTime SD or
QuickTime-based HD video files with frame
edge-locked HD image output to a variety of
professional HD monitors.
Though no PCI video cards have been
qualified for use with Pro Tools, some may
work. Visit www.digidesign.com for more
information.
To Play QuickTime video through PCIe:
Import a QuickTime-based video file into a
1
Pro Tools session. (See "Importing Video into
Pro Tools" on page 1043 for detailed informa-
tion.)
Select Options > Video Out PCIe.
2
When this option is enabled, Pro Tools will play
the video out the PCIe video card to the con-
nected HD monitor.
If the Video window is open while video plays
out the PCIe video card, it displays text indicat-
ing that video is playing out PCIe.
To toggle output of QuickTime video between the
Video window and PCIe, do one of the following:
Select (or deselect) Options > Video Out PCIe.
– or –
Right-click, or Control-click, the Video win-
dow, and select (or deselect) Video Out PCIe.
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Video Reference
Video output can be locked to external video
reference, including Black Burst and Tri-Level
Sync.
Pro Tools HD should be locked to a suitable
clock reference, such as a Digidesign SYNC
peripheral. If no external audio clock is
referenced, audio will not be frame-edge
aligned and may drift.
Supported QuickTime Codecs
Most common QuickTime codecs are supported,
including HD codecs such as h.264, DVCPro 100
HDV, and DV25.
Supported Video Formats
Supported Video Formats using a PCIe video card
Video
Video
Reference
Format
Rate
23.976p NTSC
NTSC
720p/ 720p/
23.976 59.94 or
NTSC
1080p/ 1080psf/
23.976 23.98
24p NTSC NTSC
24p PAL PAL
1080p/ 1080psf/
24 24
25p PAL PAL
25i PAL PAL
1080p/ 1080i/50
25 or PAL
30i NTSC NTSC
Video
PT Frame
Output
Rate
Format*
23.976 NTSC
23.976 720p/
59.94
23.976 1080psf/
23.98
24 NTSC
24 PAL
24 1080psf/
24
25 PAL
25 PAL
25 1080i/50
29.97 NTSC