Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1437)

To see a complete list of real-time codecs supported by your system
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Choose Final Cut Pro > System Settings, then click the Effect Handling tab.
Using a Third-Party Video Effects Accelerator Card
Instead of using RT Extreme, you may want to use a supported third-party video effects
accelerator card. A video effects accelerator card is a video interface card that supports
real-time effects processing and can take the place of the built-in RT Extreme effects
architecture of Final Cut Pro.
All codecs capable of real-time effects playback appear in the Effect Handling tab of the
System Settings window. The Effect Handling tab allows you to choose whether
Final Cut Pro uses RT Extreme or a supported video effects accelerator card for processing
real-time effects. For example, you could choose to have RT Extreme handle media using
the Photo JPEG codec while using a video effects accelerator card to handle DV NTSC
footage.
To choose software or hardware real-time effects processing for clips using a particular
codec
1 Choose Final Cut Pro > System Settings, then click the Effect Handling tab.
Note: The codecs you see may differ from those shown here.
2 In the pop-up menu corresponding to the codec you want to adjust, choose an effect
handling method:
• None: Choosing None turns off real-time effect handling for the selected codec.
• Final Cut Pro: This option uses RT Extreme, the built-in real-time processing engine of
Final Cut Pro.
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