Apple Soundtrack Pro 2 - Manual (Page 319)

Chapter 10 Working with Video in Soundtrack Pro 319
You can also play a project’s video externally using Digital Cinema Desktop. Using
Digital Cinema Desktop, you can connect an Apple Cinema Display to your computer
and play the video full-screen through the Cinema Display while using another monitor
for editing.
To play the video through a video output device, you must configure Soundtrack Pro to
use the device in Soundtrack Pro Video Out Preferences.
To configure Soundtrack Pro for a video output device:
1 Choose Soundtrack Pro > Preferences, then click the Video Out button.
2 In the Video Out pane, choose the device you want to use from the Video Output
Device pop-up menu.
The menu lists only devices that are connected to your computer.
3 Optionally, select the Use Quarter-size Frames checkbox to reduce the frames sent to
the video output device. Sending quarter-size frames can result in better performance,
especially for devices using FireWire DV output.
4 Click the Close button at the upper-left corner of the Preferences window to close
the window.
You can switch the output to the video output device on or off when the project is not
playing. The video appears in the Video tab whether output to the video output device
is switched on or off.
To switch off output to an external video output device:
m Choose View > Show > Show External Video.
If you have added the Video Out button to the Toolbar, you can also click the button to
switch off the device.
To switch on output to an external video output device:
m Choose View > Show > Show External Video.
If you have added the Video Out button to the Toolbar, you can also click the button to
switch on output to the device.
A video output device can only be controlled by one application at a time. If you hide
Soundtrack Pro or bring another application to the foreground while playing video
through a video output device, Soundtrack Pro maintains control of the output device
and continues playing. If you hide Soundtrack Pro or bring another application to the
foreground when video is not playing through a video output device, Soundtrack Pro
releases control of the output device.