Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1652)

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Audio/Video Settings
and Easy Setups
Audio/Video settings allow you to customize your
Final Cut Pro system to work with particular video
formats and equipment. You can also choose Easy Setups
to quickly set up your system with a single click.
This chapter covers the following:
 The Audio/Video Settings Window (p. 301)
 Changing Your Easy Setup and Presets (p. 303)
The Audio/Video Settings Window
The Audio/Video Settings window establishes the video format you are working with.
You use this window to configure your editing system by choosing a video and audio
format for capturing and editing, remote device control settings, and which video and
audio devices you use for output and external monitoring.
To open the Audio/Video Settings window:
m Choose Final Cut Pro > Audio/Video Settings.
Learning About Audio/Video Presets
You usually only need to change Audio/Video settings when you install a new video
interface, connect a new VTR, or change the format you are capturing and editing. For
example, if you connect a PAL DV camcorder for capture and output, Final Cut Pro
needs to be set up with the appropriate capture and sequence settings such as the
horizontal and vertical dimensions of the video frame (720 x 576), the video and audio
devices you are using to capture from, the video codec (DV - PAL), and so on. Since it
can be time consuming to change each individual setting in the Audio/Video Settings
window, Final Cut Pro comes with several kinds of presets that are preconfigured to
work with common video formats and devices.