Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 192)

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Connecting Professional
and Non-DV Equipment
You can design a Final Cut Pro editing system that uses
more than just your computer’s built-in video, audio, and
device control interfaces.
This chapter covers the following:
 Why Use Third-Party Interfaces? (p. 191)
 Connecting Professional Video Devices (p. 194)
 Connecting Audio Devices (p. 204)
 Establishing Device Control (p. 206)
 Synchronizing Equipment With a Blackburst Generator (p. 206)
Note: For instructions on setting up a simple DV/FireWire editing system, see Chapter 13,
“
Connecting DV Video Equipment and Specifying Initial Settings ,” on page 169.
Why Use Third-Party Interfaces?
You may want to consider adding a third-party interface to your system in the
following cases:
 You are digitizing video from an older analog VTR (such as a Betacam SP deck) that
does not have digital video outputs or remote control via FireWire.
 You are integrating Final Cut Pro into a professional broadcast environment that
requires SDI, HD-SDI, or other non-FireWire video and audio connections.
 You need to capture, edit, and output full-resolution, uncompressed video signals
instead of DV video (which is compressed).
 You need to capture or output multiple audio channels.
Third-party video and audio interfaces can be installed in one of your computer’s PCI
slots, the USB port, or connected via FireWire (for example, the AJA Io).