Apple Final Cut Pro 6: New Features - Manual (Page 8)

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Real Time and Rendering
Final Cut Pro includes the following new real-time and rendering features.
Rendering Native HDV and XDCAM HD Sequences to the Apple ProRes 422 Codec
You can now choose to render native long-GOP MPEG-2 footage (HDV and XDCAM HD)
using the Apple ProRes 422 codec. This option can significantly improve rendering time
and quality compared to rendering in the native format. The pop-up menu to choose
the Apple ProRes 422 codec is available in the Render Control tab of the Sequence
Settings window.
Enhanced Render Status Bar Tooltips
Render status bars in the Timeline now provide detailed tooltips explaining why
segments with red render status bars can’t play back in real time.
External Video Monitoring
You can now output to external video interfaces whose settings don’t match those of
your sequence. Here are some examples of some of the possibilities:
 A DV or HDV sequence output to an SDI signal on a third-party interface
 An uncompressed NTSC or PAL sequence output to a DV FireWire output
 An HDV sequence output to a DV FireWire output
Sequence and output formats must have compatible frame rates. For example,
sequences with a frame rate of 60, 30, or 24 fps can be output to a 30 fps device,
but not to a 25 or 50 fps device. Also, when an output device does not match your
sequence settings, additional real-time processing is required. This means that
segments that already require a lot of real-time processing power may need to be
rendered to play back.