Blackmagicdesign Teranex 2D Processor, Installation And Operation Manual

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Playback
You can use the Final Cut Pro timeline to display video on a monitor or TV connected to the
output of your Teranex Processor. If you can’t see any video on your Blackmagic output, check
the connections again and ensure you have the correct output settings configured within Final
Cut Pro by going to the View > External Video and ensuring ‘all frames’ is selected.
Apple Final Cut Pro X
If you want to use Final Cut Pro X to play back video on an external video monitor or TV, you
can use the broadcast monitoring feature of Final Cut Pro X 10.0.4 and newer to output your
video through Teranex Processor hardware.
For this example, clips are Uncompressed 10 bit 4:2:2 1080i59.94 with 2 channels of audio.
Final Cut Pro X
Setting Up
1 Open the ‘system preferences’ and click on the ‘Blackmagic Desktop Video’ icon. Click
on the round ‘setup’ icon to open the ‘desktop video settings’ screen. Set the ‘output
format’ to HD 1080i59.94 and click ‘save’.
2 Launch Final Cut Pro X and go to the ‘menu’ bar and select ‘file/new project’. A window
will open containing the project setting parameters.
3 Name your project and click the ‘use custom settings’ button.
4 Under ‘video properties’, select the ‘custom’ radio button and set the following: ‘format’
to HD 1080i, ‘resolution’ to 1920x1080 and ‘rate’ to 29.97.
5 Set the ‘audio and render properties’, by selecting the ‘custom’ button and set the
following: ‘audio channels’ to stereo, ‘audio sample rate’ to 48kHz and ‘render format’ to
uncompressed 10 bit 4:2:2. Click ‘OK’.
6 Go to the Final Cut Pro menu, choose ‘preferences’ and then click the ‘playback’ tab.
Ensure the ‘A/V output’ menu has selected ‘Blackmagic’ and the same video standard
as your project. Close the ‘preferences’.
7 Go to the ‘window’ menu and select ‘A/V output’ to enable video output via your
Teranex processor.
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