Re: Vegas Pro Preview?

<webpa@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:cc39714c-a7c7-4487-9d38-3990a920f842@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On May 5, 10:53 am, "we...@xxxxxxx" <we...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Apr 30, 9:51 pm, "Smarty" <nob...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



> "webpa" <we...@xxxxxxx> wrote in message

>news:0d7a5da7-ed02-4025-8524-3672d2e65707@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> > Is there ANY way to make Vegas Pro behave like Womble/Premiere/
> > MediaPlayer10/etc/etc/ and display a clip or rendered preview in a
> > Windows (XP) video overlay window?

> Yes!

> From the Vegas Pro Help menu I copied the following for you:

> You can also use the Windows Secondary Display device on a computer with > a
> single monitor. When you enable the external monitor, the video preview > will
> fill your screen.

> 1.. From the Options menu, choose Preferences and then click the Preview
> Device tab.

> 2.. From the Device drop-down list, choose Windows Secondary Display. > The
> Details box displays information about the device.

> 3.. From the Display Adapter drop-down list, choose the device where > your
> preview monitor is connected.

> You can click the Identify Displays button to determine which display
> corresponds to each setting in the drop-down list. A number will be
> displayed on each monitor.

> If the monitor number is displayed in red, the graphics card does not
> support 3D acceleration or acceleration has been turned off. You can go > to
> Start > Settings > Control Panel > Display > Settings >Advanced >
> Troubleshoot to turn on acceleration if your adapter supports it.

> 4.. From the Display Mode drop-down list, choose the frame size and
> refresh rate you want to use for the secondary display.

> Setting
> Description

> Use Current Settings
> Video is displayed using the monitor's resolution and refresh rate
> specified in the Windows Display Properties control panel.

> Automatic Size Settings
> The software will attempt to choose the optimum resolution and refresh
> rate. This setting overrides the Windows Display Properties setting as > long
> as the secondary display window is active.

> Pick Custom Settings
> You can choose the resolution and refresh rate you want to use. This
> setting overrides the Windows Display Properties setting as long as the
> secondary display window is active.

> 5.. Select the Scale output to fit display check box if you want the > video
> preview to fill the display.

> 6.. Select the Apply deinterlace filter check box if you're previewing
> interlaced video on a noninterlaced display. This filter can reduce the
> artifacts you often see on the edges of moving areas.

> The Apply deinterlace filter check box will be unavailable if your video
> adapter does not support pixel shading.

> 7.. If you want to adjust color reproduction for video previews, use the
> color management controls.

> a. Select the Use color management check box.

> b. Select the Use Studio RGB check box if your source media conforms to
> studio RGB color (black=16 and white=235) and you will be previewing on > your
> computer's CRT or LCD monitor. When the check box is selected, the > studio
> RGB range is expanded to 0 to 255 to conform to a computer display.

> Clear the check box if you will be previewing on a TV monitor or if your
> source media does not conform to studio RGB color.

> c. From the Monitor color profile drop-down list, choose the color > profile
> that best matches your display.

> You can obtain ICC/ICM color profiles from the display manufacturer, or > you
> can create your own if you have a calibration system.

> The Use color management check box will be unavailable if your video > adapter
> does not support gamma adjustment.

> 8.. Select the Recompress edited frames check box.

> 9.. Select the Display frames in Video Preview window during playback
> check box if you want to preview on the secondary monitor and in the > Vegas
> Video Preview window simultaneously.

> When the check box is cleared, video is sent only to the secondary
> monitor.

> 10.. Select the Use project output rotation setting check box if you're
> rendering a rotated project and want to use the Output rotation setting > from
> the Project Properties dialog for previewing your project.

> When the check box is cleared, the media is rotated according to its > Media
> Properties setting, but the Video Preview output is unrotated-you can > use
> this setting to proof your project on an unrotated display.

> 11.. Click OK to close the Preferences dialog.

Thanks! I'll try it as you suggest...although I've been through these
menus many times already. Maybe I didn't do it in the correct order.
All I've been able to get is BOTH primary and secondary (TV video
monitor) simultaneously showing full-screen preview video OR both
monitors showing the Vegas window. I appreciate your help.

| Tried it. Does not work. All settings that send full-screen video to
| the "windows secondary display" (overlay display) also change the
| computer's primary display to full screen. Still not
| usable. Thanks anyway.


My result is a different from yours with Vegas Pro 8.0c. My primary display seems unaffected, and I can choose to ***adjust*** the window size exactly the same whether the secondary (preview) display is on or off. The primary display I personally choose and prefer is not full size, but rather only occupies about 80% of the primary LCD display. The other 20% has some widgets (clock, GMAIL), an JPEG/EXIF viewer window, etc. The secondary display has a full screen video preview.

I wonder why our set-ups behave differently and if there is any way to fix yours........ Perhaps posting this on the Vegas forum would be your best bet. There are a lot of really expert people there who know Vegas way better than me...

Smarty

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