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Multiple solutions
Effects don’t play back in real time, or entire rendering
status bar is red
Possible cause 1 Matrox RTMac software not installed
Check your system. If
the Matrox RTMac software isn’t installed or didn’t load on startup,
your effects won’t play back in real time.
Solution Install Matrox RTMac software
Run the Matrox RTMac
installer on your Matrox RTMac CD to install the Matrox RTMac
software.
Possible cause 2 Wrong video standard selected in Matrox RTMac preference
pane
If the video standard you selected in the Matrox RTMac
preference pane doesn’t match your source material, your effects
won’t play back in real time.
Solution Select the correct video standard
Close Final Cut Pro. From
the Apple menu, choose
System Preferences
, click
Matrox RTMac
, and select the video standard (NTSC or PAL) that
matches your source material.
Possible cause 3 Matrox RTMac functionality disabled
Clearing
Enable Matrox
RTMac functionality
in the Matrox RTMac preference pane
disables RTMac functionality.
Solution Enable RTMac functionality
Close Final Cut Pro. From the
Apple menu, choose
System Preferences
, click
Matrox RTMac
,
and select
Enable Matrox RTMac functionality
.
Possible cause 4 Incorrect External Video setting
In order to use realtime effects,
External Video must be set to
Matrox RTMac
. This outputs video to
the breakout box.
Solution Change External Video setting
Choose
Final Cut Pro >
Audio/Video Settings
and click the
Summary
tab. From the
External Video
menu, select
Matrox RTMac
.
Video appears too bright on playback (NTSC only)
Possible cause Wrong NTSC setup level
If you’re using a DV device that uses the
Japanese analog NTSC setup of 0 IRE but you’ve selected the
standard NTSC setup level of 7.5 IRE, video might appear too bright
when you play back DV clips on your NTSC monitor.
Solution Change NTSC setup level
Close Final Cut Pro. From the Apple
menu, choose
System Preferences
, and click
Matrox RTMac
.
Under
Video Standard
, select
0 IRE
next to
NTSC with setup
level of
.
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