External monitor via SDI

Send video from the timeline directly to a broadcast monitor connected to an SDI card. Use this to check colors, safe areas, and interlaced output on a reference display while you edit.

Preview video on an external SDI monitor

  1. Configure your SDI card on the Preview Device tab of the Preferences dialog. »For further information: Preview Device Tab

  2. In the Video Preview window, click the Preview on External Monitor button Preview on External Monitor button.

The video plays on the external monitor and in the Video Preview window at the same time.

To turn off external preview, press Alt+Shift+4.

TIP If you experience dropped frames, clear the Display frames in video preview window during playback checkbox on the Preview Device tab of the Preferences dialog.

NOTE

  • Vegas Pro uses one external video device at a time. The external monitor is unavailable during video capture.

  • Enable external-monitor preview each time you start Vegas Pro. This prevents the main Vegas Pro window from hiding behind the secondary display when monitors are configured incorrectly.

Supported hardware

Supported Blackmagic Design devices:

  • DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G, 4K Pro, 4K Extreme, Studio 4K, SDI 4K, HD Extreme, Extreme 3D, Mini Monitor, and Mini Recorder.

  • Intensity Shuttle, Pro 4K, and Pro.

  • UltraStudio 4K Extreme, 4K, Pro, SDI, Express, Mini Monitor, and Mini Recorder.

Supported AJA devices: AJA Io 4K, KONA 3X, LH, LHe, LHi, LS, and LSe. AJA XENA cards are now branded as KONA cards. »For further information: http://www.aja.com/products/kona/transition.php.

FURTHER INFORMATION