Changing Video Window Options

The Video window pop-up menu lets you do the following:

Toggle online status of the main video track.

Toggle output of QuickTime video between the Video window and an external monitor using the FireWire port (without an Avid Video peripheral this is supported with Mac only) or PCIe (with a qualified video card).

Resize the Video window.

To toggle the online status of the main video track:

Right-click (Windows or Mac) or Control-click (Mac) the Video window, and select Online.

 

Video window (with pop-up menu shown)

To toggle output of QuickTime video between the Video window and FireWire, do one of the following (Mac only):

Select (or deselect) Options > Video Out FireWire.

– or – 

Right-click, or Control-click, the Video window, and select (or deselect) Video Out FireWire.

For information on playing video through FireWire, see Playing QuickTime DV Video to an External Monitor Over FireWire.

To toggle output of QuickTime video between the Video window and PCIe, do one of the following (Mac only):

Select (or deselect) Options > Video Out PCIe.

– or – 

Right-click, or Control-click, the Video window, and select (or deselect) Video Out PCIe

For information on playing video through PCIe, see Playing Video to an External Monitor Using a Video Card.