Playing QuickTime HD or SD Video Through PCIeWith a qualified PCIe video card, Pro Tools can play and display QuickTime SD or QuickTime-based HD video files with frame edge-locked HD image output to a variety of professional HD monitors.
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Though no PCI video cards have been qualified for use with Pro Tools, some may work. Visit www.avid.com for more information.1 Import a QuickTime-based video file into a Pro Tools session. (See Importing Video into Pro Tools for detailed information.)When this option is enabled, Pro Tools will play the video out the PCIe video card to the connected HD monitor.If the Video window is open while video plays out the PCIe video card, it displays text indicating that video is playing out PCIe.To toggle output of QuickTime video between the Video window and PCIe, do one of the following:
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Select (or deselect) Options > Video Out PCIe.
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Right-click, or Control-click, the Video window, and select (or deselect) Video Out PCIe.Video output can be locked to external video reference, including Black Burst and Tri-Level Sync.
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Pro Tools HD should be locked to a suitable clock reference, such as a Synchronization peripheral. If no external audio clock is referenced, audio will not be frame-edge aligned and may drift.Most common QuickTime codecs are supported, including HD codecs such as h.264, DVCPro 100 HDV, and DV25.
Video Format Video Reference Rate PT Frame Rate Video Output Format*
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* The video output format may be displayed on the external monitor.