If I got this correctly the firewire to analog converter should have red white and yellow RCA jacks. Most TVs can input/output to those same jacks so if you hook it all up you should have the signal streaming into your system.

The next problem is software. You need something to view/capture that signal. If you have a mac you can simply watch your tv through iMovie and record what you want (this is what I do but I use an old camcorder instead of an actual digital to analog converter). If you have a PC I'm sure someone else can point you to a program that will work.

RJSchwarz
San Diego, CA

I'm a PC man. If anyone has any idea of a program that would work that would be great. I can't think of a way to use Premiere to stream through firewire when it's not trying to capture.

Thanks for your input rj, help is always appreciated.

--QD Jones

RJ seemed to have it backwards - you're trying to get a movie from your computer to play on a TV screen, right?

I'm facing the same problem in finding software to broadcast specifically as well - and my device is a specific "TV OUT" on my graphics/capture/TV card for crying out loud!

Morgneto, Master of Morgnetism

Avid will play the movie out the Firewire port as well as on the desktop: I presume other editing programs can too.

You're right Morgneto, I'm trying to get the video from the computer to play on the TV. I also have a TV Out on my video card but I can't seem to find a way to broadcast it either. All I can do is set it to use the TV as a second monitor and that is pretty pointless.

I'll have to check Premiere and see if it can play through the firewire port, I can export through the firewire, maybe that will do the same thing. Thanks MarkG

--QD Jones

Sounds like I did get it backwards. My setup, using a camcorder as the analog to digital converter would work both ways though, it just depends upon if you connect the RCA cables to the tv input or output.

I would think an analog to digital box would be similar.

RJSchwarz
San Diego, CA

I don't know, I don't think my camera is equipped with A/V in. I'll have to try it and see. Thanks for the suggestions everyone.

--QD Jones

My camera (Panasonic NV-DS60) had a cable that runs from 3.5mm to 3 RCA channels for exporting or showing on TV, etc. In the camera's menus it has an option for the direction of dataflow along that cable - whether the camera is broadcasting or receiving footage. I've use the "AV in" setting to take footage from a TV (which was actually a roundabout way of getting footage from a videogame into my camera).

Morgneto, Master of Morgnetism

Firstly, if you're exporting to Beta, mag, DVCAM or any other media that needs to be NTSC/ PAL then your interlinked systems need to be first rate Pro gear for broadcast resolution and to see it in a monitor. The everyday video cards aren't gonna hack it. They don't produce the resolution... and they are typically composite or RF signals not RGB.

AVID, MEDIA-100, SONY and numerous others are to be considered in a Pro world. For the Indie film maker, output to QuickTime seems to be as high a level as it gets out of Premiere, FCP, etc.. It's great quality for the media, but not broadcast.

The top pro systems do have a composite NTSC BNC signal outputs that contains black burst for use with color monitors, not TV's, there's a difference. If you need to get to the braodcast level I suggest get your final cut to a Pro shop and let them do the transfers and you'll be able to see it on whatever screen you want to in their suite.

Jim Rieder
Sound Designer/Composer
http://www.suiteaudiosounddesign.com