Playing back a 3840x800 Video in Video Window Across Three Screens?

[dekstar253]

Hi,

I have a weird setup for a client. They have a very wide video at 3840x800 that they would like to stretch across three screens.

I have three displays going via Matrox TripleHead2goDP and the computer sees it at 3840x800. So far so good...until...

Playing the video back out of the Video Window in PT 11HD; the video is not played back at 3840x800, but playing back within a window that looks like it's at 1280x720?

It's adding bars above and below the video as it's fitting the 3840x800 video w/in a window that's 1280x720.

Is there a way to make Pro Tools play the video back at it's original size and not try to fit it within the window? That way it'll stretch across the 3 screens.

Thanks for reading; any suggestions greatly appreciated!

[Chief Technician]

Originally Posted by dekstar253

Hi,

I have a weird setup for a client. They have a very wide video at 3840x800 that they would like to stretch across three screens.

You may have to wait for an update to the Avid Video Engine in Pro Tools v12.x. Pro Tools v12.2 currently uses Avid Video Engine v7.0.4.3. This version of the Avid Video Engine supports something that Media Composer users know as FrameFlex. This is where you can view a 1080i or 720p sized chunk of something that has a larger raster size (such as 3840x800). Media Composer v8.4 is the first version that supports playback of any raster size up to 8K.

Your other option is to use a Media Composer v8.4 system as a video satellite with Pro Tools.