Matrox Triple Head not recognized!!

[emilianomorgia]

which codec are you using?
Animation codec?

Yes ( i did not want to use it but the Graphic Designer want it )

How many layers at once?

4 ( they goes down to 15fps )

What discs? ssd?

MTRON MSP-SATA7035:
Capacity: 59.61 GB
Model: MTRON MSP-SATA7035
Revision: 0.18R1
Serial Number: 0HA1170400310
Native Command Queuing: No
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk1
Bay Name: "Bay 2"
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified


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you have one output at 60Hz and one at 75Hz - this is not good - this can lead to poor performance.

Wait ! again that it's the snap shoot I take but it's not what I've used during the show .

also 6 outputs is really a little too much- and not recommended- even if you can make it happen.

I know this, read back my post I always suggest 2 Dual Head 2 go.

I wasn't making this setup I went there and I found it like that. Was not my job to set it back in the right way.

But it's true that if you need 6 different outputs to run few movies it useful to know that the listed hardware does 6 output at 1280x1024 .

B4 USING IT CHECK IT YOUR SELF

[samsc]

Yes ( i did not want to use it but the Graphic Designer want it )

4 movies at 1024x768?

please email me pdf profile of show so we can check the data rate of these files. or give me file size and movie length.
animation can be close to uncompressed. so can overload a single sata channel data rate.

with animation movies the game is different. the data rate can be high, and very peaky, and somtimes cpu load is also peaky.

[emilianomorgia]

one movie was 295 Kbit/s

[samsc]

one movie was 295 Kbit/s

the problem is you had apple remote desktop on all the time-

running remote desktop with 6 triple head outputs at 6144 x 768 pixels!!!! kills the playback performance.

it kills playback stability even at lower resolutions.
nothing to do with movies.

[emilianomorgia]

the problem is you had apple remote desktop on all the time-

running remote desktop with 6 triple head outputs at 6144 x 768 pixels!!!! kills the playback performance.

it kills playback stability even at lower resolutions.
nothing to do with movies.

yeah that may be kill performances but this is was not the case .

4 Animations 768x1024 was requesting 1200 Kbit/s !!!!

I see that as problem .

Indeed ARD should be turn off during showtime ( if your set up allow you to do so )

[samsc]

yeah that may be kill performances but this is was not the case .

4 Animations 768x1024 was requesting 1200 Kbit/s !!!!

I see that as problem .

what do you mean 1200KBit/s ? that is not very much - are you meaning a low or a high number?
can you get hold of the files?

Indeed ARD should be turn off during showtime ( if your set up allow you to do so )

you have to turn off ARD or it will simply not work- you have 2 triple heads and ARD previewing 6x1024x768 screen - this just does not work well enough.
End of story - doesnt matter about whether your setup will allow it -

you want to play back video properly?- or you want to use ARD? - its a simple choice.
ARD kills things across the board -whether you are playing back movies or doing nothing.