Adtec networked MPEG2 players

[hooh]

I know, but the video company asked me for a dv stream file (.dv)
I offered them to bring in a .m2v or QT movie with MPEG2 compression, but the whole mac thing scared them so they only dared to do it with a .dv file.

stefan

[samsc]

I know, but the video company asked me for a dv stream file (.dv)
I offered them to bring in a .m2v or QT movie with MPEG2 compression, but the whole mac thing scared them so they only dared to do it with a .dv file.

stefan

so the client wanted delivery of a .dv file - which they then converted themselves to mpeg2 for uploading to the boxes?

[hooh]

Well not the client, but the rental shop that was supplying the edjes.
They were also responsible for the playback.
I delivered the video that my girlfriend made (she does motion graphics and video).
Four movies on 4 plasma's, with stuff going from screen to screen. One very wide After Effects comp, haha. 10 hrs render per movie on dual 1.8

stefan

[samsc]

Well not the client, but the rental shop that was supplying the edjes.
They were also responsible for the playback.
I delivered the video that my girlfriend made (she does motion graphics and video).
Four movies on 4 plasma's, with stuff going from screen to screen. One very wide After Effects comp, haha. 10 hrs render per movie on dual 1.8

stefan

Thanks Stefan.

Tim is doing a show with these things soon, and he wants me to add support for them - so im just checking all these things.

you were doing a widescreen playback type thing then?

[hooh]

4:3 with bars. I still remember the video guy wrestling with the zoom function of the plasma's...
I can try stuff out with these boxes if you want, i'm friendly with the video company and i still want to try out the serial control of them anyway.
And they want to have an inexpensive way to control them with DMX.

stefan

[samsc]

4:3 with bars. I still remember the video guy wrestling with the zoom function of the plasma's...
I can try stuff out with these boxes if you want, i'm friendly with the video company and i still want to try out the serial control of them anyway.
And they want to have an inexpensive way to control them with DMX.

stefan

you can control them using ethernet. thats what i was interested in.

What kindof dmx control would your client want?

[hooh]

You're a programmer, i'm a hobbyist
i know how to do serial with RealBasic, did some lanbox stuff.
These guys would like to have a small, cheap microcontroller box that uses one dmx channel for play/pause, one for selection, etc.

stefan

[Spam Butterfly]

Some people!
Hugh

[hooh]

i can give you their phone number hugh, maybe you can sell them a Catalyst system...

stefan

[samsc]

i can give you their phone number hugh, maybe you can sell them a Catalyst system...

stefan

thats a cheap little embedded solution which takes a single dmx channel