Playing a DVD?

[samsc]

you can get composite to sdi convertors?

or you can get a miglia composite input video card?

you really really cant get access to any movies off a dvd without converting them to a better format for playback.

if you need to switch between different video input sources, companies like extron make a huge range of switches at different price points with different functionality.
these are controllable from rs232 and from catalyst.

[Urb]

Thank You

[emilianomorgia]

I'm using this thing to grab DVDs http://handbrake.m0k.org/ ( off course you can grab dvd if you own the right )

[samsc]

mactheripper works as well.

dont use mpeg4 or mpeg2 to playback movies.

[Gian]

I have the similar issue here all the time... Clients want play a DVD during a Catalyst show or whatever. You have some ways to do it....

If you have a Blackmagic installed... you can use a conversion box from composite to SDI and use the SDI input. like told before here.

You can use either the Component input of your card or even use only the Y cable and that is a Composite input. to do that you also need to your System Preferences, Blackmagic and configure what Input are you using.
I am assuming you have a Blackmagic Decklink Extreme.

another way... easy one, is to buy any cheap capture box, what has a composite input and a Firewire DV output.
Catalyst reconises all those cheap boxes since they are Mac compatible.
I use all the time one PINACLE DV, is really cheap and to play a DVD or insert a DV camera does the job.

Is nece when you play a DVD heve only ONE layer active at the moment, or may be you experience a DELAY.

I also use that to leave a question, I tried before import a DVD to the computer, but playing from the Catalyst, the time of the movie changes from one play to the other... even with only one layer selected.
Is a way what i can tell Catalyst he needs to keep on the real movie time.
I know catalyst skips frames, and slow some movies to do not freeze, that is great feature, but is a way to play a movie and say to stay on the movie timeline or so. Even using a external Timecode source. Thanks

Gian

[samsc]

I also use that to leave a question, I tried before import a DVD to the computer, but playing from the Catalyst, the time of the movie changes from one play to the other... even with only one layer selected.
Is a way what i can tell Catalyst he needs to keep on the real movie time.
I know catalyst skips frames, and slow some movies to do not freeze, that is great feature, but is a way to play a movie and say to stay on the movie timeline or so. Even using a external Timecode source. Thanks

Gian

dont know exactly what you are describing here?
please give more information?
there are many ways to 'import' a dvd, and most of them will not work well.

you have to convert the dvd files to something that plays back well.

[Gian]

The DVD file plays back pretty well, the problem is from one time (playing back) to another, sometimes the duration of the real TIME changes a bit...
Like, if the DVD movie has 3.23 minutes... I do import that to my computer.
In the Quicktime, he plays 3.23 minutes, but on the Catalyst, one time plays
3.23, another time plays 3.26, another time 3.28. Is a way to say to the Catalyst he needs to stick on the REAL time ???

Thanks

Gian