3 feeds, one computer

[jefft99]

I am helping out on a theatrical production and need to controll 3 video screens from one computer. (Sometimes the screens project the same thing, other's it's totally differnt.) Is it possible to wirefram 3 layers whih would create three screens in FCP and export using quicktime conversion to some extremely large width number to stretch each image onto each screen (wihtout distortion.. Is there a better solution. This also needs to be foolproof for someone to run it.

If you hae any ideas do let me know.

Thanks so much

Jeff
www.envisionfilms.sorg

 

[mikkowilson]

Yoru best best is to have 3 video feeds running in parallel...
You'll need 3 playout devices (server [or server channels], decks, DVD players, etc...
If the performance is very well timed, you can make all 3 videos continious and start then in sync. (like using one remote)
If it's not timed to a T, will be harder to run (and stop, etc..) the feeds in sync.
One could for example use 3 profesional decks and a multi-channel deck controller and run all the desks in sync.

Or you can use a 3-bus video switcher / mixer and juggle tapes and sources ont eh fly and route to displays as normal.
You will probabaly want some sort of mixer/fader on each projector feed anyway so that you can fade out the image when necesarry (like before the show)

If the quality doens't have to be top notch on the images, you coudl also use a wingle aource and then use a video wall driver to split the one picture to 4 diffenret feeds ("monitors in the wall").


There are really a bunch of ways to do this. Some more "creative" than others. Some will work better, some will be move flexible. But realisitically keep in mind that what you are trying to do is really a rather complicated procedure that is a chalenge to most production companies.

- Mikko