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  • starting 3 videos on 3 macs at the exact same time!

    Posted by Bender on September 21, 2006 at 9:32 am

    hi guys!

    im preparing visuals for a art gallery … i use an extreme wide format (3 times PAL res) … so i want to use 3 computers and 3 projectors … do you guys know a way how i can start the 3 movies at the exact same time on all 3 macs???

    thanks a lot
    florian

    Mark Frazier replied 19 years, 7 months ago 5 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Simon Carlson-thies

    September 21, 2006 at 8:36 pm

    Write a script or an automator program that will start the programs at some specified time.

    -Simon Carlson-Thies

  • Bender

    September 21, 2006 at 9:22 pm

    thanks for your answer … but even if you synch the time of three computers to a billionsecond the wont start the program with little time delays you cant control!

  • Jeff Carpenter

    September 22, 2006 at 12:32 am

    Is it possible to buy a new computer for this project? (I don’t know if that’s possible or not).

    The new Mac Pros can take multiple video cards. You could put 2 cards in one and run 2 projectors off one card and the 3rd off the 2nd card. It’d be a 3-monitor display which should make it possible to stretch the video over all 3 monitors.

  • Bob Woodhead

    September 22, 2006 at 8:03 pm

    I don’t know the name of the hardware offhand, but there’s “black box” hardware that’s controlled by a single computer, that will run multiple playback screens.

  • Mark Frazier

    September 27, 2006 at 8:24 pm

    Check out the Live & Stage Events forum. This should be up their alley.

    Mark

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