[Dene Wilby]

I had this problem too. I do have audio now but what i did may be a fluke but worth a try:

Create new project and select your preset.

Then go onto the ‘tracks’ tab at the top and select master audio as 5.1

See if that works.

Dene

[Dene Wilby]

OK, i’ve got my hardware and software setup and it’s working great via the Matrox triplehead2go to 3 VGA monitors.

I now just need to get the VGA Extenders and CAT5e to the 3 projectors.

Would this stuff be OK for this job?

https://www.tmb.com/Pdf/ProPlexCAT5esnake-LTR-web.pdf

Am I right in thinking that the 4 channel would suit my purpose leaving 1 spare?

Dene

[Dene Wilby]

Thomas and Walter

Thanks guys, this thread has helped me tremendously. I sincerely appreciate you directing me to VGA extenders, that is definitely the last piece of the puzzle. Do these look like good units?

https://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=45472

If so, i’ve setup the new system for less than £1,500 which is just great and like Thomas says, Cat5e is pretty much ‘disposable’.

Cheers

Dene

[Dene Wilby]

Thanks for the advice, I will look more into this. Also, the advice about the loss of signal over long lengths is very important, thanks for making me understand that.

We do about 10 to 15 shows a year so we need to own the correct equipment really. We’ve been using some real ‘makeshift’ gear over the past 6 years and need to take it up a level.

Dene

[Dene Wilby]

Hi,

I appreciate your advice but i don’t do this on a professional level so excuse my ignorance:

>For an analog run of that length, most events would use a DA (or line driver) with 5-wire coaxial cable >with BNC connectors instead of HD15.

So what do I need for this? I have HD15 outputs on the Matrox card and HD15 inputs on the Projectors.

I just need to find an affordable (to us) solution that we can use for 3 shows in a row (in different venues). Why would you not use a 50m HD15 to HD15? What are the downfalls?

Sorry, i’m just trying to understand this final piece of the puzzle.

I’d probably be outputting at 800×600 by the way.

Dene

[Dene Wilby]

hmmm, would I need one of those extenders for each of the 3 outputs of the matrox card?

when I look into that I see that they are also good for about 50 metres. What would the benefits be, apart from having lighter, more manageable cable?

thanks

Dene

[Dene Wilby]

just a quick thank you to you guys, this all looks very promising. I’m going to sit down this weekend and have a good look through all the suggestions.

Just got back from 3 shows in Europe and the sooner I can throw out the current system the better.

Cheers

Dene

[Dene Wilby]

Absolutely superb post, thank you! I will send back the Premium and get the Ultimate. I only have 1 CPU at present but if I have problems I can be safe in the knowledge that my OS will not be a sticking point if I upgrade the hardware.

Thank you!

Dene

[Dene Wilby]

Thanks, I went ahead and ordered some memory and vista 64bit today.

Isn’t CS4 64bit on PC?

Dene

[Dene Wilby]

Thanks mate. I’m burning from Encore now, I had a feeling that was the issue.

There was such a tight deadline for this. I wanted to borrow a DLT machine from a friend but thought this would be the quickest way. Turns out I was wrong 🙁

Thanks again

Dene