Matt Geiser
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Tactical fiber and convertors would be my move. Try not to use wireless unless absolutely necessary.
You can reach out to us, info AT icenineproductions.com if you need more info or help designing the system.
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Checkout the following
https://www.disguise.one for media servers
https://www.notch.one for live visual effects
https://blacktrax.cast-soft.com for accurate tracking solutions -
If you just do a photo map the curve will be distorted. You really need a 3d model of the building if you’re going to be 100% accurate. For this you hire someone with a lidar scanner and they can generate a .obj file for you to use in C4D or AE, with a 3d plugin. This can be quite costly.
The alternative is to have someone use a 3d disto which will give you a rougher model that will need some massaging but will be adequate to make sure that your content doesn’t get all twisted up in projection.
For a project like this we’d use our disguise media servers. https://www.disguise.one
We load the same model into our system and by colocating reference points on the model and the building it does the projector calibration for you.info at icenineproductions dot com if you need help with the project.
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We use Hap on the d3 media servers and anytime someone exports it and tries to play on their editing system they call us freaked out because it jitters like mad. Even though we told them to expect it because of the differences in how the mac is rendering the video vs. the ATI card in the PC based d3.
If you’re doing 3 discreet destinations that aren’t blended why not render them in 4 quadrants of a 3840×2160 then use a data path X4 to break it up.
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HDMI on a KiPro will only see valid video resolutions. 720p, 1080i59.94, etc.. I’d try 1280x720p since the projector should see that as well over VGA. There still may be other pitfalls there so if it still doesn’t work just get a BlackMagic Micro Convertor HDMI to SDI ($85) and go into the KiPro that way.
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Canare L-5CHW or Belden 1694A
I use the canare and have never had an issue. Will go 300′ @ 1080p but if you step down to 1080i or 720p I’ve gotten almost 500′ through 2 pieces and a barrel.
If you don’t already have the tools to terminate you may want to find someone close by that has them. The tool set to make them runs $200-$300. Nice to have though since I’ve rebuilt my camera rack with all custom looms and it came out great
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Set the output to the res and frame rate you want. Then in system patch drag that output onto the widescreen pixelspace.
Also, join the Vista Systems Video Processors group on Facebook. Questions are answered there much faster
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Initial thought is a flatscreen with video walling capability. How big does this setup need to be?
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1). Direct to layer is a holdover from the older Spyder units that had no internal routing capability. You would never use direct to layer in an x20.
2&3) since the x20 internal router is handling the feeds to the layers each source only needs to physically hit the back of the x20 once. Once a source is on an input it can feed any or all of the 16 layers.
External routers are only required when you use multiple x20 in the same system or when you have more of a certain flavor of input then the x20 has… Like 10 DVI sources.
On most shows I run out of dvi before video so ill use throw down converters to make some of the dvi into hdsdi. This eliminates the upstream router and streamlines operation.
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Very cool indeed.
It appears that the software controlling the robots is providing feedback to a media server about its position and therefore the position of the screens. The projector is probably static but is shooting an area large enough to encompass all of the screen positions. When the robot moves the screen the media server moves the content within the projectors view to keep it on the screen.
One of the awards shows did something similar several years ago with moving video screens across the stage while the servers kept the content on the screens.
Want to do something similar?? Let me know. We’ve just acquired a D3 Quad server which allows these very effects to be realized. Check it out. https://www.d3technologies.com
Matt