[Nils Hoover]

ok, this was my next step, I have had to do this in the past with a similar issue, but I was hoping I could just deal with it as natively as possible.

Thanks for the link.

Nils Hoover
https://nils.tv

[Nils Hoover]

Thank you, tricolor definitely is a better option, and works quite nicely with out any hassle.

[Nils Hoover]

Thank you! that has really gotten me on the right track, and does exactly what I needed.

[Nils Hoover]

I am just replying to my self because I don’t know how to edit the original post. I think I found a solution, I am going to use a NLE software after all, something called Loilo Scope 2. Has looping, works well with images and lots of video formats, enters full screen, and I can even render things out when I need to. Not really designed for live presentations but it seems like it will work well for it. I will update this if there are any problems with it.

[Nils Hoover]

Thanks, I will check that out. I may end up using a cheapo easy Non Linear Editing program called Loilo Scope 2, it is actually has a pretty neat interface, and would work really well while keeping functionality for people who don’t really know how to edit. Any way, the timeline loops and goes fullscreen, so I think I can just use that and do everything I wanted to do!

Thanks every one for all their help.

[Nils Hoover]

I have actually tried out several queuing systems, and I often run into problems around the slideshows w/ music and/or video, but I will give them another look. I have tried SCS 10, A weird program called Screen Monkey, looked at tutorials of Q-Lab (haven’t tried it, don’t have a mac, but it could still be an option), A free program called Multiplay, and probably some others. Do you have any suggestions of ones which have good video/image support?

[Nils Hoover]

First of all thank you for all of your help, I appreciate the time you have put into responding to this.

This is definitely a route I researched some, but in the end for my needs would be more costly as I would need to setup a computer with every projector, and maybe a little bit more time consuming to be as flexible as I would like it to be (in that I have create the media in one place, and then bring it into another to organize).

Let me go back a little bit.
Here is my plan right now:

One computer/server -> VGA Splitter/Distributed amplifier w/audio -> 5 individual Projectors.

The shorts/ads are on a loop, ad projectors get turned on between shows, off when the movie starts.

Have basically 2 ad sections but many shorts, so show goes something like this: short_1 – ad_1 – short_2 – ad_2 – short_3 – ad_1 – short_4 – ad_2 – etc.

My bosses want music during the ads, and want different music so it doesn’t get annoying, so although the images are the same on each ad sequence, the music has to be different mostly through out the entire loop.

On top of that there is at least one ad that gets changed weekly, which is a large reason I don’t want to use NLE software, having one huge file to render out each week becomes a bit of a chore.

Any way, I am beginning to realize that there may not be any perfect solution for me, especially when cost is an issue, but I am sure I can get something to work for me fine.

[Nils Hoover]

I work at a (relatively small) 5 screen independent theater. We show old short films and ads in-between them. A timeline based system just works best for working with video, images and music (music goes with the ads).
I am just trying to decrease the complexity and time it takes to replace an advertisement or a short film, so that I can keep the short films fresh, and so when new advertisers come on, it is easy to update the ads (and we have at least one ad which changes weekly).

Really the main reason I don’t want to render it out has to do with the time it takes to render. Rendering out an HD 30 minute file, which has video files using all types of formats (I grab the shorts from the web), the rendering just ends up taking a lot of time.

The one nice thing about the ProShow Producer is if I have to render, I can make an EXE which doesn’t render out the images (plays them as a slideshow), but only the videos, so that cuts the render time way down.

[Nils Hoover]

Yeah, thanks, I should have been more clear. I looked at the other versions, and I the cheapest option would meet my needs just fine, but it is still around $400 when I wouldn’t be using any of the advanced options really. I have looked at Queuing programs, some of which are cheaper (or free) but the fact that they aren’t really timeline based makes them a little more awkward to use for a linear, non interactive show, like mine.