Columbine24 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Does anyone know any good free or fairly cheap software to use as a full screen countdown timer for presenters? Even better if it has a message function to display the odd 'your flies are undone' message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave m Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 presentation timer wise, someone posted a link on here maybe a year ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I think screenmonkey can do this... sorry I haven't got a copy in front of me to check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Download XNote Timer free from http://www.xnotestopwatch.com/download.html#downloadThe free link is near the bottom of the page.Does all you want and more.CheersGerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Pearce Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 David Duffy of AVD has a useful little app that does timers, it is very configurable, but I can't remember if it does messages too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 We run stagetimer 2 (mac) now . It works pretty well for what we want, I thin it does messages as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandall Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Download XNote Timer free from http://www.xnotestop...d.html#download Does what it says on the can, but I would strongly suggest you read the T & C before installing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beware Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I wrote one yonks ago. Designed as a dual screen system.http://www.warre.co.uk/w4messages/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandall Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I wrote one yonks ago. Designed as a dual screen system.http://www.warre.co.uk/w4messages/ MUCH more user-friendly for presentation work, & no 100ths flickering away. I'm now working out how to give the presenter his powerpoint & his countdown on a pair of screens without any risk of compromising the powerpoint feed. Cracked it! Don't need the 2nd screen - Powerpoint in 2-screen mode, countdown parked on top of the dreaded ribbon, & start/stop tucked away in bottom RH corner. Just realised this only works if the presenter has the laptop in front of him/her, which make starting the clock a bit tricky! Pish!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beware Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I guess you need some sort of picture in picture monitor, but would still need two laptops at control. You could use a three screen system some how, using vga and hdmi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandall Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 The countdown screen will probably be an el-cheapo 7" monitor via a VGA-CV converter, but as you say, the real problem is needing an extra laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave m Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I played with the principle of making a video based one.No messaging though I laid a BITC on a time line in final cut and thought about making the background screen change colour near the end.I would then make a DVD with buttons that did common times so that the same timeline would be triggered as chapters Say 5 min intervals then every min after 15So using a simple portable DVD player and possibly a second video monitor, it would be a simple self contained system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandall Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I played with the principle of making a video based one.No messaging though I laid a BITC on a time line in final cut and thought about making the background screen change colour near the end.I would then make a DVD with buttons that did common times so that the same timeline would be triggered as chapters Say 5 min intervals then every min after 15So using a simple portable DVD player and possibly a second video monitor, it would be a simple self contained system That sounds neat - did you get beyond thinking about it? I guess one could maybe make a DVD of Beware's countdown, divided into chapters. It would be useful for pub comedy nights, where you wouldn't want to leave an unattended laptop, but might risk a cheap portable DVD player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave m Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 no I didn't but if I have time over the weekend I will knock something basic up I have a small ( richer sounds/philips) personal DVD player ( like a small laptop) and it has a monitor out plus an IR remote.I bought it for a relative who was in hospital but it never got used. hit was about £50 at the time but CPC must do something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandall Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Beware the current cheap Philips - non-standard 4-pole socket, no PSU & no instructions, especially no indication of the non-standard wiring. A friend bought one for a church system. By the time it was installed it would have been much cheaper to buy a decent one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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