EdK

Thank you. Would appreciate that very much. I have no knowledge with these types of projectors (other than seeing them in use here and there) and can't relate to what an 'internal vs external shutter' even is. Ed .

Thank you. That was helpful. I went to the NEC website and was overwhelmed by the number of projectors there are. Would you happen to know what model your NEC is?

Sorry for taking so long to reply. The image you posted looks really good. I'm not quite sure where the 'floor' is. Could you edit the photo to show where the bottom of the projection actually is? How much space is between the actors and the wall? Also, what equipment are you using and what sort of surface is the wall? Being a complete novice, how is skewing of the image avoided? What I mean is, if the image is being projected from above, the lower portion of the image (you would think) be out of focus, wider, and not as bright?

Hello everyone, Complete novice here with no experience doing this sort of thing. Looking to build a 3X3 (or larger...keeping a 16:9 aspect ratio or close to it) DIY video wall for a small theatre company on a minimal budget. Over 90% of the content being displayed would be Powerpoint presentation with occasional short video clips. The theatre company currently rents a venue that does this but they will be building their own venue. The purpose of the video wall is to project background scenes as an alternative to building sets, etc. The images being displayed would need to be split among all of the TVs/monitors to create one large image. This is the way it's currently being done at the venue they are renting. The control booth would be on the opposite side of the space approximately 100 feet away. Most DIY projects that I've been able to find by perusing the web have the 'control' PC close the the TVs/monitors using a video card with multiple HDMI outputs with an HDMI cable going from the PC to each TV/monitor. Running multiple HDMI cables to each monitor 100 feet away seems silly and impractical considering there would probably be significant signal loss over such a distance. Other projects that I've found have a single HDMI cable from the 'control' PC into a Cat6 cable then into one TV/monitor and then daisy chain the remaining TVs/monitors and somehow the TVs/monitors take care of splitting the images. Does anyone have any suggestions on how best to accomplish this on a budget (both hardware and software) or where I could find information? Would prefer to stay away from 'projection' type solutions and they don't need 4k quality. Just something decent. Audience would be located a minimum of 20 feet away from the video wall. Thanks! EdK

I did just find a bug in MultiPlay 2.5.5.0 that caused the "one file out of order" issue when you added multiple files to an empty cue list. That is fixed in version 3. Ah, excellent news. Oops...I apologize for not knowing the windows can be floated. It didn't dawn on me that you can drag the window by selecting the border of the window. Thanks for correcting the file out of order bug and for looking into the auto row height.

General Production notes window is a good idea provided it is automatically displayed when the production is loaded/opened. User can close the window. Anything that would bring the production notes to the users attention when loading/opening a production. As for the shortcuts, manipulating a mouse/pointer during a show to GO, STOP, etc can be cumbersome and if using an external mouse, batteries can go dead, and a touch-pad pointer can be problematic especially if the user forgets to turn off "tap to click". Keyboard shortcuts IMO are more reliable. Had one other idea- Could the Cue Control window be made to 'float' anywhere on the screen and be resizeable? .

I've been using Multiplay for many years...as far back as XP days....mainly in Community or High School Theatre. Currently running 2.5.5.0 successfully on Windows 10. I simply run it in Admin mode and Windows XP or 7 mode with no issues (other than existing bugs which happen regardless of Windows version). An unusual bug I experience in 2.5.5.0: I frequently add several audio cues at the same time by selecting multiple files in order to populate a Production. All my file name are numbered in sequence. When I insert multiple files, the first file in the group ends up at the end of the production. For example, filenames start with 01, 02, 03, 04, etc After inserting multiple files at one time, file 01 ends up at the end of the production but everything else is still in sequence. Was wondering if you could add a couple usability functions. -Provide a means to 'lock' the first few cue lines so that they don't scroll off when scrolling through a large show. Often, I use the first 2-3 lines as 'Memo' lines to provide instructions to whoever is operating MP at the time. Often, in Community Theatre, they recruit students to run the show and the same person may not be available at every show. Some of the instructions I provide for them are reminders to place the PC into Airplane Mode, disable Anti-virus/Malware software and other automated functions that you don't want starting unannounced (as many Windows programs do). Much like locking rows in Excel. -If Cue controls icons are displayed (GO, STOP, etc) and keyboard shortcut keys are assigned to those functions, display the keyboard shortcut with the icon. If the Cue control icons are not displayed, provide a means to display the assigned keyboard shortcut functions in their place. -Often, script references can be longer than the allowed space to be displayed in it's entirety. This particularly happens when several other columns are displayed also. Perhaps allow the text within the script reference to 'wrap' to a second line. Much like 'wrapping' within an Excel cell. Ed