Plotney Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Hello everyone,In the club I work at, there are a few tellies scattered around the club and I am thinking about hooking them up to light jocks(that's me) computer. At the moment the visuals just run from the DVD player. All the lights are controlled with ShowCAD. What is the best way to get it all to work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosxuk Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Step one - work out what you want to display on the TVs instead of a DVD loop. From that you can work out what hardware / software you need. Then you can work out what control you need. There is an almost infinite number of options to your question, you need to think about exactly what you want to do before it can be answered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plotney Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 Well, as most of the TVs are in the bar area, I was thinking of playing them drinks deals videos, and then towards the end of the night play the upcoming events videos, and if there are competitions, to announce the winners, so text input would be a bonus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shez Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Sounds like you want some digital signage software then. I use Sedao Imageflyer which would do the job but there are plenty of others out there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lite_lad Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Running on mac or windows? do you want the same image on all the screens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plotney Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 Thanks, I'll look into it. Running on windows and same image on all screens. Ideally I want to control that software thru showcad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge1977 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Screen monkey would just play a cue list but I have found cue lists a pain to setup. I use LED studio for signage sometimes but changing to a different loop is clunky VLC would be an easy solution with two playlists I would not bother linking it to the desk unless you want the tvs part of the 'show' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmatthill Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Screen monkey would just play a cue list but I have found cue lists a pain to setup. I use LED studio for signage sometimes but changing to a different loop is clunky VLC would be an easy solution with two playlists I would not bother linking it to the desk unless you want the tvs part of the 'show' Showcad does allow MIDI control of externals. Maybe a usb to midi device then a programme like MIDI KEYS recalling MIDI CONTROLsome pre-saved macros loading a playlist on VLC ? A Bit clunky , but should work / Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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