Thank you for your answers Ben and Mathieu.
*** 4 nov. 05 at 14:44, B. Bogart wrote :
How many projectors?
for this project only 1.
But I'd like to learn a software which can synchronize more (lets say
3 or 4…).
DV codec (I think) is only ever 720x480 NTSC, can't be downgraded, you would need to encode in a different format to get a different size. So what codec, what size?
It's a DV Pal (so 720x576) downgraded at 33%. I did it (and the hole
sequence…) in Flash and ActionScript with the new Flash video codec.
The animation works fine. The only problem is that I am obliged to
use external video (not embeded) so with Flash I must use FLV. And
the quality seems not to be sufficient for video projections.
In this case, I don't know if it's possible to do each of these 9
movies with no compression (I don't think so with my laptop…). Which
codec would you recommand to me ?
Interactive video or just video playback?
In this case it would be just video playback
What HW are you planning to use?
My Apple G4 PowerBook 1,25GHz (???…)
I would not suggest jitter for such a project as far as I imagine putting straight video up... softVNS would be be my second suggestion after pd/Gem Linux/OSX.
I don't know "soft VNS"…
Is there a kind of "reference chart" where abilities and weakness of
each solution is displayed.
it seems to be a kind of maze for me now…
:-((
Performance or installation?
In this case an installation.
But I have opportunities to work for performances…
I'd like to learn a soft (Max/MSP, PD,…) which could be great for all
this…
(doesn't seems to be the case…)
How long will it run?
Up to 9 minutes. Looping.
Each movie begins at a random point between the begining and the end
of its duration.
It will be placed in a place choosen between 9 possible places (next
between the 8 remaining places, and so on…).
Everyboby plays until the end and wait x seconds after the last movie
has finished. Then the whole thing loops.
Video playback or seeking?
Video playback not streaming (was it what you were talking about ?)
I'm quite lost with the possibilities of Max/MSP, PD (or soft VNS…). I don't even know if that's possible to do that kind of things. I only know that it works fine in Flash with Actionscript…
*** 4 nov. 05 at 18:52, Mathieu Bouchard wrote :
If you are going to do any effects on those videos in realtime you
should say what you want to do because Gem differs very much from Jitter.
No effects in realtime on these videos. Only playback…
Your advises are more than welcome. ;-))
PAul