Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 13:32:30 -0500
From: Michael Groarke <email@hidden>
Subject: (no subject)
I'm not yet prepared to stream video over our school network (mostly
because we affectionately refer to it as a "notwork"), but I do
want to
be able to set up a playlist of QT movies and have them play as a good
old-fashioned video out from the computer. The signal will be
distributed to a number of televisions in a commons area of the
school.
Is QTSS the way to go for this, or am I barking up the wrong
tree? If
this will work, what should I be looking for in a video card?
You create playlists with it, they stream out of your firewire port.
You can then use a Firewire>Analog NTSC converter, for $200 or so, to
convert the DV signal to analog video for distribution. There is a
free demo available.
Or, if you can find a simple application that can create playlists
and play them back full-screen continuously, on Mac laptop you can go
out of the s-video or composite video output. I know my PowerBook has
one. If you don't have this built-in, It may be better to find a
VGA>NTSC converter box than a card, you can then move it from
computer to computer. Try to stick with s-video as much as you can,
it generally looks better than composite. These are priced from under
$100 (AverMedia AverKey iMicro) to the thousands. The more you pay,
the better the image, I would guess.
iTunes can create and play back video playlists, not sure if there
is continuous full-screen playback though.
I believe there are a few other simple playlist organizers/players, a
search for "video playlist" in versiontracker.com comes up with four.
QTSS is great for streaming, but seems overkill for this application.
But if you already own it, I believe there is a playlist creator
bundled with it, not sure if it can play back continuously full-
screen on the local monitor.
Frank Fulchiero
Digital Media Specialist
Connecticut College
