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For a soon to be realised project at the restaurant/club I work at I need to build a pc which can control 6 screens independently...
We have a total of 12 screens with Sharp V10 beamers which are wired with BNC cables to a matrix that sends the correct images to the beamer.
Usually a VJ uses only 3 sources and we supply them with a couple of Pioneer DVJ's or they bring their own stuff.
I am looking for a videocard (or 2) that can encode to MPEG2 , control 6 screens independent and preferably has BNC connections.
Here's a pic of 11 (Amsterdam) so that you got an idea of what I'm talking about...
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Message edited by ijsco on 07-23-2007 at 06:46:38 PM
Message edited by ijsco on 07-23-2007 at 06:46:38 PM
| emp wrote : Get maybe buy 2x 7600GT and look around for Matrox's TripleHead2Go line up, that's probably your best chance? I guess 2 cards with 2 DVI ports each * 4 TripleHead2Go gives you 12 signals? Sorry not really my area of expertise. |
the TripleHead2Go does not work like that and it is vga 
only
You may also have to get a board that can run the pci-e slots at x16 x4/8 x16
The MAC pro can run up to 4 video cards but the very low number of pci-e lanes will make it slow
I have only heard of triplehead2go, so I was just throwing ideas to the table. Sorry that it wasn't of much use.
Here's the new digital TripleHead2Go, it's not analog only anymore 
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/ [...] l/home.php
Message edited by emp on 07-23-2007 at 10:52:13 PM
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| Quote : the TripleHead2Go does not work like that and it is vga |
They have converters BNC -> VGA
we had a Red Bull Video Beat event 2 weeks ago with 2 Matrox Tripleheads where we put up 6 screens (18 total) extra and worked ok except that we had to buy the converters off course ...
| Quote : Could you provide a little more detail? |
It's MPEG2 Video so it is strictly 2D.
There are no monitors , only Sharp V10 beamers (12 total) and the source is standard 16:9 DVD resolution.
The POP-player (video server) we use sends the images through the Matrix which sends the images to the correct beamer.
The POP-player only works with MPG2 so I want a card to ENCODE because a lot of artists come with the wrong source format so I want to be able to encode to MPEG2 on the spot.
I've heard of ATI cards which can encode video (faster than , and) without stressing the processor.
I'm looking for a card that can do both ; control a minimum of 6 screens and has the ability to encode to MPEG2.
BNC isn't really an issue anymore cause now we have 6 BNC -> VGA converters 
Message edited by ijsco on 07-31-2007 at 12:59:37 AM
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