| | | | Re: non-standard frame size MPEG-2
by Brian Lynn on May 30, 2012 at 6:26:43 am
in the Compression techniques Forum
You're not trying to produce this video to play across multiple WatchOUT outputs are you? If you are please refer to the Dataton documentation for WatchOUT and read up on "Video Proxies" and "Pre-Splitting video for playback". | | | | |
| | | | Re: Multimedia slideshow
by Thomas Leong on Mar 30, 2012 at 5:49:53 am
in the Windows Hardware & Software Forum
There is a free? solution for Mac using Quartz Composer suggested at -
http://vjforums.com/showthread.php?t=37691
Not familiar with Macs and not sure if it does videos too.
Else, Dataton's Dynamic Image Server portion of its Watchout software. | | | | |
| | | | Service: Cog Media
by Martyn Oakley on Feb 26, 2012 at 5:40:41 pm
in the COW - Services Forum
Over 20 year experience in commercial 3D design and animation, video production and graphic design and digital signage. We've produced complete content solutions for National and international conferences. We've produced content for Sony, Carphone Wa | | | | |
| | | | Re: Multi-screen
by rich fifer on Dec 21, 2011 at 4:43:45 pm
in the Live & Stage Events Forum
Hello. I work for a production company in New York City. We deal with sound video and lighting. We have a full L-Acoustics 108P speaker system with L-Acoustics SB15P subs, A dataton Watchout version 5 Media Server, and the Matrox triple head and M | | | | |
| | | | Re: DNxHD - custom formats possible?
by Roland R. Kahlenberg on Nov 11, 2011 at 1:43:49 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Hi Adam, Watchout systems love MPEG-2 files, encoded with a GOP setting of 1 (you can achieve this with AME by setting Keyframe Distance to 1). A bitrate of 5MBPS to 10 MBPS should do the trick BUT it all depends on the playback machine.
For live | | | | |
| | | | Re: SSD for video
by Thomas Leong on Oct 20, 2011 at 7:09:39 pm
in the Windows Hardware & Software Forum
I haven't heard "not to use SSD for video media". In fact, the Dataton people use an Intel 510 to run their demo stereo panoramic show out to 4 HD projectors at their exhibition booths and demo rooms promoting Watchout version 5 - http://www.dataton. | | | | |
| | | | Re: Export For Multiple Screens?
by Thomas Leong on Sep 29, 2011 at 3:57:48 pm
in the Live & Stage Events Forum
Good to hear the job went through for you, albeit in a different form.
In preparation for the future, and potential for other multi-screen jobs, I would recommend you download Dataton's Watchout 5 and play around with it to discover its power, pot | | | | |
| | | | non-standard frame size MPEG-2
by Drew Grimes on Sep 5, 2011 at 5:45:15 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
I'm producing a video for projection on a Dataton Watchout System at a non-standard resolution of 3552x1080. I'm working in an After Effects comp with those dimensions.
The Watchout system will take MPEG-2 files. Is it possible to create an MPEG | | | | |
| | | | Re: Walking Across Multiple Projector Screen Effect
by Walter Soyka on Aug 22, 2011 at 11:53:13 am
in the Live & Stage Events Forum
[Mike Husni] "Essentially, I want audiences to see a character walk on from the far left screen and walk all the way over to the far right screen. I looked at some postings that suggested things like make a super wide video, but I do not know what so | | | | |
| | | | Re: Watchout 5
by Walter Soyka on Aug 19, 2011 at 3:43:48 pm
in the Live & Stage Events Forum
[Ray kiVinski] "Last version I worked on was Version 3.5 and even with (at that time) the highest end graphic cards recommended by Dataton, I-Mag had sync issues and VNC "painted" the slides on the screen. No client was ever satisfied with these resu | | | | |
| | | | Re: Watchout 5
by Ray kiVinski on Aug 19, 2011 at 3:28:53 pm
in the Live & Stage Events Forum
Hi Walter
Last version I worked on was Version 3.5 and even with (at that time) the highest end graphic cards recommended by Dataton, I-Mag had sync issues and VNC "painted" the slides on the screen. No client was ever satisfied with these result | | | | |
| | | | Re: Projection mapping on spandex hard set
by Thomas Leong on Jul 14, 2011 at 8:41:09 pm
in the Live & Stage Events Forum
Plenty. For starters, in terms of cost:
- vvvv
- Video Projection Tool
- WarpMap
(above 3 are freeware)
- Text Machine 3D (evaluate for stability)
- Resolume with the IR Mapio plug-in
- Dataton Watchout version 5 (with its max 6-output capabil | | | | |
| | | | Re: Multiview / Splitscreen of 8 live cameras
by Thomas Leong on Jul 14, 2011 at 9:21:36 am
in the Live & Stage Events Forum
Interesting. You seem to have 3 major requirements -
1. Capture and stream 1-8 live video streams + play canned files + access an URL like You-tube.
2. Output that to one ouput (projector) in various user-defined configurations/sizes, and
3. Be ab | | | | |
| | | | Re: Blocks/artefacts - where do they come from?
by jon smitherton on Jun 20, 2011 at 7:17:50 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Hi Martin
The Watchout system either uses Mpeg2, Sorenson or AVI codecs (though this may have changed - I haven't used it for 1.5 years) - both are 'Lossy' codecs and are prone to artifacts.
It could be a problem of the source (like Raphael sug | | | | |
| | | | Re: Advice - Rather Long Post
by Thomas Leong on Jun 20, 2011 at 4:30:40 pm
in the Live & Stage Events Forum
Not sure if this is too late for your event, but Wings Platinum Pro version (which is single-screen only; one licenced USB key; works in Windows 7) will work well in this situation using its :
- Asynchronous mode to loop any audio or video media e | | | | |
| | | | Re: Advice - Rather Long Post
by Tom Sefton on Jun 20, 2011 at 2:38:20 pm
in the Live & Stage Events Forum
I know its pretty basic but would a powerpoint show offer similar reliability for playing video files back with looping, click to start etc....?
Failing that - I would also heartily recommend Watchout by Dataton. | | | | |
| | | | Re: Codecs
by Brian Lynn on May 18, 2011 at 7:40:18 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
We used ProRes LT last year and had a lot of success with it. Because of one small glitch last year I am being pushed into being more Dataton compliant for this year.
The Adobe Media Encoder has actually rendered the MPEG a lot cleaner then After | | | | |
| | | | Re: Codecs
by Walter Soyka on May 18, 2011 at 5:37:09 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
[Brian Lynn] "WatchOUT keeps videos in sync by using closed GOP keyframes..."
This is not entirely accurate. With MPEG-2 video, using closed GOPs and forcing sequence headers on every GOP improves sync accuracy, but it's not actually the mechanism | | | | |
| | | | Re: 60fps render from AE for Watchout playback?
by Matthew Keane on Apr 28, 2011 at 10:37:26 pm
in the Live & Stage Events Forum
Hi,
It was having to compress 1080p30 clips that made me finally ditch Compressor (at least the FCS2 version) in favour of Adobe Media Encoder. I just checked and, with AME, you can encode MPEG2 at up to 60fps and even, apparantly, push the data r | | | | |
| | | | Re: Advice - Rather Long Post
by Walter Soyka on Apr 26, 2011 at 4:42:41 pm
in the Live & Stage Events Forum
I'm surprised to hear aboit the Flash troubles. I'm sure you've already been troubleshooting this, but I'd think that solving the problem on the Flash end would be most straightforward. Director is still kicking, but I don't know anyone using it anym | | | | |
| | | | Synchronize 2 videos with different outputs
by Oscar Rosales on Jan 13, 2011 at 3:20:28 pm
in the Live & Stage Events Forum
Hello everyone,
I have a problem, i need a cost effective alternative to synchronize 2 videos that go to different outputs, one output is a Projector and the other output is a Dual TV Screen arrengement (1 computer with dual output), for effective | | | | |
| | | | Re: syncing 3 DVD players
by Thomas Leong on Jan 6, 2011 at 5:50:31 am
in the Live & Stage Events Forum
There is PolyDVD from videobotics.com for industrial Pioneer DVD players. Not cheap. Consumer DVD players are not built for multi-sync playback, therefore the hit-and-miss affair you have been dealing with.
A possible alternative (versus the more | | | | |
| | | | Re: Best Video Codec for Dataton Watchout 1080p50
by Walter Soyka on Dec 14, 2010 at 9:52:03 pm
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
The best place for WATCHOUT questions is probably the Live & Stage Events forum.
What version of WATCHOUT are you delivering for? With version 3, your best options are MPEG2 or WMV. Version 4 adds support for H.264-encoded media (provided it's in | | | | |
| | | | Best Video Codec for Dataton Watchout 1080p50
by Tobias Nic on Dec 14, 2010 at 2:42:43 pm
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
Hey all,
i spent a lot of time searching for the right Video Codec for smooth Playback from a Watchout Display Machine. I want to play in 50 frames per second and with full hd resolution.
Are there any Users having good experiences with a codec ? | | | | |
| | | | Re: Watchout Dataton
by Walter Soyka on Dec 14, 2010 at 1:53:47 am
in the Live & Stage Events Forum
[Felix Bautista] "I'm in the business of event planning and am not an expert but everything I've read on this forum for the management of power point presentations and video synchronized to professional conferences seems to be the best option Watchou | | | | |
| | | | Watchout Dataton
by Felix Bautista on Dec 14, 2010 at 12:31:35 am
in the Live & Stage Events Forum
I'm in the business of event planning and am not an expert but everything I've read on this forum for the management of power point presentations and video synchronized to professional conferences seems to be the best option Watchout Dataton. | | | | |
| | | | Re: Playing and Synching 12 video streams
by Walter Soyka on Dec 13, 2010 at 2:22:43 am
in the Live & Stage Events Forum
[Miki Shalom] "I am now looking into synching 12 different videos which will run on 12 different laptops."
I'd suggest Dataton WATCHOUT, if you're running PCs. You can rent the license keys from many staging companies.
If you're running Macs, R | | | | |
| | | | Re: Syncronizing Video Playback on 3 platforms
by Walter Soyka on Dec 9, 2010 at 7:24:16 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Like Michael said, multi-display questions come up pretty often on the Live & Stage Events forum, and a lot of the considerations around your project could be better addressed there.
For playing pre-rendered assets in sync across multiple displays | | | | |
| | | | Re: Playing and Synching 12 video streams
by Walter Soyka on Nov 5, 2010 at 6:40:28 pm
in the Live & Stage Events Forum
It's tough to advise you without more details about what you're trying to accomplish and what your needs are.
You're thinking along the right lines by counting your physical displays (12) and playback channels (from 1 to 4) separately.
For a | | | | |
| | | | Re: Non standard resolutions and playback
by Walter Soyka on Sep 24, 2010 at 3:48:43 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
[Neil Stratton] "I am working on a project created in AE which is being pushed through a Barco Encore to 3 projectors edge blended to a resolution of 5220 x 1920 pixels... This is a huge resolution so I opted to work at half this size....
Normally | | | | |
| | | | Non standard resolutions and playback
by Neil Stratton on Sep 24, 2010 at 2:59:36 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Hi all-this one has got me stumped.I cannot tell you how much time I have spent on this problem, so have come here to the font of knowledge to seek help.
I am working on a project created in AE which is being pushed through a Barco Encore to 3 proj | | | | |
| | | | Re: Multiscreen editing
by Tom Sefton on Sep 3, 2010 at 3:50:04 pm
in the Art of the Edit Forum
Hi,
We have delivered something very similar to this in the past.
We utilized After Effects to create very large canvas sizes, and then by using Dataton Watchout, we stitch them together afterwards. This allows you to utilize maximum quality fr | | | | |
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