Return-Path: X-Processed-By: Virex 7 on prxy.net X-Real-To: stagecraftlist [at] theatrical.net X-ListServer: CommuniGate Pro LIST 4.1.8 List-Unsubscribe: List-ID: Message-ID: From: "Stagecraft" Sender: "Stagecraft" To: "Stagecraft" Precedence: list Subject: Stagecraft Digest #31 Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 03:01:49 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline For info on subscribing, unsubscribing, and suspending your list subscription, go to the Stagecraft web site at: http://stagecraft.theprices.net/ --------------------------------------------------- Stagecraft Digest, Issue #31 1. Re: said Tom. by "Paul Guncheon" 2. Re: Third Rail Myth by Bruce Purdy 3. Re: Third Rail Myth by Richard Niederberg 4. Re: plea about format!!!! by Noah Price 5. Re: plea about format!!!! by "Tony Deeming" 6. Video signal routing by "pete quinlan" 7. Re: Video signal routing by Benjamin Eastep 8. Re: Video signal routing by Michael Feinberg *** Please update the subject line of your reply to use the subject *** line of the message you are replying to! Please only reply to *** one message subject in each reply. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <029801c44aff$2f519c50$0202a8c0 [at] MyLastPC> From: "Paul Guncheon" References: Subject: Re: said Tom. Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 03:15:33 -1000 <<"Resistance is futile!" said Tom ominously.>> Erm... "We went to Radio Shack and ate all their resistors", said Tom ominously. Laters, Paul "Watt? My current position is that anyone who ampheres our work will be sent ohm and hopefully will di of ode age. Now turn this thing on!" said Tom with delight Lates, Paul "Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess," Tom began grimly. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 10:47:52 -0400 Subject: Re: Third Rail Myth From: Bruce Purdy Message-ID: In-Reply-To: > I caught two female high school students giggling while 'vandalizing' the > aforementioned equipment in the aforementioned manner. > but did not inform the campus police of > their transgression. We need all the ADA that we can get! > /s/ Richard Great story, but I don't understand the "Americans with Disabilities Act" relevance. (Or is this a different ADA?) Bruce -- Bruce Purdy Technical Director Smith Opera House ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 09:38:34 -0700 Subject: Re: Third Rail Myth Message-ID: <20040605.093840.2516.0.ladesigners [at] juno.com> From: Richard Niederberg In primary and secondary school context, ADA=Average Daily Attendance. If you expel the kids, the school/school district gets less state funds. /s/ Richard > > We need all the ADA that we can get! > > /s/ Richard > Great story, but I don't understand the "Americans with > Disabilities Act" relevance. (Or is this a different ADA?) > Bruce ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ------------------------------ In-Reply-To: References: Message-Id: From: Noah Price Subject: Re: plea about format!!!! Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 10:50:38 -0700 On Jun 4, 2004, at 9:37 AM, Booth, Dennis wrote: > No complaints, really, Noah. Just suggestions! Didn't mean that to come across so negatively :-) Yes, suggestions is a better word! I've got improvements in the works for many of the suggestions I've seen so far, but keep 'em coming... I can only fix what I know needs fixin' ;-) > Thanks for all you do, brother. Thanks! Noah -- | Noah Price | http://stagecraft.theprices.net/ | | Stagecraft Mailing List | Web issues: stagecraft-web [at] theprices.net | | Web site administrator | Personal: noah [at] theprices.net | ------------------------------ Message-ID: <022f01c44b51$b7b36cc0$0a01a8c0 [at] Tony> From: "Tony Deeming" References: Subject: Re: plea about format!!!! Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 00:06:21 +0100 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy" To: "Stagecraft" Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 3:03 PM Subject: plea about format!!!! > For info on subscribing, unsubscribing, and suspending > your list subscription, go to the Stagecraft web site at: > http://stagecraft.theprices.net/ > --------------------------------------------------- > > > PLEASE, PLEASE, would it be possible to put the number of the message > before the message? The digest form of the list used to be that way. > Then, if out of 47 messages when you were in a hurry and you only wanted > to read number 35, you didn't have to wade through 34 others till you > found it!! > Judy > Hmm..... If you just want to read each thread as an individual 'story' why not just 'sort by subject'....? Ynot ------------------------------ From: "pete quinlan" Subject: Video signal routing Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 13:19:19 +0800 Message-ID: Hello all, I am trying to find a rack mountable video switcher capable of taking inputs from cameras a computer and a dvd/vcr . Does anyone know of one or where to start looking? regards Pete Quinlan _________________________________________________________________ FOXTEL Digital - Your ticket to cinema at home: http://ad.au.doubleclick.net/clk;7718915;9123289;x?http://www.foxtel.com.au/Campaign/channelchoice.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 23:43:40 -0600 Subject: Re: Video signal routing Message-ID: <20040606054340.GA19686 [at] shifting.ca> References: In-Reply-To: From: Benjamin Eastep > Hello all, > I am trying to find a rack mountable video switcher capable of taking > inputs from cameras a computer and a dvd/vcr . Does anyone know of one or > where to start looking? > regards > Pete Quinlan > What sort of signal are you pulling off the computer? When projecting computer feeds (if that's what you have this in mind for), generally you want to run the VGA signal off the computer, (or DVI?) not a composite or any of the signals you can pull off your cameras and dvd/vcrs. Since VGA is a different cable, signal type, and socket on the projector, its hard imagine that signal going through any compatable switching device. Now of course, many newer video cards can ouput a composite signal, but the picture quality is generally somewhat lacking, due to the resolution conversion. Many projectors will autoselect sources when only one source is available, so it may be possible to run both VGA and video out to the projector, and then simply send it whichever signal is appropriate (using a switcher to choose sources on the video feed) of course, for all I know, you are doing something else completely and my comments on projectors are completely irrelevant. Ben Eastep -- Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings. (German: "Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen.)Heinrich Heine, from his play Almansor (1821) ------------------------------ Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 01:52:25 -0400 From: Michael Feinberg Subject: Re: Video signal routing >I am trying to find a rack mountable video switcher capable of >taking inputs from cameras a computer and a dvd/vcr . Does anyone >know of one or where to start looking? >regards You first have to figure out what type of signals you're switching. Cameras are typically composite (1 wire) or Y/C (2 wires). DVD players will typically have both of those plus component (3 wire). Computer outputs are now almost universally RGBHV (5 wire) though some video cards also have composite and Y/C outputs to display on a television. When connecting a computer to an external system, a box known as a 'computer interface' is used to buffer the output and to give you a connection point for a local monitor. If your display only has a single input, you'll need to adapt the signals to that type and then route them into a switcher of the appropriate type. If it has multiple inputs, you might be able to use it as a switcher or only use a smaller switcher (i.e. run the DVD player into a Y/C input and run several cameras through a composite switcher into a composite input) To convert a composite, Y/C, or component signal to RGBHV you need what is called a 'scaler'. To go the other direction, you need a 'scan converter'. To go from composite to Y/C and vice versa, you need a transcoder. That terminology should help with your search. The other thing to check for is connectors: composite is typically a single RCA or BNC connector; Y/C 2 BNCs or 1 miniDIN-4; component 3 RCA connectors; and RGBHV 1 HD15 connector or 5 BNC connectors. Within a single type you only need mechanical adapters. There are many manufacturers of the above converters and of video switchers for various signals. For top-end pro gear, look at http://www.extron.com. For less expensive but still extremely reliable equipment, try http://www.kramerus.com. Both also manufacturer switchers that have integral scalers, so that all of the inputs are then output as RGBHV. Let me know if you have more questions, or give us more information so we can recommend a more specific product. -Michael Feinberg, CTS ------------------------------ End of Stagecraft Digest #31 ****************************