Hi! I have searched the forums amd I can't find the answer to my question so I'm hoping soemone can help me out.
I want to add video to my display this year for two diffrent songs at two different times during the show. I need to know step-by step what to do and I can't find a tutorial on it. I have downloaded LOR II already.
I'm sure this has been asked and answered already but I can't find it. If you can help me out by postring a link or telling me what I need to do, I would greatly appriciate it.
If you create a musical sequence using a video file (such as a WMV file) instead of an audio file (such as an MP3 file), LOR II will display the video when the sequence plays (assuming you don't have "View Video" turned off in the View menu).
If you already have a sequence based on an audio file, and you want to play some video during it, you will have to create a new video file that includes both the audio and the video, and then use LOR to create a musical sequence based on that. LOR does not handle that first step (creating the video file), so you will have to have some video editing program in order to do that. I have no experience with such programs, so I can't say anything about them, but I'm sure they're out there.
As Bob stated you need to use the video as the Media File for your musical sequence. There are a few things to consider.
First is the sequence. I used Windows Movie Maker to create a video, and added the music from an existing Musical Sequence. Using Movie Maker you can switch off the audio from the video, and replace it with an MP3 clip. That's what I did to create my media file for the sequence. Now you have to make that .wmv the Media file used by the sequence. Under menuitem "Edit" "Mediafile" Select the .wmv file and save the sequence (need I remind you to make backups before starting?) Now when you play the sequence in the editor, the video will pop-up in a window. Step 1 complete.
Next is the display you will use. You could use your primary display, but that would mean that you would be able to see the desktop and screensaver when video isn't active. So, you really need a second display output. The most preferrable for this mode is an S-Video output for NTSC video as a second display. The ways to acheive this are as varied as there are computers. My video card came with an S-Video output built in. All I needed to do was connect a TV and set the display to extend the desktop. Once I did that I selected menuitem "Edit" "Preferences" "Video Preferences" to get the following dialog box:
Make sure 'Display Videos' and 'Use Full Screen Mode' are checked. Then click 'Select Monitor' Another Dialog box will open telling you to close the box and click on the display you want to veiw the Video on. After doing that LOR will know you want to use the secondary TV output to display your video full screen.
Now when you play the sequence in the editor or the show player the video will play full screen in the secondary display. As long as you have your desktop set to black, with no background image or color... the secondary display output will be dark when no video is active.
I hope this helps you to get it going. IMO it's the best new thing about LOR 2. During the beta I spent quite a bit of time trying to make it do something bad so I could report on it... but it was flawless. After Joe Ayo invented it and was the very first one on the face of the Earth to use it, LOR perfected it.
Jeff
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Last edited on Thu Mar 27th, 2008 12:11 am by Jeff Millard
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bob wrote: If you create a musical sequence using a video file (such as a WMV file) instead of an audio file (such as an MP3 file), LOR II will display the video when the sequence plays (assuming you don't have "View Video" turned off in the View menu).
If you already have a sequence based on an audio file, and you want to play some video during it, you will have to create a new video file that includes both the audio and the video, and then use LOR to create a musical sequence based on that. LOR does not handle that first step (creating the video file), so you will have to have some video editing program in order to do that. I have no experience with such programs, so I can't say anything about them, but I'm sure they're out there.
Wow,
This is totally above my head! . Can someone in the know show me a short clip of what we can do here. This sounds brilliant!!!
Thanks,
Pete.
Ps: Pretty pretty please.
Last edited on Thu Mar 27th, 2008 08:53 pm by Peter B
this is very interesting, I've been working with av over cat 6a cable. beldin make serveral types s,av, and a db15 (is what i've been using) with a 100 punchdown on the back side. distance would be the only problem. only 65' before drop in magnatude. what would be needed to connect to projector and pc. anyone buy the topedo yet?
checking with my office to give me links to these productes. sorry I left all the extra connectors on the job, but want to go back and collect them.
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I work in a casino and we run several video (VGA) signals to the casino floor, for the video signs. Most of the runs are well over 500' from the server room. We use products from Aitech with Cat 5/6 cable.
A standard 15 pin VGA cable can be use with a max. distance of 25'. The cables are available on Ebay. If you want to run longer, and not spend a lot of money, a VGA video splitter is another option. The splitters "split" the VGA signal to one or more outputs. Most splitters have a built in video amp. So your VGA cable run can be a lot longer. The splitters are also available on Ebay.
I needed a way to get video over Cat5 cheap. For runs under 100' a balun will work OK. So here's how I did it, and it worked very well. I bought two of these. They will work end to end, but I modded them because both ends will have a female power cord. I didn't change the one for the camera. But on the other one I opened it (There's a phillips head screw under the label) and desoldered the power pigtail. On the part side of the PCB there is a + and - sign. I soldered a 12Vdc 1200ma wall wart power supply directly to the PCB and reassembled it. This thing uses BNC connectors. If you want to use it with NTSC video RCA jacks, you only need to get a Female BNC to Male RCA. An alternative would be to solder an RCA cable pigtail directly to the PCB. There is enough room to do so. I did it on anouther set, but they're in use and I didn't take any pictures. There is an upgrade to this thing that has mono audio too.
____________________ Evan... Are you at home resting yet? I'm very glad you're feeling better!
bob wrote: If you create a musical sequence using a video file (such as a WMV file) instead of an audio file (such as an MP3 file), LOR II will display the video when the sequence plays (assuming you don't have "View Video" turned off in the View menu).
If you already have a sequence based on an audio file, and you want to play some video during it, you will have to create a new video file that includes both the audio and the video, and then use LOR to create a musical sequence based on that. LOR does not handle that first step (creating the video file), so you will have to have some video editing program in order to do that. I have no experience with such programs, so I can't say anything about them, but I'm sure they're out there.
Here is a tutorial outlining the basics of Bob's post. It won't teach you how to make video, but it will show you how to use video with LOR. Enjoy!
. Can someone in the know show me a short clip of what we can do here. This sounds brilliant!!!
