[SML] media servers: was Re: Future of Luminaires

[Mike Katz]

I am sure technically one could light a stage using video projectors, no
one has yet mentioned what I consider the biggest obstacle. Who is going to
create the software, IE the video for even one projector never mind
hundreds.  Even now when directors ask for video in a show (because that
makes their show high end and contemporary :-) ) everyone at the production
meeting immediately sinks down in their chairs to say NOT ME! Even if there
is a video designer, most shows simply cannot afford 1 full length video
feed, never mind many.
So sorry there might be a few shows to play with the idea, but I for one
will not hold my breath waiting.
Mike

Michael Katz
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On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 3:35 PM, Kim Hartshorn via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> The projector technology is pretty much already there...except for maybe a
> really opaque black (not using a mechanical shutter).  But in my original
> post I was not envisioning a bank of 10 $100K projectors but more like 100
> $1000 projectors.  The technology that would need to become more managable
> is on the server end.  It is already possible to download shareware that
> will allow 10 or so independent video feeds from a single machine.  But
> that single machine with 10 video cards is not yet available at Best Buy.
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> Kim Hartshorn
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