Getting DP video up on that nice HDTV

[djwizprod]

New stock Mac Mini w Virtual VTR and a USB MIDI connection to the DAW computer for MTC and MMC. The New minis have HDMI built in. Set VVTR to full screen and viola! Perfect HD video flawlessly played back in perfect sync with your DAW as the master! Mac Mini $799, VVTR $999.
And we added a mini display port to HDMI adapter to run video to a second HD monitor in the booth for ADR. Mirror the OSX displays and again PERFECT. Two HD monitors fed by HDMI in perfect sync w your DAW.

[stephentayler]

Thank you, that is really helpful!

Cheers

Stephen

[JeffWilliams]

I want a pure HDMI connection BUT .. if you want to try this ..

Download the Apple Developer program FWSDK ( firewire software developers kit )
It has device profiles and in those profiles are most cable box / converters.

Time Warner Cable box's seem to have the FW connection and should also have a profile within the SDK.
With 2 FW ports on most newer macs, you could run 2 HD monitors with 2 cable box's ..
and maybe even without being hooked up to cable or cable turned on ..
Just the box to your TV should work.

I don't have a cable box or i'd try it myself ..
enjoy ..
Jeff

PS: i'm simply FLOORED that this can't be done via "inter-application time code" with DP as master and say eh .. Final Cut as the slave ( with the blackmagic as the output , in my case)
Any video program that can lock to time code should work.

[stephentayler]

For interest's sake, I just ran the visuals for a live show at a top gig here at the IndigO2 in London. I was using VVTR from my MacBook Pro, synced to an audio timecode track running from Ableton on the MD's MacBook Pro. I was running the QT video out through the Mac's DVI out to feed the LED wall. My Quicktimes were formatted to exactly match the LED/pixel count of the screen.

The whole show ran flawlessly, with the exception of a couple of moments where the awesome low end of the front of house system made my hard drive stutter.

Lesson learnt: next time use a MacBook Pro with a solid state drive!!

But it was a great experience. It makes me think that it would be totally wonderful if DP could just find a way of outputting video to a second monitor as Full Screen, or to a video interface.

Although I have to say that there is something rather reassuring about a program like VVTR that costs a lot of money, but does just one simple thing really well.

Cheers

Stephen