Mike Fahl
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No, it doesn't have to be. But keeping an even multiple generally result in smoother looking video.So the frame rate must be equal to refresh rate ?
If the video plays at 25 fps (e.g. PAL video), it will look best if WATCHOUT render at 25, 50 or 75 fps. It will still work even if WATCHOUT renders at another framerate (e.g., 60 fps), but playback may be percieved as less smooth due to the mismatch of frequencies.I don't understand the relation of video frame rate x display refresh rate.
Mike
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The upcoming version 5.2 will allow you to set 24 fps as the rendering rate (assuming your graphics card and monitor support this framerate).
Alternatively, if all you videos are 24 fps, you could render at 3x24=72fps and your monitor adn graphics card supports this. Should work well with 24 fps video, since it's an even multiple.
Having said that, 24 fps will of course always tend to look a bit choppy for some kinds of content, due tot eh low framerate.
Mike
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Thanks for your suggestions!
Note that "Possibility to save the geometry" can already be accomplished, sort of, by copying the geometry and pasting it into a text document. Then, to re-use, open that text document, Select All, Copy and Past into a geometry dialog in WATCHOUT.
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I've used both WATCHOUT 4 and 5 under MacOS X using VMWare Fusion. I've heard others have been successfull with Parallells as well, but haven't tried it myself.
Mike
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I was under the impression that the demo was the same as the full version (minus dongle).
That is correct. I've not seen the error message you're mentioning. WATCHOUT generally works fine under 64 bit Windows. When do you get the error message you're mentioning?
Mike
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Please uninstall medialooks from your computer, and this problem should go away. The medialooks software is known to interfere with normal WATCHOUT operation.
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Yes, you should be able to open two instanmces of the WATCHOUT producxtion software to transfer objects from one to the other. Just remember to not attempt to go online with more than one instance at a time, or wierd things may happen.
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What do you mean by "templates /watch projects/"?
In general, the easiest way to bring stuff over from one show to another is by copy and paste. This should work on most types of objects. Copying cues across will also bring any associated media along for the ride.
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You best bet to play six video streams off one computer is probably MPEG-2. Particularly if you're playing HD. H.264 is significantly more processor intensive, and is less likely to play well for that many simultaneous streams even on very powerful hardware. For encoding, I've been very happy with TMPGEnc (it's cheap too ;-). Procoder is another popular encoder. I've also heard good things about Epispode, although I haven't used it myself.
This all assumes you're doing a six output presplit for best image quality. If all you want to do is play a single video, scaled up across all displays, you should be able to use either MPEG-2 or H.264.
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I believe you need to set the side displays' stage size to 1080 wide and 608 tall, then rotate them by 90 degrees. This will show them with the same height in the Stage window (i.e. 1080 pixels tall). Keep the resolution 1920x1080 (which I understand is the display's native res). Then try moving a still image across in WATCHOUT
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Blue screen errors gnerally indicate a hardware or driver malfunction. A software application doesn't work on this low level and therefore can't by itself cause a blue screen. Since you apparently have the problem even without the datapath card in the machine, my guess is other hardware related problems. And if you mean you just disabled the datapath in WATCHOUT, it may still cause problems, in wich case I suggest physically removing the card to see if that makes your machine more stable.
Mike
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Does it work OK if using WAV files instead of M4A? If so, you could convert those M4A files to WAV and use those instead. You may want to send a sample of your M4A files to support for further investigation.
Mike
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Just to clarify. MP4 video is supported (typically the video in such a file is encoded as H.264). Although we don't explicitly support AAC in WATCHOUT (and, as Jonas says, you're advised to use separate, uncompressed WAV audio), AAC will actually play fine under Win7, since Win7 supports this format. Out of the box, WinXP does not.
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Yes, the setInput command is documented in the WATCHOUT 5 User's Guide.i want to assign a variable value in the setinput command.
is there documentation about it
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Best way to troubleshoot this is to install GraphStudio and drop the file on that program to see if it will play. This program is very close to WATCHOUT in behavior. If it doesn't play audio either, there's likely something wrong with the audio path of your PC.
Mike
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You external device will have to conform to the WATCHOUT protocol (setInput command in this case). Alternatively, perhaps you can make it send MIDI or DMX512, which also works with WATCHOUT. However, to get the best numeric precision, using the WATCHOUT native protocol would be preferred (DMX is typically limited to 16 bit and MIDI to 14 at best).
Mike
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So you're saying that the same QT Animation file works fine on WATCHOUT 5.1 on another production PC? Just to make sure I understood you correctly.import the file on another production pc, work fine
My guess is that you have something installed on the problematic PC that interfers with WATCHOUTs ability to read this file. You may want to look for CD burning software (e.g. Nero) or 3rd party media players, which sometimes install components that may cause problems. If you find any such, try uninstalling that software to see if the problem goes away.
Mike
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The message "Warning: There was an unexpected display reconfiguration" generally means that some other program or system component (i.e., not WATCHOUT) has changed the system's desktop configuration. One reason for the system to do so is if it finds a display has been connected or disconnected. Thus, this problem can be caused by display cabling or interface problems.
Are you attempting to run multiple outputs from this display computer? If so, that complicates matters further as there are more sources that can potentially trigger such "reconfigurations" (including display adaptors, EDID issues, etc). Also note that multiple outputs requires Windows 7, and doesn't work reliably under XP.
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That used to be the case. But in the current version of WATCHOUT, you can actually do either way. I.e., you can put the extension on the folder containing the presplit (as in the past) or put it on the individual media files in the folder (which may be more intuitive).
Mike
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Find the javascript version enclosed. It has the same capabilities as the ActionScript one, so you can use the docs from the AS version (except properties use explicit SetXxxx and GetXxxx functions instead, as JS doesn't support "properties" get/set functions). There's also a separate event module, which you need to include prior to the WATCHMan.js file.
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The best way to access the command protocol is through the WATCHOUT Systems Manager API library, which will handle the protocol communication details for you in a more high level manner. This API/library exists in two forms. As a Flash SWC component, for use from Flash Professional or Flex, or as a JavaScript library for use from supported web browsers, such as the iOS versions of Safari, running on iPad/iPhone. You may want to download the WATCHOUT Systems Manager and take a look at the enclosed documentation to see if it does what you want:
http://www.dataton.com/downloads/watchout/WATCHMan_1.0.zip
The JavaScript version is similar, although some things are named/accessed in slightly different ways due to different language features in ActionScript versus JavaScript. Since the JavaScript version comes with full source code, it should be easy enough to figure it out. We're curently preparing some example apps based on the JavaScript version for upcoming tfaining seminars, so examples and docs should improve as we move forward here.
Mike
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Are you running the same version of QuickTime on these computers? As far as I can tell, this message originates from an error using a quicktime function, which is used during the exportation.
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For 2 and 2.5, please supply example files to support@dataton.se, and work with them to investigate these issues.
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Yes, it can assign channels also for stereo (and even mono) files. I'll try to attach the application to this post. Hopefully that will work. You'll also need Adobe AIR in order to install it. Since it's an AIR app, it works fine on both Mac and Win. Get AIR here:
Give it a try, and let me know if it fits the bill. I don't have any documentation available yet, but it should be fairly self explanatory.
Mike
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Masking Flutter
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I believe this has been fixed in the upcoming version 5.2. Should be out shortly.
Mike