Posted by Larry in AZ on 10/03/07 21:34

Waiving the right to remain silent, P.C. Ford <meoh@mouse-potato.com>
said:

> Thanks Larry. Mediasonics IS a media server solution., as you
> mention...now called Electosonics by the way.

They've been a division of Electrosonics for quite a while. I guess
they're dropping the "Mediasonic" name now.

> What they suggested is a box which holds the video....essentially a
> programmable 80gig HD. One is requiredfor each screen. These in turn
> are attached to a "show control center" via TC/IP. The show control
> center is a computer running control software. Output via the 80gig
> hardware device insead of directly from a computer eliminates the
> possiblility of the dreaded Windows error message appearing on the
> screens.

Yep, that's generally their way of doing it. Another benefit is that new
video content can be delivered to each local hard drive over the network
during "off air" time, and will play automatically according to the
software control suite.

> There is, I gather, a way of distributing the screen content directly
> from a computer...this may be a possiblility since the video clips are
> very small on each display.

IIRC, you load them into the server as MPEG files from a data DVD, or
other method.

These systems are robust and work well. They were originally developed by
Electrosonics for huge theme parks like Disneyland, etc., to distribute
media all over the place. If they work in that envoirnment, they'll work
in your museum...

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Larry Jandro
Video Engineering & Equipment Rentals
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
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