Also, I don't see a menu bar in your first screenshot. That thing at the top is just the name of the Stage and indicates that they've made a floating Stage Preview that is, or is nearly, the full size of the display but that they are showing the floating Stage Preview instead of showing the actual Stage on the full display. Have them press Cmd+Shift+F a couple times to toggle between Force Stage Preview and the stage being shown on the full display or have them press Cmd+Shift+G to Show Stages (on the full display).
You have to log out and back in for that change to take effect.
@woland said:
Try the Activate Scene Amount actor
the activate Scene Amount hat also only additive and above
Similar to what you said before, you can also put both pictures in the same background Scene, feed them both into a Video Mixer actor, and then use Broadcasters and Listeners + Envelope Generator actors to fade back and forth between them. You could cannibalize the crossfade structures I've built in this file if you want: https://troikatronix.com/add-ons/random-media-random-duration/
Alternatively, you can use Broadcasters/Listeners and this Global Projection Mapping system to send all your video content from all Scenes to a single Scene were you can then choose how to mix them. The limitation of this system is that you can't have two odd-numbered or two even-numbered Scenes sending content at the same time.
@t_decker said:
The server has an additional video output as part of the motherboard. I'm going to see if my BIOS will allow both the dedicated video card and on-board video work simultaneously. If so, I suppose the problem is solved.
Yes, this is the very simplest way. Should work.
@t_decker said:
Is there a way to see a patch on a remote computer if the remote computer has all of its outputs committed to stages?
As far as I'm aware, you'd see the Stage Outputs instead as they would be frontmost (though if your remote access software can look at specific windows instead of just displays, then that would work).
My suggestion, if your current plan doesn't work out, would be to go for a hardware-based solution to the output problem; get a Matrox Triple or Quad-Head-2-Go or a DataPath fx4 to effectively turn one of your outputs into multiple outputs, which would give you a spare output to use for a monitor that you could then use for remote access purposes.
Best wishes,
Woland
The setup will be two front projection surfaces in a portrait orientation that may or may not have separate imagery and then a third very wide aspect ratio rear projection screen (hence looking at driving the projectors for that "stage" via a one graphics card output to a desktop extender.) Synchronization is likely not to be needed as I doubt the rear projection surface and the two front projection surfaces will ever be showing the same imagery.
@t_decker Hello,
Do you need frame synchronization between the machines ? Are you running one very hi res image through multiple projectors and machine ?
@t_decker said:
<p>The server has an additional video output as part of the motherboard. I'm going to see if my BIOS will allow both the dedicated video card and on-board video work simultaneously. </p>
This is what I do every day. I've even been known to run projectors from the MB graphics!
Cheers,
Hugh