I've got a lousy situation in which I'm looking for the least-evil (ie best-looking) solution, optimized on two ends.
Using a new Macbook Pro (DVI-I out), I'm using a software called Wirecast to cut a live webcast from prerecorded sources and a live camera (coming in over FW through a Canopus ADVC 100). My video signal is coming out from the built-in DVI-I and needs to go two places:
one to a projector (a Dell 2400mp) over a 100' long VGA connection,
and one to either SVHS or Composite (RCA composite) connection, then through ANOTHER canopus advc 100 (or the like) to then get digitized into a Windows XP laptop (a Dell Inspiron 700m), converted to flash (through Adobe Flash Media Encoder), and broadcast on the web.
My constraints are WEIGHT (this all is going into a chock-full roadkit and every OUNCE counts) and EXPENSE.
Optimizing for these two factors, I feel like my best option is to split my DVI-I signal (can this be done passively and on the cheap?), on one side use the free Apple DVI-I>VGA converter to run to my projector, and on the other convert the other DVI-I to s-vid (also with an apple converter), run that s-vid to the canopus (or something similar) and into the machine over IEEE 1394.
I get the impression, though, that splitting DVI-I cannot be done passively, and the active solutions require power, weigh up to 2 pounds, and occupy quite a bit of space (by my standards). Is there a better way to do this? I'm open to wild ideas but I think the most room for improvement is streamlining the connection/split at the DVI-I to composite+VGA level.
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
