ironlung said:
i googled video multiplex and found some security camera type multi thingys some combine 7 source on one screen. Vidcon was a company that came up. I lost interest at that point.
Hope that helps
Lung
I Innitially was thinking the same type configuration. security type display. My problem is I want to get the signal to a projector. and sent the display to a 100" screen.
Below is the conversation I had regarding this
So you’ve got four pictures from one source…Divided into four quadrants
Yes
-How do you select/change the channel on a specific quadrant? Each tuner manually changed?
Manually from each tuner. Through the PC most likely
-How does the source (projector) split the picture…send the signals to each quadrant?
Software on the workstation. The video would be one source on the projector. I am not sure if you saw any of the first round of march madness, but they had a good example of four pictures in one screen.
-Does your projector have his capability to split signals (kind of like PIP but 4 different pictures)? If not (I assume), you would need an external component to do this. Otherwise, it would be 4 signals, sent to one source, with either a source selector, or four signals overlaid on top of each other.
No, this would be handles on the computer with software.
-I am sure you could get (or have) software that could do this, and send a video signal to your projector from your computer.
Right
-Audio- How would you switch between the 4 signals? Unless you have it set to a master, or select between different inputs (i.e.…Video 1, video 2, CD, tape, TV, etc..). If it comes directly from your cable box, you would need a selector box that receives 4 different signals from 4 sources that will enable you to select the source audio (unless you just want one “master” audio source)
No worried about this quite yet. There is more engineering on this piece…
I would think there is an “all in one unit” that can do this. Costly and maybe an add-on to a media PC. The projector would just act as the monitor…displaying the signal sent to it. But you would need a component (or software) that could “direct” the signals to each specific quadrant. Then, have the ability to change the channels on each quadrant (if that is your intention). Even if you don’t need to change the channels, you would need to “set” the channel initially to something other than the default channel.
Right. I am still looking into other ideas. I found this one a few days ago. They mostly are in Australia and Europe. I would hold out for the PCI-E card if I did the internal PC thing.
Thanks for the input thus far.
Any thoughts on how to accomplish this would be appreciated!!!
