Have you thought of using external DVDs? You can get a DVD that can hook up to a serial port, and control it via the DirectComm Xtra (available from DirectXtras). It's tricky but not impossible - done it in a previous incarnation.
Karina > hi Folks, > I've a "nice" problem to be solved in a short time: > > For a director project underway, the client is asking me, the > possibility of addressing and play Two or more different > video and two > or more audio (stereo) output via different sets of video and audio > card sets (qty 2 each), or different (2) video boards and a single > audio multichannel professional board, installed in a Mac G4 > and mac os > X system. > > The reason for that, is to be able to play........ > > - video 1 and audio track 1 (music - stereo format) +audio track 2 > (english voiceover - stereo format) via the video board 1 and > the audio > board (1) or relative dedicated audio stereo channels of a > single audio > board, on the plasma screen A and the audio stereo set A > > - video 2 and audio track 1 (music - stereo format) +audio track 3 > (italian voiceover - stereo format) via the video board 2 and > the audio > board (2) or relative dedicated audio stereo channels of a single > audio board, on the plasma screen B and the audio stereo set B > > any help about xtras to be used, tricks, miracle or other is much > apreciated........ [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]