The Columbus Museum of Art has had a lot of experience with this lately. One thing we found early on was we had a very high-powered PC running Windows Vista and it would not play the quicktime file properly. This was because we found out that Vista puts DRM between Quicktime and the hard disk that would cause disk access to the data and it would cause it to studder and crash.
Then we tried Apple TV, however the last iteration of Apple TV (before version 2.0) it didn't have looping video so it would play once and be done. I believe the new Apple TV will loop video so that can be an option. We finally ended up with Mac Mini's. We bought 5 of them for an exhibition we're doing now. Our video designer created Full HD video and exported the VIDEO_TS folder (or whatever that is, I can get more details if you need them) to the hard drive. Then we copied that folder to the Mac Mini and used Apple's Automater scripting tool to create a automater action that loaded at startup that would load up the DVD player and play the video. The machine automatically shuts down at night and loads up in the morning and people don't have to think about it. Thomas Deliduka Director of Information Technology Columbus Museum of Art 480 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43215 ph 614/629-0345 fax 614/629-0950 thomas.deliduka at cmaohio.org ART SPEAKS. JOIN THE CONVERSATION -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Gardner Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 4:40 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] HD video in the galleries? Hi, Use Macs! or put in a video server/switch, We bought some Sony HD replay systems based on Express Card technology and they were superb, See main Sony.biz site under EX systems, look for EX30 Bill Gardner PS discs too slow RPM may be the reason yours is jumpy, are they 7200 or 5400 On 7 Nov 2008, at 20:59, Jason Bondy wrote: > Hello all, > > > > We have recently begun moving toward High-Definition video for all > of our > interviews, documentaries and other footage to be used in > exhibits. We are > using internally produced video as well as video shot by outside > producers. > However, we are running into some obstacles determining the best > solution > for playback in the galleries. We will be playing the HD video > files from > Windows-based computers connected to plasma monitors. Currently we > are > trying it with H.264 encoded QuickTime files, but they are very > "jumpy" on > video clips with a lot of motion. We have upgraded the RAM and > video cards > in the computers, but with very little improvement. Also, we using > Cat5 > DVI/HDMI extenders as there is quite a bit of distance from the > computer to > the monitor. > > > > Who else out there is using HD video in your exhibits? How are you > doing > it? We would welcome any suggestions or input you may have. > > > > Thank you so much, > > > > Jason > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > > Jason Bondy > > Exhibit AV/IT Systems > > Oklahoma History Center > > 2401 N. Laird Ave. > > Oklahoma City, OK 73105 > > 405-522-0783 - Office > > 405-522-5402 - Fax > > www.okhistory.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
