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The Ultimate TV Remote

09/24/2008 10:08 PM

I am wondering if any of you are familiar with this technology.

lets say one has several LCD T.V's in completely different parts of the city, but needs to be able to run movie clips on them consistently. Is there a way to control all of them from one spot something like an ultimate remote control.

So my questions are

1. is there technology that will allow this?

2. What is it called?

3. where can I learn more?

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09/24/2008 10:45 PM

internet.(optic fiber access transmit)

it seems you try to playback digital movies.

intranet in your city. or microwave, satilate. some of USA city use this way.

you can also go to SMPTE for more details.

How high speed rate is your data?

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09/24/2008 11:41 PM

Hey thanks so much for the reply really helped.

I know very little about about the speed of my data i dont even really know what you mean when you ask me that. Im more into the business part of the project and less the technological side. Is there a service or somewhere I can call to learn more about this optic fiber transmit access.

Mostly just concerned with the price of the technology and where i can get a hold of it?

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09/25/2008 12:09 AM

Are you running digital movies? or simple hdtv? even hdtv has different date rate according to your region or country. digital movies has more tramendous data stream flux than hdtv. so you hve to access in more wider band.

where are you from? and what form are you using? this may be estimated for you by many of us out there.

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09/25/2008 3:11 PM

From Toronto Ontario

Firstly thanks for td he help but it seems the way I phrased the question was wrong it seemed like we needed to play live footage, all we are aiming to do is play a pre-recorded set of movie clips. I hope you can still tell me the name of this technology. I am a student at the University of Toronto Trying to learn this technology and how it can be used. So what I need is something that will allow me to play pre-recorded videos or slides on LCD screens across the city however they can be controlled form one spot.

What would you call this technology and how would you recommend I go next to find out more?

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09/26/2008 12:14 AM

it seems I made understand you. are you to make several scenes materials recorded in different tapes or memory shot in parts fo the city to assembly into one tape or cd , vcd fluently? to form a document film? if so, you have to use editor equpment or say non linear editor to edit these material into one file. the editor has several input signal for your material shot in parts of city and differnet time. it can switch them into one file according to your willing and direction. I believe your university TV station has this equipment. or you can use some edit software like adobe premier or studio, vegars or combustion.ulead etc. with an edit card, which you cn buy on the market like pinnacle system or some products of your canada'd, to edit your materials. and protools, fruit for your music edit or adobe after effect etc for special effect.

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09/26/2008 12:49 AM

My son is doing this with a network Via the Internet..

He works for a an ATM company and they are using "state of the art products"

He can send the same feed to all TV/Monitors at the same time or he can change it according to location and ad type..

I can hook you up with him if you like

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09/26/2008 1:17 PM

ya if you could hook me up with an E-mail adress of his that would be great

mine is Tunny42@hotmail.com

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09/26/2008 12:59 AM

Setup a Internet connection, with VPN, all the remotes talk to the host over the VPN link (generally running secure VPN)

In this way, all of them can be running in sync.

If you wish to televise "pre-recorded" media, go and talk to a hosting providor, or get all the systems to download the media by <evil name>bittorrent</evil name> and have them share this information with the other clients, in this way, you should be able to minimise the traffic on the master host system.

If you require them to be playing "Live" media, then have a talk to a local free-to-air station that is televising Digital channels, and enquire about being able to "rent" one of the channels, then for each remote host, have a DVB downlink plugged in and play DVB software, pulling the information from the FTA channel.

Setup a streaming media server on your local system, and each of the client machines connects and pulls that stream, and display's it locally.

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09/26/2008 4:07 AM
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09/26/2008 9:36 AM

Yes there is and companies use it for video conferencing when they are globally distributed.

I don't know what the equipment is that they use.

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09/26/2008 8:46 PM

This depends largely on his definition of program he record. and he hasnt point out yet.

ATM data can be transmitted on the telephone line. as well as lower qualities video conference system, but TV program cannt absolutely do on ordinary internet. needless to say movies, and even under " live".

as he is from a university, thats why I suggest he visit his college tv station or intranet administrator for detail help. in order that not lose direction and save time and money.

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09/27/2008 10:29 AM

When I first came to this thread I was under the impression that we were going to be talking about TV remote controls.

When I was a kid, we got our first RCA color TV with a remote control. There was a 3/8" drive socket wrench in the living room so I picked it up and started spinning it around just to make noise and that was enough to cause the TV to start changing channels.

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09/27/2008 9:09 PM

remote control is not a problem when you stay at home to see your TV, but when you at a long distance, from this side of the city to other sides iwht lots of ternimals and need real time monitor them, and " movie clip ", you had to consider carefully. especially close loop control.

if its on open loop, that s so simple, neednt discuss here. he can send only some standard code like SMPTE/EBU code etc. enough. as matter of fact, you dont know what they are doing at the other sides when you send out the control signal.

Thats why I said use optic fiber internet or intranet, or microwave relay for a good quality signal. of cause if he neednt too much good quallity, he can use local internat terminal on the site. just like tv conference. 0.21Mb or a little lower enough.

and btw, Can you tell me what the mivies clip means?

a start clipper for shoot begin or edit a movies material which prerecode outside?

I wonder he has a good condition in university, why he dont ask their teacher?

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