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bob
May 31, 2012, 2:22:23 PM5/31/12
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What is the best programming strategy for syncing video that is playing across multiple computers?
Daniel Pitts
May 31, 2012, 2:56:23 PM5/31/12
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On 5/31/12 11:22 AM, bob wrote:
> What is the best programming strategy for syncing video that is playing across multiple computers?
Use one computer and send it to multiple monitors? :-)
> What is the best programming strategy for syncing video that is playing across multiple computers?
A more honest answer, it really depends on what technology you're using
to start with. If it's streaming video, if the video file format is easy
to seek to arbitrary or specific timeslots. How much "skip" is
allowable. Whether or not you have control of the codec. Latency for
communication between computers.
All of those affect the "best" strategy.
For instance, if you have: A low-latency communication from all the
computers to a single "host" computer. In this case, the host computer
can send out a "timecode" signal on a regular basis. Each "client"
would then determine if they were too far off that timecode, and seek
appropriately.
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