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    Media servers and genlock

    I had the time to do some more research, and I found a very interesting document from 7th Sense that is all about sync:Synchronising Delta Media SystemsHere are my key takeaways:The problem is real whenever an external timecode source is used to synchronize media servers. The servers may...
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    Media servers and genlock

    Hello,I was reading lately about the use of timecode in movie production. I was surprised to learn that the external timecode does not actually synchronize cameras; it only gives the starting time. Once the camera is rolling, frames are counted up from that starting point onwards; purely based...
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    European -> American Fixture

    It's called 'Niedervolt', not 'Neidervolt'. 'Nieder' means 'low' in German, whereas 'Neider' means 'envier'. So you where asking for an 'envier voltage' unit ;)A 'Niedervolt-Scheinwerfer' generally contains a transformer to transform the 230 volt input to the 24 volt that is feed to the lamp...
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    Hey, I thought we could share pictures of our shows...

    @egilson1:That's a nice installation. Could you describe your media server setup? There seem to be at least two independent systems, one for the center screen, and one for the side panels.
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    CeeForm or Cam-lok?

    The color of a CEE plug indicates the voltage, not the number of phases:Red indicates 400 volt (often still called a 380 because that was the voltage years ago) Blue indicates 230 volt (was 220) Yellow indicates 110-120 voltThe most common type of red connector contains five pins, a ground...
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    Control/Dimming DMX Merge or LTC in simple desk

    Most affordable desks will do neither of these two things. Could an external dmx merger be a solution? If you want LTC timecode support at the price tag of an ETC Smartfade, you will probably be forced to look at pc based solutions.More details about your use case would be helpful. Which time...
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    Sources for large projection screen

    AV Stumpfl is a well known manufacturer for screens:https://avstumpfl.com/Their distributor for Canada is Theatrixx Technologies Inc:http://www.theatrixx.com/en/I don't know of any recently constructed movie theaters that have narrow houses. All the ones that I know are quite broad...
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    Control/Dimming Coming this summer---MA3

    Here is the link to the official MA announcement:https://www.grandma3.com/Even the onPC command wing will have motorized faders :dance:
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    I wanna learn networking for lighting

    Hi Chris,thank you very much for sharing this diagram.I was wondering why you output V676 from your consoles, but convert it to artnet later on. This seems to be added complexity, you are using six (seven with spare) Supernodes to do this conversion. Is there an added benefit for doing this...
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    DMX Filters

    Exactly, but this will only prevent bit transmission errors. A manipulation error on the lighting console could fire the effect at any time. Therefor I absolutely agree that this isn't a safe practice. Dangerous effects are best controlled by their own control system, operated by a dedicated...
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    DMX Filters

    Hi,you dont have to use dmx to synchronize pyro effects to time code. Nearly every professional firing system can be synchronized directly to timecode. This allows you to use a firing system that was build for this purpose to control the pyro. Firing systems always have an extensive error...
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    Control/Dimming Turning Lights On and Off in the Same Cue

    @RonHebbard: What do you do if you use a channel multiple times during a show? After the first activation, the channel will be at 100%. For the second cue, you would probably fading back to 0%, for the third to 100% and so on. But once you have to insert an activation between two other...
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    Frozen: Live at the Hyperion Followspot Effect

    It's not just that people get touchy, in most countries, it is not legal to transport shells with ignitors installed. Considering the place where the ignitor has to go with these magicfire (http://www.magicfire.com) chips, inserting them on site would be considered manufacturing in most...
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    Which moving headlight to buy for my fireworks displays

    Hi,combining lights and fireworks can be a challenging endeavor. In my experience, lights work best for shows where you are relatively close to the audience, using only ground fireworks, cakes, roman candles, mines, single shots and small shells up to 3". A good usage for lights are shows...
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    Control/Dimming Altman 200W LED Spectra Cyc Question

    Hi,the fine part of coarse & fine color channels is mainly useful when doing very slow fades. There are LED-fixtures where you can see the steps of a slow fade in 8-bit mode when the channel is near zero.
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