mdmatic
Member
Hi guys,
I live in Africa at the moment, working as a volunteer for one of the large rural hospitals in southern Malawi. The College of Health Sciences next door is holding a graduation ceremony at one of the community halls and would like to also set up a marquee/tent on the football field for overflow people. The event is happening on the 18th of Dec, next Sunday. I need to see what is the cheapest and most cost efficient way of running a live video and audio feed to a location about 50-80 meters away.
There is a guy who will be working on the sound for the main hall and will be using 4 mic's and a mixer. I would also be helping, but my primary aim is to work on getting audio and video from the main hall to the marquee outside.
Going by what others have been posting here in various posts, what I am thinking is as follows:
a) Set up a camcorder on a tripod which will have RGB or component or S-Video out, then set up a projector in the marquee and have the video cable connecting into the projector, so video display is OK.
b) what about the sound? how can I bring the sound from the mixer/microphones to the marquee? what do I need on the receiving end?
c) the marquee has the capacity to hold up to 400 people - what screen size would be recommended and what speakers should i be looking at?
d) what cables woudl i need?
e) i have a computer (both macbook pro and a dell), would it be better to throw in a laptop in the loop?
i am basically looking for real low-end set up here. Being Africa and everything is pretty much donated and only half works OK, I dont have much of a budget, if any. We are about 1.5 hours drive from Blantyre, the commercial capital of Malawi so I may be able to source some equipment from there but it will most likely be 2nd hand/old. Everything is so much more expensive here than in the West.
Looking forward to your replies!!!
All the best
I live in Africa at the moment, working as a volunteer for one of the large rural hospitals in southern Malawi. The College of Health Sciences next door is holding a graduation ceremony at one of the community halls and would like to also set up a marquee/tent on the football field for overflow people. The event is happening on the 18th of Dec, next Sunday. I need to see what is the cheapest and most cost efficient way of running a live video and audio feed to a location about 50-80 meters away.
There is a guy who will be working on the sound for the main hall and will be using 4 mic's and a mixer. I would also be helping, but my primary aim is to work on getting audio and video from the main hall to the marquee outside.
Going by what others have been posting here in various posts, what I am thinking is as follows:
a) Set up a camcorder on a tripod which will have RGB or component or S-Video out, then set up a projector in the marquee and have the video cable connecting into the projector, so video display is OK.
b) what about the sound? how can I bring the sound from the mixer/microphones to the marquee? what do I need on the receiving end?
c) the marquee has the capacity to hold up to 400 people - what screen size would be recommended and what speakers should i be looking at?
d) what cables woudl i need?
e) i have a computer (both macbook pro and a dell), would it be better to throw in a laptop in the loop?
i am basically looking for real low-end set up here. Being Africa and everything is pretty much donated and only half works OK, I dont have much of a budget, if any. We are about 1.5 hours drive from Blantyre, the commercial capital of Malawi so I may be able to source some equipment from there but it will most likely be 2nd hand/old. Everything is so much more expensive here than in the West.
Looking forward to your replies!!!
All the best