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FreeWorship is a tool that allows you to design events meant to support live events like Christian unions, worshiping gatherings and other similar events. Christian unions, worshiping gatherings.
I think this can be done, but I don't know exactly where to start. We do the presentations with EasyWorship software on this Dell laptop. Currently we are using VGA cable to an overhead projector and want to change the display to three TV/monitors. This laptop only has one HDMI out for cloned or extended desktop display. Running the 'getting more aggravating everyday' Windows 10.I know we will need to buy two or three monitors (have one that might be okay), but there is some sort of 'network' that would need to be set up and the TVs would have to have receivers. It seems a trip to the electronics hardware store is going to be needed and possibly somebody that knows what to do to make it work.Advice is welcomed if you have any experience with doing this king of thing.EJ.
Googling around on this problem there seems to be the possibility of a different solution. There seem to exist a range of products called HDMI splitters, a company called Vanco make several and there are one or two other makes. These appear to be cable to splitter, cable to each TV. However I have no idea how well these work nor if there are any restrictions on length of cable. I merely throw it in as a possible alternative, and it is certainly reasonably cheap.Purely as an example of what I am talking about -Before deciding to go down this route I think I would do some research on effectiveness.Chris Cosgrove.
Just a bit of history on the system:Back in 2010 when I began working with this, the laptop was an HP DV4000 laptop. Now replaced by a Dell laptop with only HDMI video/audio out. This runs through a converter/splitter which separates the HDMI into SVGA and audio out. This plugs into the video/audio splitter for the remote TV and the projection system. I'm not sure what that hardware is or how it works as the remote TV is HD and the projector is SVGA, but it works. At least it sort of does. Was never an issue on the old laptop, but getting the projector set as extended monitor is quite onerous.
The computer thinks it is sending output to the remote HD TV, which it is, but that signal doesn't work well on the projector.So, it looks like a major overhaul/replacement will be needed to get the two screens up front for the congregation and the single HD screen at the rear of the sanctuary for the pastor and choir. This thread is about getting the audio/video to all three TV/Monitors with minimal latency.EJ. Another type of device similar to Chromecast/GoogleCast is AirtameI watched this video and it certainly looks like it would do what we need it to do, but there's no information on pricing. I did find something on Amazon indicating a price of about $270. That would mean that I would be broadcasting to 3 TVs so I would need 3x$270 - $810 for three of these devices? One for each TV.EJBe aware that Chrome Cast you need a device for each tv. The device plugs into hdmi and usb.
So the tv's need to support that. HDMI carries both video and audio and the usb dongle is for the Chromecast device to draw power from the usb port on the tv.
I'm just starting on this learning curve myself, and our small tech team/worship team and equally small budget are going to get a bit of a challenge in the coming months to update our technology. We've been using EW7 for just over 6 months, on an old but faithful computer that I stretched to just cope with a CPU upgrade, but it's below the minimum recommended for EW7.Tomorrow I do the first test run of the new computer I've just put together, and I'll also be embarking on researching the capabilities and how stuff gets done!This sort of thing seems to be feasible, although I'm not expecting we'll be able to launch into anything that adventurous just yet.
@ TLARbb:-TBH, I don't know where you got that figure for the Chromecast of, what was it.$270??? Here in the UK, the Chromecast retails for around the GBP £30 mark, and has done for long enough. I'm not at all certain of the exchange rate, but I can't imagine you'd be looking at more than $120-$150, tops, for three of 'em.This is the current, 3rd-generation model.Do be aware that some sellers on Ebay/Amazon are opportunists, pure & simple; if they can get somebody to part with shekels far above the market value for any given item, they will have no compunctions about grabbing the dosh. The one saving grace is that such individuals/organisations posing as individuals usually don't don't hang around very long.Make sure you check their reliability ratings. That pretty much tells you all you need to know, since these are submitted by satisfied (or otherwise) customers.Mike.