Mixed VGA and Video – what are the options?

Most VLOBLIVE events require both video sources – VCRs DVDs cameras etc. and also PC graphics sources. Somehow both of these types of signals have to end up at the projector. Here’s a quick lowdown of the main ways to do it and why you might choose each one…

DVD perils to avoid

The advent of DVD burners on many PCs and Macs used for video editing means that more and more video clips used in live events are being provided on DVD. It is a convenient, reasonable quality format with random access for clip selection and a menu system to allow multiple clips to be put on one DVD disk.

There are, however a few gotchas that can trip up the unwary. Here are some that we have encountered.