Hi All
Okay, for starters Im new to PB. I am a regular AI and Hippo user but for the sake of this post just assume Im a newbie.
At the moment I have provided a design to a club here in dubai primarily for lighting but also re configured their LED wall. At the moment they are using an Arkaos media server.
On going through their stock room of various items I came across a PB Dual Player....Apparently they bought the unit 3 years ago and used it once...it then went back in the box and was never used again.
I want to change this as I have been on shows where Pandora is used a lot ( mostly for corporate shows ) but I realise the power of what it can do and see no point in it gathering dust.
Configuration from what I can make out is 2 x SDI , 1 x HDMI out and an input card with 2 BNC's. Pretty much the same as the AI config I use often.
So, basically I need to know the following.
1. As the unit here has 2 ouput cards I assuming that as is the case with a lot of servers 1 card does the GUI and the other card will be main output. Can this however be run so that both outputs can be the main outs with maybe the PB manager running on a seperate computer? If so how do I go about doing this? I have tried to install PB software on my laptop but it just says no dongle found. ( note I have the laptop I want to run the PB manager on ethernetted to the Dual player and they do see each other )
2. Can I configure PB so that I can control the colours and efx of the output from a lighting desk ( Roadhog 4 ) but have the Video Operator control and trigger the clips from his current Akai Midi controller? WIll PB allow this sort of configuration or will I run into HTP LTP priority problems?
3. Are there any really good Video Tutorials out there apart from the standard ones? I would love to do a PB training session but unfortunatley time is not on my size and will have no chance to travel or take time out from the refit to do training.
All your comments and suggestions gratefully received.
Many Thanks
Julian Hodgson