Synchronised HD video installation

photo © rob duyser
Video wall for the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture. This is the first iteration of a project immediately undergoing further development. This is a high definition, frame accurate synchronized video installation. The duyser.net built cocoa application achieves video synchronisation over gigabit ethernet utilising a chase and lock synching method (inspired by good old SMPTE time code). The new mac mini's (2GHz and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M) prove themselves worthy of running 2 channels of HD (h264) video channels each, in this 16 screen installation.
Current development on this technology will transform it into an XML driven narrow casting hybrid capable of running as separate casts per screen and/or as a synched video wall grid of (in theory) any number of screens in an x/y grid. The new snow leopard generation of core technologies in OS X will potentially allow the software / mac mini combination to run even better (ie higher quality video) and numerous animated layers of parsed XML, RSS feeds etc, etc, etc. We are very excited about this project, as it is extremely fast and stable, and could easily be integrated into industry standard content management systems yielding powerful information systems and very animated compositions driving high quality screens. Suitable for any audio visual system where the best image quality and presentation and large numbers of screens are required. Commissioned work by 'Nog Harder' for the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design.