1 stereo audio + 3 screens of video

[Eric Lund]

I've only ever used SCS for audio playback up to now, but I have a show coming up in which I'd like to use 3 screens of video/still images syncd to an audio track.

Firstly, is this possible? Secondly, how would I set that up on my laptop (I can see the "screen number" box on SCS which I assume is the key)? Thirdly, how do I preview what it's going to look like (even in low res) without connecting 3 monitors to my PC?

I'm using SCS v. 11.3.5.2 on Windows 8.1.

Many thanks for any help you can offer.

[Mike Daniell]

Theoretically you can run video/image cues on up to 4 separate screens (although each video/image cue can only handle one screen). I say 'theoretically' because to run several videos simultaneously may put pressure on the processing power of your computer. To connect multiple screens you will probably need something like a Matrox TripleHead2Go.

See Video/Image Cues in the Help for more details, particularly the description of the 'Screen' field.

Make sure you test the setup in your production venue with your production equipment before doing too much work on the cues.

If you do not have the external screens available when you are setting up your cues, SCS should display them on the main SCS window. If that doesn't seem to be working for you then email me a Diagnostic file. You can create this file by starting SCS and selecting 'Create Diagnostic File' from the drop-down menu displayed when you click the Help button in the main window. The file will be saved in a folder named "SCS Diagnostics" under "Documents" or "My Documents".

[Eric Lund]

That's great help, thanks. A lot of the time it will only be still images and it should be rare to have moving images on all 3 screens at once so I might give it a go.

I'll try a test file and see how I get on.