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Nuz - 27 Jul 2007 15:18 GMT

Hi,
I need a solution. Here is the problem. In my environment I have 12 TVs. I
would like to stream advertising/controlled content to each of these tv's.
The content could be different for each TV. I would like all that to be
controlled from a windows box (windows 2003, windows media server, etc).
What do I need? How can I connect 12 TV's to a single PC? What hardware
allows this.

Thanks

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Mike Lowery - 27 Jul 2007 15:40 GMT

> Hi,
> I need a solution. Here is the problem. In my environment I have 12 TVs. I
> would like to stream advertising/controlled content to each of these tv's.
> The content could be different for each TV. I would like all that to be
> controlled from a windows box (windows 2003, windows media server, etc).
> What do I need?

First off, TVs don't display streams they display NTSC or PAL or HDTV signals.
So you're going to need a Windows Media decoder (Media Player) for each stream
before it gets to the TV.

Are you planning to create the streams? Your question isn't clear. Assuming
yes, you'll possibly need Windows Media Encoder and Window Media Services.

> How can I connect 12 TV's to a single PC? What hardware
> allows this.

You need a video card (or cards) that can render 12 different displays. I've
seen something like this but not sure what hardware was used.

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Nuz - 27 Jul 2007 16:08 GMT

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the response.

The content will be created so that it can be played via windows media
player on any windows box.

Does the window media services allow you to control multiple different
streams?

For example I have 12 different video (mpeg2?) files on my file system. Will
the windows media services allow me to control each one at the same time?

Is there a webcast on windows media services capabalities anywhere?

Thanks

> > Hi,
> > I need a solution. Here is the problem. In my environment I have 12 TVs. I
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> You need a video card (or cards) that can render 12 different displays. I've
> seen something like this but not sure what hardware was used.

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Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] - 27 Jul 2007 18:56 GMT

12x XBox might be cheaper than 12x PC's ;-)

Cheers - Neil

>Hi Mike,
>
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>> You need a video card (or cards) that can render 12 different displays. I've
>> seen something like this but not sure what hardware was used.

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http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

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Mike Lowery - 27 Jul 2007 22:37 GMT

> Hi Mike,
>
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> Does the window media services allow you to control multiple different
> streams?

Yes.

> For example I have 12 different video (mpeg2?) files on my file system. Will
> the windows media services allow me to control each one at the same time?

Yes, depending on what you mean by "control".

> Is there a webcast on windows media services capabalities anywhere?

Not sure, but there is plenty of info at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/productstechnologies.mspx.

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