Re: syncing 2 16mm projectors

From: Joost Rekveld (email suppressed)
Date: Wed Sep 26 2007 - 13:15:53 PDT


hmm,
interesting. I remember for this show we tried combinations of the
players we had access to, until we found a particular combination of
dvd's and machines which was sort of acceptable. Even then drift was
in terms of seconds, not frames..

no idea what the difference could be between what you did and what I
was doing ?

strange...

J.

On Sep 26, 2007, at 7:38 , db wrote:

> I have run tech for three dance performances in town that required
> syncing 3 dvd sources. We've done the shows about ten or 15 times
> now and we've had no problems keeping them in sync. My biggest
> concern was the fact that the films needed to stop & start four
> separate times. I just stacked the three players and used a single
> remote. The entire show runs a bit over an hour with the longest
> continuous run between stops being about 15 minutes. Worked like a
> charm.

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