djphenominal
I'm running into a bit of a problem that i hope someone here can help with. For my gigs in which i play videos i normally setup 2 systems. One housing my rack mount and another running via laptop which i tie into one mixer for audio and plug both Pc's into a KVM switch to gain control over the visual.
I usually have someone else taking pictures of the guest and displaying these throughout the night so having 2 pc's setup that i can switch back and forth from is really important to me.
The problem i am having is that when i switch from my laptop to my rack mount with my KVM switch my laptop senses that there is no TV hooked up to it and shuts off the VGA output, all videos go black and the software starts acting funny to the point that i sometimes have to CTRL, ALT. DEL. to shut it down because no matter what i do with my mouse all i get is a flash on the screen and i get no other response. i then have to restart VDJ and reactivate the VGA output. Once i switch back and get it running again it works fine up until i have to switch back to my other PC and at that time i have to take steps similar to what i mentioned before to get it up and running.
Any help with this situation would be great. I'm hoping that there is a way to keep/turn the VGA output on regardless of a load being present or not.
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks, Alex
I usually have someone else taking pictures of the guest and displaying these throughout the night so having 2 pc's setup that i can switch back and forth from is really important to me.
The problem i am having is that when i switch from my laptop to my rack mount with my KVM switch my laptop senses that there is no TV hooked up to it and shuts off the VGA output, all videos go black and the software starts acting funny to the point that i sometimes have to CTRL, ALT. DEL. to shut it down because no matter what i do with my mouse all i get is a flash on the screen and i get no other response. i then have to restart VDJ and reactivate the VGA output. Once i switch back and get it running again it works fine up until i have to switch back to my other PC and at that time i have to take steps similar to what i mentioned before to get it up and running.
Any help with this situation would be great. I'm hoping that there is a way to keep/turn the VGA output on regardless of a load being present or not.
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks, Alex
geposted Mon 27 Aug 07 @ 11:57 pm
tayla
hi
think what you might need is a dedicated a/v source selector like a 4 in 1 out, or 6 in 1 out depending on what your needing but as always more is good and they don't cost all that much that should cure your problem...
Tayla
think what you might need is a dedicated a/v source selector like a 4 in 1 out, or 6 in 1 out depending on what your needing but as always more is good and they don't cost all that much that should cure your problem...
Tayla
geposted Tue 28 Aug 07 @ 12:18 am
fatkatzdj
are you using your video card as the output or are stretching the video screen. but I think VDJ senses the connection if it's severed.
geposted Tue 28 Aug 07 @ 12:56 am
djphenominal
What i do is i run the second output on my video card as a extended desktop
geposted Tue 28 Aug 07 @ 1:01 am
fatkatzdj
Tayla is right... hate to admit.>J/K... you do need to have a dedicated video switcher. Something on the lines of:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2049647&cp=&sr=1&origkw=video+switch&kw=video+switch&parentPage=search
KVM switches turns the signal completely over to the next device.
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2049647&cp=&sr=1&origkw=video+switch&kw=video+switch&parentPage=search
KVM switches turns the signal completely over to the next device.
geposted Tue 28 Aug 07 @ 1:08 am
djphenominal
That sucks. I take it there is no way to activate the VGA output regardless of a device being connected.
Does that mean i would have to go back to S-Video cables ?
Does that mean i would have to go back to S-Video cables ?
geposted Tue 28 Aug 07 @ 1:18 am
scoobydo
you don't have to go back to s-video take a look at the extron units through the links below
http://www.extron.com/product/product.aspx?id=sw246vgars&subtype=13
http://www.extron.com/product/product.aspx?id=sw2vgada2a&subtype=13
might be a bit expensive though
http://www.extron.com/product/product.aspx?id=sw246vgars&subtype=13
http://www.extron.com/product/product.aspx?id=sw2vgada2a&subtype=13
might be a bit expensive though
geposted Thu 30 Aug 07 @ 4:53 pm