Sync Video on external monitor with Live
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Sync Video on external monitor with Live
Hi All,
I have a spare PC and would like to use it as slave Video player so that I can run Live on my main system (iMac) while syncing to video for composing. I'm wondering if this is possible to do it with live 9 (and network midi).
Thanks,
Kal
I have a spare PC and would like to use it as slave Video player so that I can run Live on my main system (iMac) while syncing to video for composing. I'm wondering if this is possible to do it with live 9 (and network midi).
Thanks,
Kal
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Re: Sync Video on external monitor with Live
Hello Kal,
I know this thread is already a bit older but did you find a solution back then? I would like to do exactly the same, that's why.
Thanks!
I know this thread is already a bit older but did you find a solution back then? I would like to do exactly the same, that's why.
Thanks!
Re: Sync Video on external monitor with Live
Hi bob,
Simply connect a 2 monitor to your computer and drag Live's video window on it...
Simply connect a 2 monitor to your computer and drag Live's video window on it...
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Re: Sync Video on external monitor with Live
Hey thanks for your quick reply! The thing with the 2nd monitor is how I am doing it now, but I want to free up some CPU on the main machine and also be able to use the 2nd screen for plugin windows.
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Re: Sync Video on external monitor with Live
That's what I thought as well but the other computer is so old it can only take mac OS 10.6. maximum. The hardware just can't do more. And Link needs the latest version of Live which needs at least 10.7. as far as I understood?
Re: Sync Video on external monitor with Live
Here's a free tool that may work if you run Live with Max4Live on the second pc. These are amxd files, I believe they work on OSX or Windows.
http://showsync.info/tools/livesync/
http://showsync.info/tools/livesync/
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Re: Sync Video on external monitor with Live
Thanks but this also requires the seconds computer to run Live 9. Live 9 needs at least OS 10.7. but the machine is so old I can't upgrade higher than 10.6. due to hardware limitations.
Guess I have to find a very old school solution to the problem
Guess I have to find a very old school solution to the problem
Re: Sync Video on external monitor with Live
I wonder if MTC would work. Not as accurate as SMPTE though.
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Re: Sync Video on external monitor with Live
Thanks again! I was hoping for an easy method without 2 interfaces and midi cables but I guess you can't have it all