The TH-S VideoEngine is the solution for the ever increasing demand for flexible, high quality video playout in all areas of theatre, ballet, show, event etc. The TH-S VideoEngine hosts 5 independent „Video-Machines“ (OpenGL Render Engines) which are able to handle hundreds of video clips (127 clips per player addressable via MIDI) through a intuitive drag&drop playlist management (“META Player“). Four „Video-Machines“ can be mixed live with a MIDI Fader-Remote. Machine 5 serves as a studio player but can also be used for additional playout. For each video clip individual start/stop/loop times as well as various autocue modes can be defined. In addition live video signals via FireWire (DV), arbitrary pictures and self defined masks can be added to the mix or can be used as cpompositing sources. In the first version the two main video outputs contain 14 realtime fiilter effects, 25 realtime compositing effects plus realtime RGB coloring (extendable PlugIn structure). In Dualscreen-Mode the players allow the seemless playout of a clip over two video outputs. The position, geometry and scaling of the video picture, as well as all other effects parameters, can be saved and recalled via snapshot automation. This allows extemely fast and efficient changes of complex playout situations during a show. Also the TH-S VideoEngine supports video files with interleaved multichannel audio. System requirements: PowerMac G5 Quad or Mac Pro, 2 GByte RAM, Video-Disk or RAID 3x Nvidia GeForce 6600 or better (PCIe) THeatre-System VideoEngine2 Features: 5 OpenGL Render Engines on GPUs 5 Players with 5 discrete DVI outputs 4 sources live mix (i.e. Mackie XT) 4x A/B Layer Alphablending 4x Autofade In/Out per clip 25 RT Compositing Effects (up to HD) 14 RT Filter Effects (up to HD) Realtime RGB Picture Coloring Dualscreen Projection (2x2) Softedging / Masking Live Input Mix (DV via Firewire) Free definable picture position, picture geometry and picture scaling Snapshot Recall for all parameters Playlist Organisation via drag&drop Individual Loop/Autocue per clip MIDI/USB/GPI/Ethernet Remote Supports Multichannel Audio Files Speed Consolidator What´s new in v2 ?