Watching / Displaying Satellite or Freeview TV through Res
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 18:17
Hi
I have recently done a install in a night club where they have a number of HDMI linked TV's.
I used resolume as the main purpose of the screens is for visual at night time, however the nightclub is also open for sporting events and would like to show football rugby etc on the TV's
Currently the TVs are driven by a custom PC with 3x Gfx cards to get the required 5x outputs and is the mapped across all 5 tvs in resolume.
I have a few options for displaying the football etc on the screens. please note the venue already has a satellite dish but not Freeview Ariel so I would like to keep with satellite if possible,
1. Use the current SKY HD box and put a 5x HDMI slitter next to it and run another 5x HDMI cables to all the TVs. This will be simple but... I don't really want to run another 5x hdmi cables as the 1st 5 from the PC were very tight through the walls etc. I also have a concern that 2x of the TV's only have 1 HDMI input as they are old TVs that were already installed. (This 1 HDMI input is already being used by the PC/Resolume)
2. Use the TV built in tuners but there is currently no working areial and would require running cables as above.
3. HDMI Capture card into resolume from SKY BOX. My issue here is the SKY HD is HDCP protected and as far as I am aware all HDMI capture cards (including Balckmagic) are HDCP and will block the content. Is this correct?
4. A TV (Satellite) tuner (PCI or USB) physically on the computer? My questions here is... Will resolume see such TV tuners as a capture device? and If so will it let me select the TV channel to display through resolume?
Your suggestions experience is much appreciated. Many Thanks in advance.
I have recently done a install in a night club where they have a number of HDMI linked TV's.
I used resolume as the main purpose of the screens is for visual at night time, however the nightclub is also open for sporting events and would like to show football rugby etc on the TV's
Currently the TVs are driven by a custom PC with 3x Gfx cards to get the required 5x outputs and is the mapped across all 5 tvs in resolume.
I have a few options for displaying the football etc on the screens. please note the venue already has a satellite dish but not Freeview Ariel so I would like to keep with satellite if possible,
1. Use the current SKY HD box and put a 5x HDMI slitter next to it and run another 5x HDMI cables to all the TVs. This will be simple but... I don't really want to run another 5x hdmi cables as the 1st 5 from the PC were very tight through the walls etc. I also have a concern that 2x of the TV's only have 1 HDMI input as they are old TVs that were already installed. (This 1 HDMI input is already being used by the PC/Resolume)
2. Use the TV built in tuners but there is currently no working areial and would require running cables as above.
3. HDMI Capture card into resolume from SKY BOX. My issue here is the SKY HD is HDCP protected and as far as I am aware all HDMI capture cards (including Balckmagic) are HDCP and will block the content. Is this correct?
4. A TV (Satellite) tuner (PCI or USB) physically on the computer? My questions here is... Will resolume see such TV tuners as a capture device? and If so will it let me select the TV channel to display through resolume?
Your suggestions experience is much appreciated. Many Thanks in advance.