Multi-screen playback from one Mac: the honest limits
The spec sheet says four displays. The spec sheet is describing a desktop, not a show, and the difference shows up around ninety minutes in.
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Posts syndicated from the SpectraRig blog (spectrarig.com).
Routing audio between Mac apps without the virtual cable mess
Every virtual cable you add is another device that can vanish on reboot, another sample rate to agree on, and another thing to explain to whoever takes over the desk.
Running a show on Apple Silicon: what actually changed
The headline is performance. The parts that affect show day are unified memory, hardware decode you may not be using, and a plugin still running under translation.
Where the latency in your video chain is actually hiding
Everyone blames the network. The network is usually one frame of a six-frame problem, and two of the others are free to fix.
Pixel pitch, viewing distance, and how many pixels you actually need
An LED wall’s resolution is not a spec you choose. It is arithmetic done for you by the panels you hired, and it almost never lands on a number your Mac has heard of.
DeckLink output from a Mac: the parts that bite
SDI is refreshingly binary: either the switcher locks to your signal or it does not. When it does not, it is nearly always one of four things.