On Mar 26, 2007, at 3:00 PM, mcn-l-request at mcn.edu wrote: > 1) Is there a good, free or low cost Powerpoint Viewer for MAC OSX? > MS don't offer one and TonicPoint Viewer seems very minimal and > unsuited > to being set up to automatically play a signage-type presentation. > > 2) does anyone have experience streaming high definition VGA video > from > PC to MAC? ...I'm interested in the hardware and software required. > Looking at distributing a full motion 1280 x 768 VGA output (PC) to > some > of the MAC Mini driven displays. Do I need to get hardware to capture > and stream the VGA output, or can I do this with software only?
Hi David, I agree with Bruce's comments on this and would perhaps just add that basic PPT presentations can usually be imported into Apple Keynote app w/o hassle and then exported easily from there as QT (for playback). I also think that simple local playback of a relatively high-def movie is much preferable to streaming. Take a look at Perian (http://perian.org/) and its free codecs if you need to playback AVI sourced material on the MacMini in OSX. Some of the same codecs are also freely available directly from MS, http://www.microsoft.com/ windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx cheers, Arno Bosse Director of Technology Division of the Humanities University of Chicago 1115 E. 58th St., Walker Room 001B Chicago, IL 60637 Phone: 773-702-6177 Fax: 773-834-5867
