[MCN-L] Painted Churches

2016-05-24 Thread Lloyd Swartz
We are planning an exhibit of the Painted Churches in Texas. We will have gigapan images of the insides of the churches. I’ve been trying to figure out the best way to have a location where visitors can sit down and study the images in detail, zooming in and out and moving around. I had b

[MCN-L] 360-Projection Examples and Experience

2015-11-03 Thread Lloyd Swartz
At the Institute of Texan Cultures in San Antonio, Texas, we have a dome made up of individual screens of different sizes and shapes. Built almost 50 years ago. Originally had different types of film and slide projectors. We upgraded the dome to using video projectors. According to the build

[MCN-L] showing video in small museum?

2012-09-05 Thread Lloyd Swartz
Still waiting, after years, for a compact flash card to fail. At UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures, we use nothing but San Disk Ultra or Extreme II & III Compact Flash cards in all of our different types of video players with no failures after years of looping video in about 70 players. Our

[MCN-L] Media Control System for galleries

2011-10-28 Thread Lloyd Swartz
ave a DMX interface as well as simple on/off contacts. I did all the programming from the simple examples they provided. We even have a touch interface to schedule dome shows and screen that shows the remain shows for the day. Lloyd Swartz Lloyd.swartz at utsa.edu -Original Message- From

[MCN-L] Visitor Theatre / Remote Movie Selection

2009-06-17 Thread Lloyd Swartz
Some how you have to detect the desires of the customer. How many customers will be expressing their desires, 1,10,20. For one person this is simple. For multiple inputs, voting, this is more complex. Lloyd M. Swartz -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-

[MCN-L] Podcasting

2006-07-13 Thread Lloyd Swartz
I just had the question raised of the pros and cons of adding POD casting. Anyone with any feelings or interesting updates? Lloyd M. Swartz Manager of Information Systems and Technology UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures Desk 210-458-2220 Pager 210-203-3033 ( Best way to reach for urgen

Re: Ticketing Software Question

2006-04-03 Thread Lloyd Swartz
I've been told Retail Pro has been used at ski resorts for selling lift tickets and it is a very powerful POS. Retail Pro doesn't have the ability to collect marketing information that VISTA does and obviously the POS doesn't do scheduling. We find that we need the ability to modify scheduled gro

Re: MCN Pasadena

2006-01-21 Thread Lloyd Swartz
More work shops.  I've been turned away half of the work shops I have tried to attend either because they were full or they were canceled. Lloyd -Original Message-From: Howard Brainen [mailto:how...@twocatdigital.com]Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 11:41 AMTo: mcn-l@mcn.eduSubj