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Author Topic: Apps to interface with Digital Cinema equipment Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 09-27-2015 04:44 PM                        I'm just curious to know what apps are available to interface with various digital cinema equipment - or which ones have a web interface. I have the Dolby app to interface with the CP750. This is available from Google Play. I have a VNC app to interface with the GDC servers. NEC projectors have a web interface which allows you to change formats and power on/off the lamp and projector. The Christie ACT has a web interface which can be used in a mobile browser - although it's somewhat difficult to use on a small screen. I am particularly interested in something for the Barco 32B and the USL JSD-60.  |  IP: Logged Harold Hallikainen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 906 From: Denver, CO, USA Registered: Aug 2009 posted 09-27-2015 05:16 PM                        The JSD-60 has a web interface. I prefer web interfaces to having a hundred different applications. You can set up a bookmark page with folders for each auditorium and each piece of auditorium equipment in that bookmark folder. The web interfaces are also cross-platform to work with any OS. Harold  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 09-27-2015 05:18 PM                     quote: Justin Hamaker I have the Dolby app to interface with the CP750. This is available from Google Play. Do they not have an iOS version of that app? Dolby's audio encoding software packages are MacOS only. IMHO that's been a big mistake considering all the enterprise level Blu-ray authoring applications are Windows-only. DTS has their Master Audio suite available for MacOS and Windows.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-28-2015 06:32 AM                     The CP750 app is not in-house but by a private developer. QSC has an app for their DCP processors. Barco has Communicator lite for their S2K projectors but nothing for their larger stuff. They do have a web page but it has VERY limited value and no projector control. I can see the proponents of the web interface though I normally have found them to be quite a bit inferior to purpose built apps. I've never liked Christie's Web/VNC interfaces as much as Barco's Communicator or even NEC's DCC.  |  IP: Logged Sascha F. Roll Expert Film Handler Posts: 140 From: Berlin, Berlin / Germany Registered: Sep 2015 posted 09-28-2015 09:55 AM                     Harold, is there any plan to make the Web Interface available for the JSD-100 unit? This would make some of my customers very happy...  |  IP: Logged Ken Lackner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1907 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 09-28-2015 10:05 AM                     The JSD-100 has always had the web interface. Just type the processor's IP address in your web browser address bar. Its functionality depends on the firmware version of the JSD-100. Later versions allow control of format switching and fader; earlier versions allowed monitoring only.  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-28-2015 11:24 AM                        I'll testify that, at least with the Solaria One, Christie's Web interface is just plain wonky. At least with us, it freezes frequently, requiring a reconnect. Dragging and dropping works fitfully, often deciding on its own what it will be dragging and or dropping. The whole interface feels crude and incomplete. We use Screens for iPhone/Ipad access via VNC. Not slick or graceful, but works.  |  IP: Logged

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