airmaui 10 Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Hello, The laptop that drives my LOR-based show is located on the first floor of my house. I have a second laptop driving a projector on the second floor running the virtual santa video. Has anyone figured out a way to automatically turn on the Virtual Santa video each evening? Also, how do you loop a video on a dvd? Thanks so much for reading this and for your help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JHolmes 2 Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Can't help with the first part but if you grab your remote, in the menu there is usually an option to loop a video track. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mcas4380 49 Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Have you considered a projector and a DVD player set to loop and a timer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WhitePlainsNY 18 Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Have you considered a projector and a DVD player set to loop and a timer That's not recommended. All projectors need to cool off the lamp housing before they can be turned completely off. If you kill the power, the lamp housing will transfer the heat to the entire projector's inside which will melt and/or fry the unit. I've been searching for a learning remote that has a scheduling feature but I've been unsuccesful so far. I would use that as a way to use it's wireless remote signal to start the projector's shut down sequence. I could use that to start it up the next evening too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mcas4380 49 Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 That's not recommended. All projectors need to cool off the lamp housing before they can be turned completely off. If you kill the power, the lamp housing will transfer the heat to the entire projector's inside which will melt and/or fry the unit. I've been searching for a learning remote that has a scheduling feature but I've been unsuccesful so far. I would use that as a way to use it's wireless remote signal to start the projector's shut down sequence. I could use that to start it up the next evening too. Thanks!! i just learned something Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mike in tulsa 10 Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 You can convert the DVD to a .wmv file and use MS Media Player with repeat on. That's how I set mine up, so although I have to manually turn the projector on/off, the video will continuously loop until I stop it. The nice thing about this is I have also converted it to MPEG-4 so I can also play on I-Pad, I-Phone and/or I-Pod, although they do not have the loop/replay ability. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jason101 0 Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 we use a xbox360. noone plays it anymore and it has a awesome loop feature., we use it all day/night long, no issues whatsoever... if you have one and dont use it, consider it... as far as turning it on and off, i would do it manually, because there are many issues with instant on and instant off... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jerrymac 15 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 (edited) I used one of the portable media players from Christmas Light show.com (saved virtual santa to micro sd card, also used for their carolers and Santa Symphonies). My projector has a no signal auto off function that turns off the bulb when no signal is present for 2 minutes. I put the portable media player on a timer that shuts off the media player at a patricular time. Once the signal stops the projector shuts down (save power mode with the bulb off). My sequencing was completely automated and worked without any human intervention. Worked great. LOVE the media player. The player has a play all files in any particular directory and continue loop. Edited January 10, 2013 by jerrymac Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tom_Pokusa 1 Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 @jerrymac What kind of projector do you have? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gmac 32 Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 I use an Epson ..Model EX3210 That shuts light off after a short period (standby mode) with no signal.....The same as jerrymacs does Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tom_Pokusa 1 Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 Thanks, gmac. I had some more questions regarding projectors in general, but rather than hijack this thread, I started a new thread for my projector questions ( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Theron Schaefermeyer 0 Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 (edited) I purchased a cheap universal TV remote and programmed it to operate my projector. Then I removed the power on/off button on the remote and soldered a wire to each of the two contacts under the button. I then connected these two wires to the normally open contacts of a 120V relay which I powered from a X-10 control outlet. Then in the start-up routine of LOR I run a short sequence that activates the X-10 channel for about 1 or 2 seconds. This activates the X-10 outlet which powers the relay thus closing the contacts which short the ON/OFF button on the remote and starts the projector. At the end of the show I run a similar sequence that provides two ON/OFF pulses. the first pulse tells the projector to turn off and the second pulse confirms the action to turn off (as required by my brand of projector) Oh, I have an old DVD player that just continues to run day and night with the virtual Santa disk in it. I can set the DVD Player to continuously loop the video so I never have to worry about it. I also use an X=10 channel to power my radio station so that it doesn't transmit when the show ends. Edited August 8, 2013 by Theron Schaefermeyer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JHolmes 2 Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 I use an Epson ..Model EX3210 That shuts light off after a short period (standby mode) with no signal.....The same as jerrymacs does Does it turn back on too when it receives signal? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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