Photo / sentence ◉ Takuya Kawai (Himanine)
Try media players that can easily put out photos and videos!
To insert photos and videos on live -distribution programs, you can do most of them using a laptop.Power Point and Keynote can also handle videos, and click on the full screen from the slide show to start playing.I decided to try it because there was a cheap media player that seemed to be good to put out photos and videos without using these laptops.
That is Sanwa Supply's media player "MED-PL2".The price is 10,780 yen on the direct sales site!The spirit of the pillar, which is about this, is stimulated.This time, I will test how this media player can display photos and videos.
A media player who can play a USB memory connection media or videos and still imaging files included in SD cards without a personal computer.Compact enough to fit in the palm of your hand with the business card size.The interface is also a simple design with USB and SD card on the surface, HDMI and composite output on the back, and power supply terminals.
This time, I will test it as a 2K photo & video player that is assumed to be connected to an HD switcher and used as a source.The body is the size of the palm size and also comes with a power adapter.The back is a terminal for HDMI and composite with a USB-A port, a remote control signal, and a SD card slot in front.
It is important to note that the SD card format needs here.There is a limit of up to 32GB of SDHC.It does not support the transfer speed of SDXC or UHS-I/UHS-II, which is used with the latest camera.It's a bit disappointing that you have to look for an old card from the drawer and a drawer.Since there is no button on the main unit, the operation is performed from the remote control.
This small media player supports the video and still image files below in the specifications.So I immediately tested whether the files recorded in the studio equipment could be played.
First of all, it was an MP4 video recorded with LiveShell X 4Mbps, but this was able to be played without any problems.Next, the black magic design Hyperdeck Studio Mini H.I copied the 264 Low mode file and played it, but this is the sound of the sound, but the video freezes in the first frame.I'm sorry!It may be that the bit rate is too high and the processing cannot catch up.
In the photo, the JPEG captured by XCAPTURE-MINI could be played without any problems.
[Compatible files]
The operation is performed with the attached remote control.This remote control is solid for the price and looks like a little TV.There is a firm protrusion instead of a pecopeco seat button.There is a power supply and a menu button at the top easy to understand.
If you insert the main unit into the power supply, "file", "music", "video", "photo", "setting" will appear, so you will enter with a cross key.If you access from "Video", only the USB memory or video files in the SD card will be displayed, and the "photo" will only be a still image file.
The video starts with the "Play/Pause" button in the middle of the cross key.1 by pressing the independent "return" and "feed" key.5/2/4/8/16/32 times is possible.It is possible to "reseme regeneration" to learn the part that has been played before, so you can also put out a long file in "sending" and play it from there.
In the case of still images, turn the page with the "front" and "Next" button, press the menu button to press the "Slide effect" (zoom in/zoom out/default/horizontal blind/vertical blind/slide down/slide to the left/left./Slide to right/extend/extend/extend/extend to left/extend to right/to right/mosaic).
"Default" is a "random playback", but all effects can be tried, but you get tired quickly.It seems that the specifications cannot be selected without switching effect.This is quite disappointing because there is no switching effect called Dizolve.The "playback interval" per slide show can be selected from 1/3/5/7/10/30 seconds.
▲ A screen that sets the effect of switching slides.You can choose 14 types of effects, but it is a pity that there is no frequent use of slide shows.
▲ Auto play is a function that automatically starts file playback just by turning on the power.In addition, there is also a function that repeats one file or all files.
▲ Setting video output.HDMI is compatible with up to 1080p/60Hz.
Long video files can also be "resurrected", and still images can be selected and fully displayed.However, since the screen switching effect of the slide show is cheap and the effect cannot be selected, it is not practical as a cheap digital signage player.I was regrettable because it would be possible to use it with just a few specification improvements.
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Next time, we will send you the theme of building a multi -camera system using used α7R.
● Video Salon reprinted from the June 2021 issue
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