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Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

Vingtoftoscar — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 06:12:51 -0000

I have just bought Matrox TripleHead2Go Digital Edition, just to find out its not supported by unibody macs. Very frustrating.
If anyone finds a 3 display solution that works with TripleHead2Go Digital Edition I believe the internet and I would like to know about it.

Re: Invasion Strike – Make An iPhone Game In A Weekend

Bryan Duke — Thu, 10 May 2012 22:14:36 -0000

That's really strange. I'm sorry it's not working right for you. The first thing I recommend is rebooting your iPad. To do that, hold down the power button on the top of the iPad for a few seconds. A slider will pop up on screen that lets you shut down the power. After it shuts down, just press the power button again to turn it back on.

If that doesn't work, try deleting and redownloading the game. To delete it, press & hold the icon. Once the little X shows up, tap that to delete the game. Go back to the App Store and redownload the game (you won't get charged again).

If these don't work, please let me know. We'll get Invasion Strike working for you! You can either reply here or email support@acceleroto.com (I'll probably see the email quicker, if that helps).

Thanks!

Re: Invasion Strike – Make An iPhone Game In A Weekend

Kas 848 — Tue, 08 May 2012 09:13:19 -0000

I just downloaded Invasion Strike and it doesn't work at all. As soon as I touch it on my Ipad it shuts down. Any suggestions? KAS848

Re: Invasion Strike – Make An iPhone Game In A Weekend

parrotbait — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:37:18 -0000

Nice article, thanks for sharing. I can take away a lot from this...

Re: Invasion Strike – Make An iPhone Game In A Weekend

Clint — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:36:47 -0000

Excellent post. Thanks for the tips!

Re: Invasion Strike – Make An iPhone Game In A Weekend

Mark Johnson — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:49:05 -0000

Great post. I'm checking out TimelineFX now, because I'm right there with every other tool you mention :-) except the audio stuff :-(.... OK I have a ways to go yet then!

Re: Invasion Strike – Make An iPhone Game In A Weekend

Bryan Duke — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:28:44 -0000

Thanks! It'd be great if you'd show some banners. I'll make some!

Re: Invasion Strike – Make An iPhone Game In A Weekend

James — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:18:13 -0000

Awesome post! I *really* wish I had more time to learn Unity! Good luck with the launch - let me know if you'd like me to add Invasion Strike banners to our apps to help promo!

Re: Air Hockey – iPad Included!

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Air Hockey pucks are slim discs made of Lexan polycarbonate resin.

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

Subrata Sen — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:18:19 -0000

I struggled with attaching three monitors to my Mac Pro 2011 and finally found the solution. The catch is: You cannot run three monitors if you are trying to run all of them in DVI or HDMI mode (haven't tried the display port option though). If you are trying to run monitors in these modes, only two monitors will work, the third won't. Running all three in DVI/HDMI or in combination will presumably need another graphic card. I do not have another graphic card, and still managed to run three monitors: one in DVI mode and the other two in VGA mode. The monitors that I have used are: Dell 2711, and two Samsung SA350. Have connected the Dell Monitor through DVI and the two Samsung monitors are connected through Apple mini port to VGA convertors (they costed Indian Rupees 1200 or about 25 USD dollars each).
I know VGA displays may not be great for viewing, but they are reasonably okay for doing the editing in FCP. After connecting the three monitors, I use the Samsung monitors as editing monitors and the Dell as my playback monitor. I am not facing any problem now. Saved me a lot of cost as, otherwise I would have had to invest in one Blackmagic Intensity Pro card to get the third monitor running.

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

J. Henry — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:09:31 -0000

Like Sean, I am curious about this too. I currently have the 5870 with:
1 MDP -> HDMI to an HDTV (Carrying audio and video - intended to mirror either of the below)
1 MDP -> Display Port (My primary monitor)
1 DVI connected Monitor (MY extended desktop)

Could the Blackmagic Intensity Pro carry Audio with the video over the HDMI and will it work when not in Avid/FCP? Sometimes I use my HDTV monitor not just as a client monitor but also to show content outside of an NLE.

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Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

Sean — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:58:22 -0000

Are you able to get the Intensity Pro HDMI out to function as a regular monitor... or just previewing i.e. in Final Cut Pro?

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

Framejunkie — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:49:28 -0000

This is how I connected 3 monitors to FCP

My system is a Mac Pro with ATI HD 5870.

The monitors are now connected as follows:

mini DisplayPort 1: 42" TV 1080p via VGA to mini DisplayPort adapter

mini DisplayPort 2: 24" Monitor via DisplayPort to mini DisplayPort cable

DVI: 24" Monitor via DVI to DVI cable

I think Final Cut offers full-screen preview (Digital Cinema Desktop Preview) on the main monitor and one other monitor.

I think the main monitor is the one that has Mac OS's menu bar in it.

You can move the menu bar to different monitors using System Preferences - > Displays -> Arrangement.

It is not clear to me how FCP chooses which other monitor is available for full-screen.

But, when I switched the order my displays were connected, FCP made the full-screen preview available on the monitor I needed.

Hope this helps.

p.s.

The reason I use the analog VGA connector on my third monitor is that the Mac Pros with the 5770/5870 require expensive 'Dual Link DVI to mini DisplayPort' convertors if more than one DVI monitor is connected.

It was not possible to connect 3 monitors
simultaneously when I tried using either the 'HDMI to mini DisplayPort'
connector, nor the regular 'DVI to mini DisplayPort' connector.

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

JMF — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:48:37 -0000

Thank for figuring all this out, I ran into the same thing. I noticed $200 already gets you a cheap 24" display with display port, odd how those prices work.

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

Bryan Duke — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:51:00 -0000

Uggg. I'm sorry to hear about your pain. I still need to bite the bullet & throw out my Apple adapters & try the monoprice ones. My Apple ones have severe problems returning from sleep.

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

dkaya — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:44:49 -0000

Thanks Bryan, I got into the same mess tring to connect these 3 DVI screens to my macpro with no luck. I bought to griffin MDP to HDMI + DVI connectors costing me $110 AUD from the australia store. I'm going to send them back, i better be allowed, they are useless now. Thanks for the advice, i'll have to purchase 2x MDP to DL DVI adapters then :(

Re: Occurro! – game design 101 with Cocos2D iPhone

Bryan Duke — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:03:43 -0000

You're welcome, James! I'm glad it helped. Cocos2d has changed quite a bit from when I started Occurro! Even the difference between the MultiTest sample and the current version of Cocos2d is pretty big. I highly recommend grabbing the latest copy of Cocos2d from their website. Once you do, install the templates and start playing!

I just re-released Occurro! with a big update. It incorporates the latest version of Cocos2d (version 1.0rc3).

Have fun

Re: Occurro! – game design 101 with Cocos2D iPhone

James27121 — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:46:53 -0000

Er… late night typing idiotic…. corrected. Thank you! You multi-test skeleton taught me core Cocos2D concepts in a little under 1 hour. =) I now… understand these critical concepts and I've moving forward in my dream. =)

Re: Occurro! – game design 101 with Cocos2D iPhone

James27121 — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:44:52 -0000

thank you. Your multi-test skeleton taught my Cocos2D in a little under 1 hour. =) I not understand the critical concepts =)

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

Matt — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:21:39 -0000

Thanks for the info Bryan. I bought the two dual-link $99 adaptors and still no go.
I have spent the last three days trying to find an acceptable solution but still to
no avail. I have two 25in HP's and my third display is a 42in Samsung so I'm wondering if the blackmagic card will work. Also, pondering the Matrox Dualhead2go. This is very frustrating after spending > 15k on this new system. Whenever I think I've found something that will work, it always turns out to be for PC. I've been a Mac guy for ever but this is a bit of a bummer!
but this kind of thing is really

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

titan — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 05:09:40 -0000

i got a displayport to hdmi cable at staples

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

Jon — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 03:17:24 -0000

Thanks for writing such a comprehensive article and thank you for helping me NOT waste days on this! The power is why we buy the computer but the seemingly simple use of 3 monitors is a flat out misrepresentation.

I'll send comment to apple - and go to sleep tonight rather than tearing out any hair.

Many Thanks again!

Re: Doodle Hockey Promo Codes!

Luke@UnlockYourDollar — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:35:38 -0000

Are there any more promo codes available?

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

Oli — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:13:53 -0000

I'm in more or less the same boat here as you are - just got the 6 core mac pro after researching the recommendations at the mac performance guide and got a new 27" LED cinema display - and was planning to connect a 24" samsung and 24" acer I have as well - both DVI.... so I won't repeat the obvious problem that lead me here !

I didn't get the 5870 however so could add a second 5770 - but as I could use my other monitors on my other computers still I am wondering whether I should instead (though obviously more costly) get another 24" LED Cinema display....

If i understand correctly I COULD have 2 LED cinema displays with their mini display port AND run one of the 2 DVI displays as a third monitor on the DVI port.

Just wondering if anyone has tried this configuration before I dump even more money into another monitor (I'm admittedly looking at this problem as a chance to spoil myself with another cinema display) but if it ends up I still need another card I should just go with buying a second 5770

After starting to use 3 displays using these (admittedly very slow) USB to DVI boxes from other world computing with my macbook pro I've gotten pretty addicted to the 3 monitor setup and can't settle for 2 anymore ;) as it seems is true for all of you as well!