FAQ
Below are the most frequently asked questions. If you don’t find an answer here, contact us and ask your own.
General
How long does the calibration take?
How accurate is Scalable's camera-based calibration?
What Scalable product do I need?
My media servers and projectors have built-in edge-blending, do I still need Scalable?
Do I need special projectors with edge-blending feature to use Scalable Software or will any projectors work?
Does Scalable software work with any graphics cards?
Scalable Display Manager (SDM) is set up in Host & Client architecture. The Host running SDM does not require a specific graphics card. The Clients may use Nvidia Quadro cards to apply the warp & blend, but for SDK applications or hardware integrations the graphics card on the client machines are not specific to Scalable.
Does Scalable software work with any camera?
How many cameras will I need?
What file format do you support for camera modeling?
For 3D camera placement we support STP, DWG or DXF file formats. We can also ROM camera quantity and approximate location based on a PDF of a 2D plan model, but 3D models in STP, DWG or DXF are preferred.
Which IGs are SDK integrated with Scalable software?
Does Scalable support 3D applications?
Does Scalable support stacking projectors for brightness?
Can I really drive 16 projectors from 1 PC with ScalableDesktop?
If your project requires a canvas beyond 16k pixels, you can use Scalable Display Manager (SDM) with a distributed render cluster of PCs or a Media Server designed for high resolution playback.