Arena
Visual storytelling without limits!
Introducing Arena, our new tool for displaying Quartz Compositions across multiple displays. With just a few keystrokes, Arenas easy setup will automatically connects and configures your network of computers to work as a single display. Just add your own Quartz Compositions and press play!
Features
Cluster Computing
Arena consist of two components: Arena, the controller, manages setup and operation, while Arena Performer handles the rendering and display of Quartz Compositions on each system in the cluster.
The Controller
The controller (Arena) lets users load Quartz Compositions, layout the display relationships for visualizing the composition, control which systems are active in the cluster and start/stop composition playback.
The Performer
The performer (Arena Performer) runs on each member of the cluster being used for playback. Performers handle a composition’s local rendering and display across the available screens attached to the system.
Unlimited Canvas
The controller provides you with a canvas to visually layout how each screen will be used to display portions of the assigned Quartz Composition.
Distributed Rendering
Quartz Compositions are rendered locally on each performer system. Once a composition is rendering, the only communication required from the Arena Controller is an occasional playback synchronization message.
Scalable Performance
Because the Quartz Composition rendering is done locally on each performer system, the number of performer systems is only limited by the portion of network bandwidth used for synchronization.
Easy Networking
Arena uses Bonjour to automatically discover and connect the controller with any performer systems that become available on the network.