[ANSWERED] Isadora and Powerpoint output

jdachs

Is it possible to take the output of an external laptop running PPT and route it into a laptop running Isadora so that the PPT image can be superimposed or mixed with video or images already loaded into Isadora and output to a single projector?
Is any external hardware needed to take the HDMI input from the PPT laptop?
What else do I need to know about this?

Thanks you in advance!

jandraka

@jdachs

Hi,

You may be interested in this PPT NDI

It is recommended to have Microsoft Powerpoint installed.

Best.

Javi

Woland

@jdachs said:

Is any external hardware needed to take the HDMI input from the PPT laptop?

You could just use a simple USB-HDMI Capture card if you don't want to go the PPT NDI route.

Alternatively, what I've done in the past is to export the entire PowerPoint as a series of JPEGs, then import them into Isadora and use a file like this one to automatically show a slide per Scene: patch-sequential-pictures-from-powerpoint-2024-09-05-4.0.1.zip

Here's what the actual "Slide" Scenes look like:

And the next one:

Best wishes,

Woland