Larry Ash wrote on Mon, 29 December 2008 22:13 |
OK gentlemen I am new to this video thing, so please, sorry teach me like a five year old LOL I have CAT 5 ran all over this building and not being used so from what I have read I can send a single over cat five from a computer to a tv. But hears my question will that carry sound, and if not, can I run regular cable (tv wire) We are looking at putting the announcement, that is in the sanctuary on a another cp and broadcasting it on four different tv monitors through out the campus(different building) so what will I need to use and please remember I have a very small budget do to economical times!!
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In general, yes, you can send video and audio over a single UTP (CAT5/5e/6) cable provided you have the proper interface devices at both ends that support it.
Exactly what you need depends on a few things including how you ran the cable, what video inputs the displays support and what video signal and format you have for a source. It would really help if you could describe how and where you get the signal that you plan to distribute, what the displays are or what in;puts they have and how you have the cable run.
On the latter, it should be confirmed that what you have is point-to-point paths, audio and video over UTP requires a direct path, it is not data and cannot be run through a network. Just wanting to be sure as some people misunderstand this issue and believe that having a network jack means they can run audio and video over it but this type of signal distribution is separate from any network/data distribution.