Flexible.

Streamers offers unprecedented flexibility in how streamers and punches are displayed. Adjustable punch sizes and streamer widths let you find the look that feels most natural to you. And a latency compensation adjustment ensures that punches and flutters will always be in sync. And, of course, Streamers offers the standard gamut of colors (yellow, green, red, white, blue, violet, maroon, and orange), streamer lengths (3', 4', or 5'; i.e. 2 s, 2.67 s, or 3.33 s), and punch/flutter types (1-, 3-, 5-, or 7-hole).

Inexpensive.

Hardware streamer boxes can cost $1600 or more—and that's not counting the video adapter box that usually works with it, or the MIDI interface that triggers it. Streamers works wherever your computer sees a display, whether that's on your main monitor, a secondary monitor on a DVI port, or a TV monitor connected to your laptop with a $19 composite adapter.

Simple.

No fussing with video codecs or hardware drivers. Just place Streamers's window, send it MIDI, and go.

Does Streamers work with <hardware name here>?

Streamers does not work with DV boxes, MJPEG-A cards, or other video adapter devices that take a direct stream of video data. Overlaying events on these devices would involve altering the actual video data coming from the sequencer, which could cause stability problems. It would also involve decompressing, processing, and recompressing each frame, which even today's computers can't handle while working with audio.

Will Streamers ever be ported to Windows/Linux?

This is very unlikely. First, the efficiency of Mac OS X's Quartz drawing engine makes Streamers possible, and second, a Mac solution fits the vast majority of users best.

How do I buy/use Streamers?

Please visit the Purchasing page for information on buying and authorizing Streamers. Help on using Streamers is available via the Help menu in the application, and more information is available on the Documentation page.