so yeah, title says it all. If you are one, have done it or can, post your experiences, setup, video freebie links, etc....

I just wanna use this as a go to information, since stuff like this is spread out through TF.  If we get some good information on here, might consider this sticky.

http://www.vjcentral.com/
http://www.vjforums.com/

I've been messing around with Arkaos VJ and Numark Cue.  Arkaos is cool when its the only thing you do but I don't know if it just has a play video function.  Cue, is closer to like Vicar said, the DVJ's.  But I can't play videos that don't have music, which is something I want to do.

I would really (which will probably doing) is get pair of DVJ's.  Since I saw this, I'm hooked:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrfSmWghkj4

I actually have good bit of video, just from my video producing as well.

So if ya got cool links to free videos, info or programs, post them.

Currently, I'm running Final Scratch, Ecler NUO4 and Stanton turntables.

Late November, I bought Traktor Scratch, but problem is my laptop is minimum requirements and I have to use a USB2.0 card to connect my Audio 8.  Well, I've made it light as I can and I still get latency glitches while running Traktor.

So I've been looking and considering a new laptop and with recent interest in VJing and video, leads me to have to get either a Alienware or build my own.  So last night, I put together a pc that will run whatever I want.  So as weeks go by, I'll be buying parts here and there as i can afford them.  Then build it.  Except for Alienware having Intel chips and bigger L2 cache, this will run with them and be much cheaper.

So yeah, I'm learning for now and in transition.  Not settled on any VJ program, mainly want to test them on the new machine once I build it.

Though the VJ forums I've been looking at, this program looks cool:
http://www.resolume.com/

Ooh i do like that! Yes i tried it a bit!

The question i got is wether to go down the route of seperate tunes and seperate music. They are then arranged and performed to compliment each other or work together.

The DVJ approach pros are that u spend less time putting it all together. However not sure i want to be buying music videos! esp as 80% feature gal in the bikini!

The Alterntives to expensive DVJs are serato or cue! infact with cue u could use the new pioneer CDJ 400 and u would only need one!

only beef with Cue is that it won't play video without audio, threw couple of my dance music videos in there and worked fine.

Arkaos is great for when you are the VJ, but does it allow me to push play on a video and let me play until I want to fade into something else?

right now, Resolume looks good to me.

Yes i think one or the other sounds good!

My bookings are usually either or not both together even though id like to explore both togehter!

Arkaos can play audio but would not have DJ features needed to beat mix


What BenQ do you have? I like the specs for the SP831 and am planing on buying one next month. Also planing on the V4 video mixer.

Am Vjing this coming saturday at Lovejoy cafe one birmingham.

Gonna be using arkaos reluctantly!

Just a quick note re freeze on arkaos it is having problems with Quicktime 7.3 and 7.4 which is causeing it to fall over. If you go back to Quicktime 7.1 it works.  It's a known issue and 7.3 was fixed in a beta release but then quicktime 7.4 came out and still crashed it!!!!! The price of progress!!!

H