In the video art field there are many artworks requiring the synced and parallel playback of audio/video materials.
IvySync provides such functionality for supported hardware decoders, with *frame accurate sync* between the videos running on multiple screens and played from the same device. Up to 4 parallel videos are supported.
IvySync hardware syncstarters and the software is being developed by Jaromil in the Netherlands Institute of Media Art and is distributed as a free and open source solution based on GNU/Linux.
Montevideo / Time Based Arts hystorical experience in the field of video syncstarting contributed, with the expert review of Ramon Coelho, to reach a unique grade of quality and scalability hardly provided by any other commercial solution.
links: http://montevideo.dyne.org/trac.cgi/wiki/IvySync http://montevideo.dyne.org
images: http://montevideo.dyne.org/ivysync-pics/ (772x579 300dpi HIRES)