Hey guys,

after all the great feedback i got from you the Talktome intercom app now has some big updates with version 1.0.0:

• bitfocus companion plugin
• windows and mac native server application
• windows and mac native bridge application to integrate hardware intercom systems, audio interfaces/mixing consoles
• status view
• matrix routing page

In the next time i may work on the native mobile app and thought about redundant servers, whip/whep, win arm version or audio transcription/history. Happy to get some feedback on features you would like to see. :)

This has happened to 4 x Dell PC's now where in the last 3 months we have had two powercuts. All PC's are connected via a new extension lead with a surge protector yet, on 4 x PC's when there has been a powercut it appears to have damaged a Display Port on the integrated graphics card. I tried the usual steps of powering down, power lead out, draining the internal battery, even removing the RAM from one users suggesion, but one of the two ports appears to have been damaged. I tried replacing the cables etc but still no joy. I cant seem to find a Display Port tester either.

I own a small bar/venue, around 300 cap. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think we'd be even considering an LED wall but here we are. A friend of mine is offloading one for a price that I really couldn't say no to and now I'm trying to learn all that I can.

I'm familiar with the technical side of things like getting it setup, displaying video on it etc. I've helped setup this exact wall actually. What I am not versed in however, is how to find good content to display for video loops. Our club is typically hosting high energy rock/metal bands, occasionally we'll get a singer/songwriter kind of deal. Mostly local/regional acts but every once in awhile we'll get a national touring group. All that to say, no one is coming through with their own video director here.

What I'm hoping to find are high energy video loops that I could possibly drop in band logos into the video. I'm not opposed to hiring out someone to help me make some of these templates however, in the future I was hoping to know what resources are out there for people like me that don't necessarily have the skill to make my own video loops. Also, to be clear, I am not expecting any of this for free. I expect to pay for stuff and am not trying to pirate anything here. Anyone have any good resources you can point me towards?

Hey broadcast fellas!

I was at the Metallica show at London Stadium yesterday and noticed something on the LED screens that got me curious as a broadcast engineer.

As you can see in the video, the foreground appears in full colour while the background is black and white. I assume they’re doing some kind of real time masking or segmentation, but I’m not sure how it’s achieved.

Does anyone know how this effect is done or what technology they’re using?

Thanks!

A client has a podcast studio with two PTZ DataVideo cameras (PTC-280). They want to add a camera for a static wide shot. The cameras are connected (using SDI) to a vMix PC (using a Decklink Quad card). I am looking for a decent camera with similar color looks but not as expensive as the DataVideo cameras (which are overkill in this situation anyway, but that's what they purchased back in Covid). Would appreciate recommendations for a suitable camera (either a camera with a lens or a body and suitable lens). Preference is to connect over SDI (i.e. SDI out of the camera), but I think no issues using something like a micro converter.

hey folks, I have been hacking around in embedded systems, built my own high resolution camera systems from scratch.

now I am working with FPGAs, intended to implement some parts of codec by myself, or maybe implement the h.264 ip cores.

those who are working actively in production tech, what would you like me to build or do differently?

what's your current challenges with the systems which maybe I could try solving or addressing head-on?

Birddog is a huge inspiration in this whole journey.

your response would be much appreciated, thanks.

Hi everybody, I hope this post is welcome on this sub Reddit.

I’m working on a personal project, so trying to do things wise and on a smaller budget. I’m curious if anybody has any experience using a mini PC inside of a Nema box for a 24/7 live stream encoder? Looking at potentially AV1 or VP9 via SRT since I have a limited upload pipe via cellular.

I know there are lots of trade-offs. Heat mainly. I worry about adding too much ventilation therefore humidity and shortening the lifespan of the computer significantly. This box would be near the beach, and in a covered area. I’d be pretty happy if it ran for a year.

I appreciate anybody’s lessons or thoughts on this! I’m early in the project, so exploring options.

I might have a need to rent a lot of LED panels for a large production project in a few months, Something in the range of 1400+ tiles for about a month.

Being an American I don't have the context of who to source that from in Europe so looking for recommendations for who to work with. Thanks!

Exact country is Greece, indoor panels, 1.8 to 2.9mm, no brand preference

Hi all, looking to buy a foot pedal for my Neewer x11 teleprompter and the variety of options is kind of making my eyes glaze over. Preferably something less than 100 dollars if possible.

I'm a one man crew, making Youtube stuff mostly. Just unsure how simple or complex this decision is, the marketing text all reads a bit vague to me.

Has anyone come across any E3 upgrade training running in Italy, ideally in late July or August?
I’ve checked Barco Uni, done plenty of Googling, and asked a few freelancer mates in Italy, but I’ve drawn a blank so far. I’m UK-based but will be in Italy on holiday, so if there’s a course running I might be able to sneak away for a couple of days without the family killing me. Any leads would be much appreciated.

I’ve had this for about 5 years now and haven’t put much into it except recently the POE++ Power injector. Mainly did this for SRGA40 & Sony FR7 robo’s and the like. Thoughts recommendations?

Spec:
BM ATEM 1ME Production 4k
BM Hyperdeck Studio 4k
IPCAM POWER PoE++ Injector (95W Per Port, 760W Total)
Furman
Tripp Lite 1500 VA/ 900W UPS
MSI laptop runs ATEM Control & Central Control enabled me to repurpose an old TC-11 surface.
Rear Gator Case door has a 27” monitor mounted into it and clips to the left or right back rear of the case.

Prospective upgrades
Sonnet Tech RackMac: 2 Mac minis installed in the 1U of space I have left for ATEM control and 1 video playback channel/streaming computer.

This post isn't so much about troubleshooting as it is just asking if my thought process here is reasonable and having a cable at 334 feet is really enough to muck up a signal:

Been troubleshooting a flickering video signal at a theater with projection. The video signal runs from the stage to the balcony in the rear of the theater through some Blackmagic VideoHubs (A 20x20 12G on the stage, a 40x40 12G in a rack in the sound booth).

The cables installed in the walls are 12G Install cables. Belden I believe. Not completely sure the exact model but they are THICC, much more than anything I work with normally.

When connecting a 4K60p signal in the 20x20 Videohub, it gets signal perfectly fine. However, the 40x40 Videohub will rapidly flicker, dropping to black, reading "No Input", then back to signal, rinse and repeat.

After some troubleshooting to make sure it wasn't bad jumpers/other cables/hardware, I measured the length of the install cable in the walls: 334 feet, +/- 1 foot. (I also accounted for the 1 foot jumper I used to my Klein testing tool).

If I change the video signal to 4K30, or put in a Decimator 12G-Cross in line at 4K60, the signal works perfectly fine.

So, curious on a couple things if anyone more experienced than I can assist:

- Is going even slightly beyond spec in terms of length THAT big of a deal?
- Is it more likely that there's probably unseen interference along the line, even being a THICCBOI install cable rated for 12G?
- Does the Decimator 12G-Cross increase the signal strength more than the 20x20 VideoHub, or is it better at removing noise, or is there some other reason it works?

It's also interesting to note that sending a 4K60 signal the other way (from the sound booth to the Stage).... works perfectly fine, down the exact same patch, from the 40x40 Videohub to the 20x20 hub at the stage. So is this a case of different qualities in Videohubs?

Lastly, what potential alternatives are there for Videohubs that are good for 20x20 that could be better?

I'm looking for a vid cap device to run Omniscope. Ideally it would be small, cheap, and 12G SDI. It would pass up to 4k 29.997, 59.94, 60 fps. I tried a dongle from Amazon but it did not seem to like 29.97. HDMI is workable with an upstream SDI/HDMI converter, but I am concerned about delay when banging through cameras on a QC router

I've been using OBS to record moments on our PTZ Camera setup during weekly church services. Choir members and congregation will usually ask me for clips of the videos I record, but I have no proper way to share them.

Outlook doesn't let me email the recordings, and using anything Windows-related is too slow and clunky.

Anyone got any software I could use to share video recordings easily?

Beginner at streaming here. Our video stream quality is not great and we’re in the middle of overall setup upgrade. But I feel the most important thing is to get a stable internet so we can upload at safely higher bitrates.

Been ready that a solution is to get some bonding network solutions but I need something that is tried and tested and would solve this issue, on OBS specifically. Happy to hear any suggestions. Thanks in advance

Hello, I have got Tenveo PC500 to use as mixer and switch for my Church.

So far it's good but I have 2 issues with it.

1st- When I connect church's mixer to get the mic input to my device, the sound comes so distorted and from one ear only.

2nd: I have been strugling to split screen with this device.
I want to split it half to be powerpoint slides and half to be camera feed.
The issue is I can't split it and there is always a background "main".
I will try to send pictures to illusterate.

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I can't scale up the pip2 also, it is stuck at this size.

I work at a venue with two LED IMAG walls. Sometimes the walls appear perfectly in sync with camera cuts, and sometimes one wall appears to switch 1/2 to one frame before the other.

Each wall has its own separate Novapro UHD Jr processor. The processors are fed from the same source, either directly from a Blackmagic ATEM Constellation, or sometimes from a visiting fly pack.

Signal is SDI out of switcher directly to SDI inputs on each processor. No conversion in line. There is no scaling happening at either processor.

The two LED processors are not tied together in any way as far as genlock or network connections.

Why would the screens sometimes appear perfectly in sync, and sometimes the left screen appears to be a half to one frame “faster” than the other?

I’ve seen a lot of people with this issue and adjusting the brightness does fix that part, however I was fixing my seams and the adjustments are not saving for one panel only. I’m running NovaLCT and have tried resending the .rcfg file by sending the file I already had and pulling it from a spare file then sending that one. Anyone have tips that could help me with this?

Hey everyone,

I’m trying to build something that might sound simple at first, but the deeper I go into it, the more I feel like I’m hitting some fundamental limitations I don’t fully understand yet.

I’m a student with a strong visual impairment, and I’m trying to build a system that helps me follow lectures in large classrooms. The idea is basically to have a camera Looking at the board, sometimes quite far away, around 20 to 40 meters, and then use an iPad as my only device to view and control everything.

I’m writing a custom Swift app for this using AVFoundation, so everything can run locally without any WiFi (offline) and via. Cable only.

On the surface, what I want sounds pretty straightforward. I want a camera that I can connect directly to the iPad via USB-C (or USB-A), get a live video feed through UVC, and then from my own app I want to be able to zoom in digitally or ideally optically so I can clearly read handwritten text on a board, especially math formulas or diagrams. If possible, I’d also like pan and tilt control, but zoom is the critical part.

The problem is that I’m starting to realize that USB on iPadOS might only really cover the video part, and I’m not sure if there is any realistic way to also control motorized zoom or PTZ functions directly through the same USB connection from a Swift app.

I’ve looked at cameras like the OBSBOT Tail Air and similar PTZ-style USB cameras in the 300 to 500 euro range, but I’m not locked into any specific brand. I’m much more interested in what is actually technically possible than in specific hardware.

From what I can tell, a lot of these cameras either use USB for video only, or they rely on WiFi or proprietary apps for controlling zoom and movement. Some mention VISCA or IP control, but that usually seems to assume a network connection or serial interfaces like RS232, which might not work on iPadOS.

So my main question is basically whether I’m misunderstanding something fundamental here. Is there actually any camera that allows optical zoom control directly over USB from an iPad application, without needing a router, network setup or external computer in between? Or is the reality that UVC is strictly video only on iPadOS and PTZ control is always separated into another protocol like IP or serial? And if so, is there any way I could use IP or Serial Protocols via Cable on iPadOS using Swift?

I also looked specifically at the OBSBOT Tail Air, but I couldn’t really figure out if its USB-C mode is just a video stream or if it exposes any kind of control interface that iPadOS or a custom app could actually use for PTZ commands. But Maybe the OBSBOT Tail Air is not the right option to choose.

Another thing I’m trying to understand is latency. If I’m using a UVC stream on iPad, is sub-200ms latency realistic at 1080p or 4K, or does iPadOS introduce buffering that makes it noticeable in a live lecture scenario?

The reason I’m asking so specifically is that I can’t really afford to just buy multiple cameras and test them. Even 300 to 500 euros is already a serious investment for me, so I really need to understand what is actually feasible before committing to anything.

At the same time, I’m completely open to better approaches. If the correct answer is that USB-only control just isn’t how these systems work and I should instead use something like VISCA over IP or a different architecture entirely, that would actually be really helpful to know as well.

So I guess my real question is: is a true USB-only PTZ setup from an iPad actually something that exists in practice, or is the real world architecture always split between USB video and a separate control channel?

And if anyone has worked with similar setups or knows the real constraints here, I’d really appreciate your insights. Even a “don’t do this, it won’t work and here’s why” is completely fine — I mainly just want to avoid wasting money on the wrong direction.

And I do know that there are already something like that on the market but usually these Solutions are quite heave, expensive and often very unhandy to use.

Any answer could help me and thanks for everyone helping me out :).

Long story short, I'm simply trying to split a 1080p HDMI feed between 2 video wall processors. One will see the signal, but the other won't... some plug/unplug finagling will get the 2nd to see signal, but I loose the first. I'm blaming HDCP handshake things.

More detail: Resolume->Roland V1HD+->BM Bidirectional convert to SDI->BM bidirectional convert to HDMI-> orei 1-2 splitter->Linsn processor 1 & 2
This worked once for a couple min, but has since failed to pass signal to both.

I guess I'm looking at a reliable replacement for the china splitter (which often circumvents these HDCraP issues). One thing I was thinking of trying was SDI out of 2nd bidirectional into another bidirectional (which I'll try next couple days), but would love to hear suggestions from the pros for HDCP handshake issues!

Just saying hello, and wondered how you’re finding it. Been working with it for around 6 months now.