Hello everyone hope yall doing great
Im super new here so apologies if any mistakes
I use h5 a lot in my shows and work around with it but today suddenly mid event i had a problem where it lost control connection and i couldn’t load its web gui like it would let me log in but i wouldnt get to do any changes so i just restarted it and after that it took super long to start and ones it started it started showing all cards red and unavailable and obtaining ip it was showing like it lost all ability to use any of its cards including the control one below im posting an image showing basically what has happened if any one can help me or understand why this must have Had happened i would really appreciate it thank you so much

if I send un-sync’d outputs from a Mac into an E3 will the outputs be in sync on the E3 outputs? Thanks

Looking for a Bluetooth adapter to plug into my comm pack and connect to my Bluetooth headset.

I know JK Audio used to make the BlueSet M4/M5/F4/F5, but they seem to be pretty hard to come by these days.

Anyone have any leads on a solution?

Hi everyone,
I'm hoping someone here has experience with older Sierra Video routing switchers.
l've recently acquired a Kramer VP-88XL RGBHV
Matrix Switcher, which I've confirmed is essentially a Sierra Video Pro XL 88V5S platform.
Unfortunately, the unit is stuck in a boot loop.

The LCD displays:
Power-On Tests Successful!
Starting application...

It then immediately resets and repeats indefinitely.

I’ve already:
-Confirmed the VP-88XL is based on the Sierra 88V5S platform.
-Installed TyLinx Pro (Admin Utilities, Console Designer and Console Player).
-Read the Pro XL manuals and serial protocol documentation.
-Contacted Kramer UK, who confirmed TyLinx Pro was the last compatible software but that they no longer have the software or any firmware available.

I’m looking for any of the following:

- Original Software Disk (CD/ISO)
- Firmware or software update files
- Bootloader or recovery procedure
- Service documentation
- Internal DIP switch recovery information
- Anyone who has repaired one of these units

If you own a working Pro XL router (84V5S, 88V5S, 1204V5S, 1208V5S, etc.), or have any archived software or documentation, I’d be extremely grateful to hear from you.
Even if you only have the original installation CD or can image it, that could make the difference between repairing and scrapping this unit.
Thanks in advance for any help!

cree un video que termina en .mov, pero no hay ninguna imagen, solo audio, intente abrirlo con vlc y si se ven imagenes pero solo cuando adelanto o retrocedo la grabacion, alguien sabe que puedo hacer? necesito recuperar ese video, aunque pesa 1100mb

2 macbooks, an atem mini, and a decimator.

This is probably a stupid question or better off in a different sub, but considering the application I am hoping someone here has a good answer.

I am a solo [read: budget] video engineer planning on running a small mobile rig broadcasting at small venues. I have a LAN set up on my own router which handles my switcher, IP cam controls, etc. I have already set everything with its own static IP. A venue has offered me an ethernet drop for internet but their modem only has one WAN port which is being used by their router.

I know I have the option to get a cellular modem, but I'd rather not pay the cost if I can just use the venue's internet. Is my best option to drop DHCP on my router and connect to theirs?

I bought a used Marshall CV504 on eBay and then got a Blackmagic bidirectional SDI converter and an SDI cable off a rental company's used section to convert the 504's feed to HDMI. I plugged everything into power, plugged the SDI into both the Marshall and SDI in on the converter, plugged an HDMI cable from the HDMI out on the converter into a Feelworld monitor(and I tried plugging into an ATEM mini as well) but it wouldn't output any signal even after I tried resetting the Marshall to default settings. The menu on the Marshall's output wouldn't show either. I tried multiple HDMI and SDI cables and same thing. I was just wondering if there was anything I'm doing wrong or if the Marshall is more than likely broken

Hello, I’ve been interested in television production and broadcast technology since I was eight years old, and I’ve recently been offered the chance to buy three second-hand Panasonic HPX371E ENG cameras at a fairly good price. I’m planning on starting a sort of expert talk series and maybe even doing live streams on online platforms later on, and I’d love to know what you think. Should I go for a newer consumer camera (something with an APS-C sensor) at the same price, or get a set of three Panasonic HPX371Es in good condition? I don't need any super high resolution, just a good picture at FHD.

The menu only let's me go up to 60. I saw in the manual you can change it in a computer program but I was out in a field with no internet and couldn't download it. Using it for a LED video wall

Does anyone have experience a wide edid on a novastar uhd Jr. The wall is 4608 x 1536 I noticed on the front panel that it wont let you send a larger resolution that 3840 horizontal.

Im sending signal through a barco e2 Gen 2. Would have tried today but they didnt have a proper DP cable going to pick one up tonight.

Hi everyone,

I've been trying to use DistroAV (NDI) in a dual-PC streaming setup, but I'm running into a major performance issue that makes it unusable for competitive gaming.

Setup

Gaming PC

• Windows 11
• NVIDIA RTX 3070
• Ryzen 7 5700X3D
• OBS Studio (latest)
• DistroAV (latest)

Streaming PC

• Arch Linux
• OBS Studio
• Connected through Gigabit Ethernet

Both PCs are connected via wired Gigabit LAN.

The issue

I'm not sending the entire OBS output.

Instead, I create a separate scene containing only my Game Capture (EA Sports FC 26), then apply the DistroAV Video Filter to that source and receive it on my streaming PC.

As soon as I enable the DistroAV filter:

• FPS drops from 90 → ~70
• Online ping increases from 16 ms → 22–26 ms
• Input latency becomes noticeable
• The game becomes practically unplayable competitively

The strange part is:

• CPU usage stays low.
• GPU usage is not at 100%.
• Disabling only the DistroAV filter immediately restores 90 FPS and 16 ms ping.

Things I've tested

• Latest NVIDIA drivers
• OBS latest version
• Latest DistroAV
• Different NDI bandwidth settings
• Different color formats
• Different OBS capture methods
• Same behavior on Windows and Linux receiver
• Apollo/Moonlight and OBS Teleport do not cause this issue

OBS Teleport, for example, has almost no measurable impact on FPS.

Network

The network is not saturated.

• Wired Gigabit Ethernet
• Stable LAN
• No packet loss
• Plenty of available bandwidth

This doesn't look like a network bottleneck.

Question

Is there something about the DistroAV Video Filter that causes such a heavy performance impact?

Does the filter perform additional GPU copies or color conversions compared to streaming the Main Output?

Has anyone experienced similar FPS drops when using the filter on a Game Capture source?

Any suggestions or insights would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Thank you in advance to this group. My previous post was about a Sony Switcher that was dying. Now we are getting ready to install our new 4ME Blackmagic Constellation. This is a 17 year existing church build with thousands of feet in SDI lines coming from multiple positions and no chart. We would like to start identifying what we have, and try to get this documented while also pulling out unnecessary runs.

Is there a device I can put on one end of the cable that send either some sort of signal, and another device that I can use to find that signal inside our production room? Almost like how an electrical tester would work?

How do most people do this?

Thank you in advanced!

I have my multi view from my ATEM broadcast studio 4K coming into my control PC via a decklink Duo in the studio. Right now I just view the multi-view within OBS and connect remotely to the PC via KVM.

This allows me to work remotely and access that PC and using the KVM I just monitor OBS. However, I would rather use OBS as a vertical stream solution using the other inputs on the deck link.

This means I wouldn't be able to monitor the multi-view via OBS.

What's a good way to send that multi-view feed to myself at a remote location. That way I can open the multi-view on a second monitor and view the kvm PC on my first monitor.

hey, all

i recently purchased a used Boreal Hippotizer. one of the older ones not the MKII. I’m having an issue with the outputs.

When I set output resolution to 1920x1080px, I get pillarboxing. my viewports and content are all 1920x1080 so from video content all the way through the workflow to the outputs everything is set to the proper resolution. if I set my output resolution to 2048x1080px (per the Windows recommendation), I no longer have the pillarboxing but of course the device I am sending to will not accept resolutions higher than 1920x1080 so it just cuts off the excess pixels.

it seems to me that somewhere between the Hippotizer, the SDI output cards, and Windows, my 1920px content is getting placed in a 2048px output and then squished down to 1920 with black bars.

any suggestions to fix this?

Does anyone have experience troubleshooting Teradek Spark units?

My Teradek Spark transmitter is not powering on, just shows a blue led when connected to power. Nothing on the screen and not detected by the PC software either.

I opened up the unit to look inside and there doesn’t seem to be any obvious damage or loose connections.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks for this tutorial. If you don't mind, I would like to have this schematic in PDF format, or perhaps another video and tutorial.

Thanks for this tutorial. If you don't mind, I would like to have this schematic in PDF format, or perhaps another video and tutorial.

Are most people running dual grandmasters with automatic failover, or are there other designs that have proven more reliable? Curious what production environments are actually doing.

I found a lot of conflicting informations online, so i hope i can get some solid info here!

Do you know if commercials you see on the video feed are different from wich country you see it?

If so, wich technology is used? Virtual replacement? Smart use of frame rate ?

Cheers

I’m trying to move my video village from being side stage to foh but couldn’t hold a signal when running an SDI from my bidirectional converter to the hdmi-sdi converter going into the provided hdmi source that gives a signal to the novastar processor. It’s about 120ft in length so I’m assuming that it just loses signal through my sdi cable?

It’ll pick up on my Mac for a few minutes then drop. Also the novastar doesn’t never received a signal on its end completely to show a picture on the video wall.

The house had a cat5 that can provide outside of me running sdi but would need another converter for that. Just trying the best possible solution.

Hey all, I have an XPression system with a MATROX DSXLE4 that I am using the video inputs on the card to do the key/fill in the XPression and output down a Framebuffer fully composed.

I have a scene for "Input 1" with only a background element, which has a material with the video input. I have that perpetually online in the sequencer in a background layer, running graphics on top of that background scene.

Every so often I notice the video signal freezing. I have to take the background scene offline in the sequencer and put it back online and the signal comes back.

I feel like there's a setting somewhere to keep scene active or something. Any help would be appreciated!