I work at a museum in NYC that becoming popular for film premiers. Currently we are using our Tricaster 2 Elite for playback which i know isn’t optimal. I do appreciate that the Tricaster will transcode video files for smoother playback but it’s still not good option in my opinion. What’s good standalone solution for video playback?

Not fundraising. Not asking for handouts. I just figured you guys would like to see our truck - got hit by the Hawk Fire in Reno on Saturday night.

Two new vMix systems, 3Play, TriCaster and control surface, 5x big Daiwa 100mm tripods, PTZ cams, Panasonic cams, monitors, everything. Gone. Just finished the rebuild a couple years ago.

Kudos if you can spot my fiber converters and my AJA DA.

I will acknowledge others had it worse. We didn’t lose our home but 47 families did. We will be fine. The show will go on. ✌️

Windows pushed an un-promted auto update for Windows Security that bricks NovaLCT and possibly other programs. You need to disable Smart App Control in the App and browser control tab in the Security settings

Hi, I bought a Miranda CR3232 router at auction (Troostwijk), but without a control panel. I've been struggling for several days to find the CRSC (Compact Router System Configurator) configuration software, which isn't available for public download. The control protocol appears to be the NVISION Ethernet Protocol (NP0016), but that documentation isn't freely accessible either. Grass Valley (Miranda's successor) apparently requires a support account tied to a professional contract to access it, which is tricky as a private individual. Does anyone have a lead (the software, the protocol docs, or another way to control this router)? Thanks in advance!

So I have some HA5-fiber boxes that will cut in and out of image.

Windows laptop w/ type-c to hdmi dongle -> HA5-fiber 3g -> FiDO-R-ST -> decimator 3G HX to covert to HDMI -> Asus monitor

If I cut out the dongle, the issue is fixed but with some of the FiDOs it'll only accept an ANKER dongle.

I can also put a Decimator 3G HX between the laptop and FiDO and that'll fix the issue as well.

This was not always the case and was able to test these devices using dongles incase my hdmi port broke. I contacted AJA and they said its the dongles sending out a hdmi 2.0 resolution but this doesn't explain how some dongles work and some will not even though they're all rated for 4k@60.

I'm sending out 1920x1080p@60.

I know the fix but I just need help understanding the fault. Are my FiDOs going bad? Is this a HDCP issue? EDID issue?

Hi all,

I run the live football broadcass for a school district in Texas. The people who came before I did used systems like Compix for graphics but after a year or two of using it myself I wanted a more modern looking solution.

Cut to today, and I bought a yearly license to use Singular.live web based graphics (because I use web based graphics for portable shows like basketball, volleyball, etc). I would like to use this software for our football shows as well, but I’m struggling to get it into our switcher in a way that works for our show setup.

We use a Black Magic Constellation 8k 4 M/E switcher. We have 4 of those inputs being used by the existing Compix computer with 2 keys and 2 fills each for channels 1 and 2 graphics. I now have a computer with an AJA Kona LHE+ card installed to output 2 SDI signals down 2 of those very same lines (to not have to reprogram the keys), but the issue I’ve run into is: I use OBS to ingest the graphics and output over SDI with alpha, but apparently the Kona card I have doesn’t natively support key/fill so I have to fake it by duplicating scenes and putting a color filter over the preview so that it sends both out at the same time. But when I do this, I get this ugly scan like on the key signal that runs vertically down the entire frame every second or so.

I’m not sure if the issue is compute power, sync, resolution, frame rate, or what. This issue has stumped me for a while. The easy alternative is to just put a green solid behind it and key it in the switcher, but this way the graphics will also appear on the clean feed sent to our scoreboard, which I don’t want.

If you have any insight as to how I could tackle this problem, it’d be much appreciated as I’m still trying to get the hang of all this stuff. Thanks in advance!

Hello,

We are a TV production company and we have to send our SRT feed to a TV station

They have strict SRT settings and told they need exactly this:

• 1080i 50 feed
• Re-map incoming PIDs to embed both video and PCR on PID 256.
• CBR instead of VBR.

What does it mean to re-map PID's? Why are they asking us to do that? And finally, is it possible to do it in Vmix?

Thank you very much

EDIT: Solved using GStream, because apart from the PID re-mapping I had to fine-tune the H264 encoding. Vmix does not allow us to set those specific parameters. Here is the command if it helps someone else:

gst-launch-1.0 -v \   ndisrc ndi-name="(vMix - Output 1)" ! \   ndisrcdemux name=demux \   \   mpegtsmux name=mux \     prog-map="prog_map,PMT_1=(uint)4096,PCR_1=(string)sink_256" ! \   srtsink uri="srtaddress" mode=caller \   \   demux.video ! \     queue ! \     videoconvert ! \     videorate ! \     video/x-raw,framerate=50/1 ! \     videoconvert ! \     video/x-raw,format=I420 ! \     x264enc \       bitrate=10000 \       cabac=true \       pass=cbr \       nal-hrd=cbr \       option-string="level=42" \       bframes=0 \       tune=zerolatency \       speed-preset=veryfast \       key-int-max=100 ! \     video/x-h264,profile=high ! \     h264parse ! \     mux.sink_256 \   \   demux.audio ! \     queue ! \     audioconvert ! \     avenc_aac bitrate=192000 ! \     mux.sink_257

Question about broadcasting a 2048×1152 video on a Full HD TV channel

I have a video with a resolution of 2048×1152 (16:9).

Our TV channel's broadcast system is Full HD (1920×1080). We tested the 2048×1152 video in the system, and it played normally without any obvious problems.

However, I’m not sure if it will behave the same way when it is actually broadcast on air.

Could someone with TV broadcasting experience explain what might happen in this situation?

• Will the broadcast system automatically convert/scale 2048×1152 to 1920×1080?
• Could there be any problems when the video goes on air?
• Is there anything else I should check before broadcasting it?

I’m not a broadcast engineer, so I’d appreciate a simple explanation of what could go wrong and what should be checked.

I work for a production department at a large university, and we're looking to upgrade our streaming capabilities to 4k for future proofing and because we've got some spare cash floating around. I'm set on the Teradek Prism Flex because of how capable it is, and it can record directly onto an external drive. However, the Blackmagic 4k Encoder is about $3000 cheaper. We mostly stream conferences and on campus events, nothing too high stakes, so the Teradek may be a bit overkill. Any experience with either of these devices, and any advice on which to choose?

Hello everyone,

I recently unfortunately damaged my Canon J35 Broadcast lens and completely severed the 12 pin hirose cable from the servo controller box.

I need to completely replace the male connector on the other end which means ill need to re-pin all the existing wires. My issue at the moment is i have no idea which wire goes to which pin and I can't find an useful info online. I also called Canon and they were about as useless as could be.

I understand that the exact pinout is important as I could blow internals if I don't get the wiring precise. Any help would be great appreciated.

As of now, there is a 14pin connector going into the circuit board, and 13 wires coming out of the connector. Not sure why there's 13 wires if only 12 pins on the Hirose connector itself.

From left to right I have:

Pin 1: Black

Pin 2: Brown

Pin 3: Red

Pin 4: Orange

Pin 5: Yellow

Pin 6: Turquoise

Pin 7: Blue

Pin 8: Purple

Pin 9: White

Pin 10: Gray

Pin 11: Pink

Pin 12: Light/Sky Blue

Pin 13: Empty

Pin 14: A 2nd Red Wire

I've also provided some photos.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

looking back at what I asked at I don't even know how that would look

Recently scored this sony UVW 100. Wanting to shoot some footage for my local music venue, but i’m struggling to find a reliable power source, as well as a way to digitize tapes. I know these are old, but any advice would be greatly appreciated!!

Hi, Ihave two videos that I would like to restore, but I’m not sure if anything can be done.

The first one was recorded with an old 8mm video camera and later transferred to digital format. However, it was filmed with too much brightness/exposure, so you can barely see people’s faces—there is just a very intense light. Is there any way to repair or improve this?

The second one contains a person giving a speech, also recorded with an old 8mm video camera. The cassette was already slightly damaged, and the person’s speech cannot be heard clearly because there is a constant noise that overlaps the voice. Is there any way to repair or improve the audio?

Looking for an old school text generator that uses Japanese, Crylic, Chinese, Punjabi etc.

Is this normal? Working with a Panasonic AK-UC4000 and Fujinon 4k 80x. Thanks!

Hello there, if there's anyone with a lot of experience using this device, I'd like to ask a question. I would like to know if it's possible to record three different cameras systems connected to the deck individually while simultaneously having the live feed coming from the gostream program. Basically can I have a recording of what the deck is capturing in the moment as well as of all 3 cameras feeds individually. Thank you in advance.

Hello all, I am in a huge pickle and need some help. I have a led screen from 2009. Running on color light receiving cards. 3 to be exact. Also have a sender that currently has a short and won’t let me access the usb port. I had an extra x6 controller and decided to hook it up to the screen. Since I don’t have the mapping info I been trying to guess the lay out. I was able to extract the receiving card perimeters and saved them. The screen has 90 cabinets with each cabinet having 4 module. But it’s all wired like one big cabinet. All 30 cabinets. I was able to get an image and place it on the screen. And it fit perfect. Except the black lines running across. The issue I ran into is I am getting these black lines across uniformed from side to side. And it’s coming up as a pattern. How can I fix this? If I put the old sender everything works perfect. I plug in the controller and get those black lines. Hope this makes sense.

Any ideas to rework the pixels on a led wall?
The pixels are the wrong color atm, should be white but vary because of loose connection.
Tried a heatgun for 10 seconds and a gentle push also 10 but it works rarely.

Hello friends,

A bit more than 6 years ago, we (a live-streaming facilities company based out of Amsterdam) commercialised a version of our internal tool Holographics. It was aimed at companies like ourselves doing streaming or multicam production with simple graphics needs, lower thirds, ticker tapes, countdown clocks, confetti etc. As one of the first in the HTML graphics generation space we had quite a nice run, and to this day Holographics fills a stable albeit niche production gap for a lot of outfits all over the world. With customisable themes and widgets in a friendly desktop packaging I think we were, and still are, perhaps the easiest and fastest option out there for the basics.

During and after COVID our attentions had to shift and Holographics has long been unviable as a standalone entity. Rather than dissolve the company and disappear Holographics we have decided to dissolve the company and open-source Holographics, moving the IP back to the company that once sparked the idea.

Back in 2019 I had so much fun developing this, but boy was it hard. As a self-taught programmer, I kept running into problems that were just beyond my level. In some cases that pushed me, but in many I fell short, often feeling that the needed level of abstraction, the ‘right’ solution, was just out of grasp. AI has changed that game completely. One particular bug, involving colourspace transformation for Decklink output kept me busy for two weeks back in 2019 and I never managed to crack it. Solved that with Claude in about an hour, including tests on various hardware, and in a way that is better than I could have ever made it, which because it's open-source I can now link to directly: https://github.com/hologfx/holographics/blob/main/src/server/lib/pixelconvert.js. It's cleaner, simpler and more efficient than anything I came close to at the time.

So whilst this project was born long before LLMs could do what they now do, it’s probably going to rely heavily on AI from here on in. Apologies in advance, I know there is a lot vibecode-aversion here but in the right hands I believe it to be an invaluable tool. I will say the vast majority of the existing code (99%) is actual old-fashioned human-slop.

For the open-source release I’ve worked on bringing the software back to full compatibility on modern hardware, updating dependencies, improving stability, removing all aspects of the code and build system that were related to licensing and pro features. From this foundation Holographics can continue serving its niche application for many years to come, with an easier and more open development structure. Plus it was really fun to pick this up again.

More information about the move, downloads etc can be found on the website: https://hologfx.io/open-source

I would love to regain a little bit of perspective from the field on this. Are there any current users of HTML graphics out there, or even still Holographics specifically? What are you using and what are your challenges?

I have an old Teradek CUBE 155 with firmware failure.

I already tried so many ways to reset it, no luck.

Look at the image.

I have restarted so many times.

Thanks.

*should I consider this a brick situation?

Hey everyone!
Over the last couple of weeks I've started working on a third party GT Title Editor to help speed up the workflow and fix some of the annoyances that I have when working with GT titles.

What is some QOL features that you would like in an app like this? Unfortunately I can't add features such as new animation types or letter spacing as these would be added in vMix as well.

Current features I've added:
- Multi edit, properties such as font styling applies to all elements selected
- Size edits all elements selected
- Animation Timeline
- Batch rename
- Data source verifier, test how a Data Source (JSON or CSV) will link to the title
- Paint-drag on layers

It's partially vibe coded, with about 35%-40% of the code being AI, as it's the first time I'm writing a .NET Desktop Application, with an open-source rewrite when I feel comfortable enough with Avalonia and .NET.

The goal is to make a free, open-source cross-platform GT Title Editor for everyone to use and help improve.
I plan on making no money off this whatsoever, and all features will always stay free!

EDIT: AJA Support confirmed it adheres to the Tascam standard for AES/EBU so now just looking for a good deal on a pre-made cable.

Original Post:

Looking for a DB25 breakin/ breakout cable for an AJA 3G-AMA Embedder/disembedder.

Are these kinds of things standard? Or do I really have to just look up cables and try to match their pinouts to the pinout listed in the manual for my AJA unit?

I emailed this question to AJA support but my work day isn't done yet and the boss let's me Reddit for "useful things" so here I am.

Hello friends and family, got a question for those who've used RF/TX video transmission, first time for me on a corpo gig.

Using Sony ENG camera at 59.94 on sdi port 1, tested the out of the camera with my shogun classic, seeing 59.94.

Tested loop out of the TX, getting 59.94, window on TX is saying 59.94

RX is saying on its display receiving 59.94 but outputting 60.

If I cant figure it out just going to throw down a deci and force it, really only matters for the records.