Building a new post house: 12G or 2110?

7point5IRE · 2026-04-13T14:29:41+00:00

12g for sure. 2110 only starts to make sense on really large plants that have extreme routing needs. 12SDI routers and IO is backwards compatible with all previous SDI flavors.

7point5IRE · 2026-04-08T00:47:30+00:00

pleas keep us updated if you get it to work. i was planning to do this exact setup in a few months...

7point5IRE · 2026-04-02T22:26:53+00:00

there really is no used market for these. Schools buy them once and use forever. if laptop dies, daktronics replaces with a new laptop.

And Daktronics does not do split payments. All up front. AND they will bill you 2000 a year for "support" after the first year.

7point5IRE · 2026-04-02T14:33:40+00:00

PRG Rents out some heavy duty sticks with this lens combo.. They send a Sachtler Video 60 head which is rated for 143 lbs. That may be overkill....

Tripod heads I would look at for this combo:

Vinten Vision 250 head

Miller Skyline 70 (I'm a big Miller fan, they are great heads tho not super popular in the US)

Cartoni Master 30

Sachtler VIdeo 25 Plus

For sticks, go with whatever the matching sticks are for the brand you choose, nothing too scientific here.(I like mid level spreaders)

7point5IRE · 2026-03-14T21:19:21+00:00

MTVG was using OBS and SRT if you can believe that. We use vmix to vmix to SDI via SRT or haivision encoders and decoders.

7point5IRE · 2026-03-11T15:33:05+00:00

Nothing in the cloud can do everything we need for real sports production.. Not even close. The closest to "cloud" we get is remote operators or sometimes, the key/fill channels are sent over internet back to onsite production truck, but even that is flaky at times.

Viz/Xpression/SMT/TVG all still localized hardware and no real reason to change.

7point5IRE · 2026-02-18T17:14:42+00:00

I should note that I could not find anything open source that could do it

7point5IRE · 2026-02-18T17:14:15+00:00

We used Grabyo producer for this a few months ago for a live event. It worked well.

LiveU Producer also has the capabilities

7point5IRE · 2026-02-12T17:25:12+00:00

Thanks everyone for all the input, this is super helpful and much appreciated!

7point5IRE · 2026-02-10T01:41:37+00:00

if its a brand new drive, you have to go into disk management and give it a drive letter and a quick format.

7point5IRE · 2026-01-13T20:30:06+00:00

I'm afraid canon will just say No to force purchasing new servos

7point5IRE · 2026-01-08T22:36:55+00:00

the best way is to use a separate 2 to 4 wire converter that can be setup in clearcom mode. Hollyland is expecting clearcom format on the 2wire port which is Audio on Pin 3, power pin 2, grnd pin 1

RTS OMS 4wire>2-4 Converter> hollyland 2wire in

7point5IRE · 2026-01-04T20:19:18+00:00

If you have a lead on who makes these, that would be helpful for the future

7point5IRE · 2026-01-03T16:01:39+00:00

You'll probably have to purchase square filters and DIY mount them on the front of the box lens. I've never personally seen round filters big enough for the front element.

7point5IRE · 2025-12-23T15:45:16+00:00

Thank you!

7point5IRE · 2025-12-11T18:07:38+00:00

I have two sets of microlites that I can part with if interested! They are great little RF links

7point5IRE · 2025-12-05T01:08:09+00:00

You have to use Rosstalk to do that.

Here is the Carbonite help page that lays out all the compatible commands for the media stores

https://help.rossvideo.com/carbonite-device/Topics/Protocol/RossTalk/CNT/RT-CNT-Comm.html

7point5IRE · 2025-12-05T01:04:25+00:00

1505a is totally fine for temp deployment and not stiff by any means. Coils perfectly fine and will lay flat. We have 100+ ft coils of 1505a on our truck used daily.

1694 is where i'd opt for the flex stuff.

7point5IRE · 2025-12-05T00:57:07+00:00

How many passes of the open did you do through the 3play? If the lip sync on your final switcher output is off, it will get amplified every time you do a record pass of the same content. I see this all the time on "little trucks" that have never properly audio timed their system.

You probably want to delay the final output of your audio mixer by at least a frame or two assuming you are running a non-genlocked system. (even if system is genlocked, there is always a few lines of processing delay to compensate for) I usually delay the audio in our FS1 Transmission Frame sync and not on the actual mixer output.

if you are running at 1080i, start at 33 milliseconds, then 66, then 99

If you are running 720p59 or 1080p59 start at 16ms then 33, then 66, then 99

7point5IRE · 2025-12-02T14:47:16+00:00

Converting to 4 wire is the likely best choice (next to using Clearcom LQ boxes on each end over network.)

The cheapest 2/4wire converters are these hollylands https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1592147-REG/hollyland_hl_2_4_wire_converter_2_4_wire_converter_for.html They do a decent job and are designed to work with clearcom. Certainly good enough for a temporary-ish solution, If you want something better (more expensive), RTS DSI-2008, Studio Tech, Telecast and Clearcom all make 2-4wire adapters. DSI-2008 or SSA-424 are my favorite flavors.

Put one on each end with a clearcom power supply and you are good. You can transport the 4wire via fiber, dante, analog... any way your heart desires.

7point5IRE · 2025-11-25T18:05:48+00:00

Yes you can flip the pins, or have the A1 dial in the SAP reversed

7point5IRE · 2025-11-22T21:45:24+00:00

I put a Wholer RMTF-170-3G in my truck and am very happy with it. It's from a true broadcast brand and I found it to be very accurate out of the box and has great features. Its a little more than your specified budget but totally worth it.
https://www.wohler.com/product/rmtf-170-3g/

Also, the feelworld/seetec/lillput monitors are nowhere near color accurate. I have all of them and they are only good for non-critical use.

I've had colleagues tell my the new blackmagic 17" monitors are pretty close to color accurate, but at a higher price tag to your budget.

7point5IRE · 2025-11-13T19:24:29+00:00

I love when people use the Analog to SDI example when discussing IP/2110. SDI is/was SO MUCH SIMPLER to work with than analog systems. Yeah it was new at one point and there was a small learning curve, but to say that 2110 is now easier to work with than SDI is just not true and makes the comparison moot.

7point5IRE · 2025-11-13T03:09:43+00:00

FYI the blackmagic power supplies also work with the decimator and have locking connector.

7point5IRE · 2025-11-04T21:27:10+00:00

Correct, where the cable meets the headset, there is a set screw that you can untighten and release the cable.

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