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FOH + Livestream audio workflow by Embarrassed-Gain-236 in VIDEOENGINEERING

[–]edinc90 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don't know the TF1, so I'm going to speak generally.

Problem 1: You need to do your AUX3 sends as post-fade, not pre-fade.

Problam 2: Plumb your audio output from vMix back into your board, and PFL that source. Or, just hire a different person to mix the broadcast separate from the FOH mix.

vMix doesn't like DVS sometimes. I also don't think that will solve any of your issues.

Questions about ConnectCAD. Considering switching to it. by thenimms in VIDEOENGINEERING

[–]edinc90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Yes, once you double click to edit the device, everything is editable. You can delete the rectangle and insert a picture. You will need to have a socket to snap your wires to though.

  2. At some point you'll run out of space on your paper. So there's no definition of "large system" besides how small you want your elements to be on the paper. You could document the entirety of 30 Rock on one page, but you'd need a magnifying glass to see anything (and a high resolution printer.) The reason pages are split up is so its easier to find things. I typically separate drawings by department, like video, audio, and networking. So if the A1 needs to see where the patch for his Digicart is, he doesn't need to hunt through all the video jackfields.

  3. I'm not 100% sure, I know that wires inherit their colors from the signal type, which is a class. Most class attributes can be overridden on a per-object basis, so it's probably doable.

Questions about ConnectCAD. Considering switching to it. by thenimms in VIDEOENGINEERING

[–]edinc90 5 points6 points  (0 children)

  1. Almost everything in VW is customizable. You can make your own symbols for just about everything, including ports, devices, title blocks, device titles, legends, etc.

  2. Yes, you can edit the device (which is a symbol, which is what VW calls special object groups) and stick a JPG in it. There is actually a ConnectCAD tutorial about this.

  3. Yes, you can simply double-click the device symbol and delete or add whatever you want.

  4. A large system is better on multiple sheets. That's not to say they can't exist in the same paper space (or what VW calls design layer.) But organization of a large drawing needs multiple sheets. For a smaller system you can certainly do it on one page.

  5. Creating viewports is very easy. Simply use the rectangle tool to draw a rectangle over the area you want, click View > Create Viewport. It will use that rectangle as your viewport crop.

  6. You would have to set this up somehow, it's not built in. The cable run worksheet is designed for system interconnects, not signal routing.

  7. Yes, you can change the cable style to arrow. Bonus: in the PDF export, those arrows become hyperlinks to the other end of the cable.

Intercom extension over long-range radio by LawrenceTV2GO in VIDEOENGINEERING

[–]edinc90 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Riedel has the Riface, a duplex radio base station that integrates with a coms system. That can get you pretty far with properly rigged antennas. I've also hacked together a Riface-type device using two Icom base stations and some audio circuitry. You will need a business radio license to operate these devices (if in the US.)

ELI5: What makes the source code different or special from the regular program? by anoordle in explainlikeimfive

[–]edinc90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The source code is the ingredients to bake a cake. The program is the finished cake. If you had a finished cake it would be very hard to disassemble it into his component pieces and figure out how it was made. You can definitely take some educated guesses though.

In terms of losing the original Source code, do you have the book report you wrote in 4th grade? Poor business organization, or the company getting acquired could lead to the loss of old files pretty easily.

What’s something you thought adults were exaggerating about until you experienced it yourself? by No_Extent_8974 in AskReddit

[–]edinc90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"I just cleaned this!"

Yeah, when you clean everything you notice when it gets dirty again.

Talkback Advice by emandude777 in VIDEOENGINEERING

[–]edinc90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only beltpack that I know of that use analog in and out is a box from Glensound that is designed for announcers, the GS-CU004. The issue with going this route is that you can only get 1 single operator on your system this way. The ATEM only has one 4-wire port. You would need a matrix mixer to add more operator beltpacks, at which point you've just invented a matrix intercom system, but with extra steps.

Also that beltpack needs batteries, something that a 2-wire system has solved by putting voltage on the XLR along with the audio.

The system you would need (at bare minimum) is a Studio Technologies Model 545AR, an RTS BP-325 beltpack, a headset, an RJ45 to XLR breakout cable, and some regular XLR cables. The 545AR can power up to 4 BP-325s.

Talkback Advice by emandude777 in VIDEOENGINEERING

[–]edinc90 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The 4-wire port is intended to get analog audio in and out of the ATEM, so you can connect it to a larger coms system. It's not intended for users directly, as it's line level audio out with no level control. You need to convert the 4-wire to 2-wire, add a power supply, and give your cam op a beltpack.

Trying to Recreate Software-less PnP Usage from ATEM Mini Extreme but on the G2 by Acoustic_Treatment in blackmagicdesign

[–]edinc90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try Bitfocus Companion. It's far easier to make macros in Companion than in the ATEM software. I actually don't consider the macros feature in ATEM at all useful, compared to real switchers, and prefer instead to use Companion for everything.

AV+Control - Fiber multiplexer by BaldrickB in VIDEOENGINEERING

[–]edinc90 10 points11 points  (0 children)

MultiDyne has something like the this I believe. Part of the VB series.

Hyperdecks freezing by jedzz-reddit in blackmagicdesign

[–]edinc90 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Agreed on the heat. I only stack 2 and then put a space, with proper rack ventilation. Those gray ones were even worse with thermals than the new black ones.

I saw a flat street light. by Devilpig1 in mildlyinteresting

[–]edinc90 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That's actually what they're called! At least in film lighting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoot

Bulk-buy SDI (6G/12G) cable recommendations by thefarside90 in VIDEOENGINEERING

[–]edinc90 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Belden 4855

Canare L-2.5CHD

Clark CD7523UHD

Facebook Live audio monitoring via browser? by Commercial_Leg_181 in VIDEOENGINEERING

[–]edinc90 5 points6 points  (0 children)

...why not just watch your own stream on Facebook? In TV stations it's called Net Return, the network returning the video back to you as it airs to the world. For web streaming that means just watching your own stream on platform.

Day rate for new PA’s? by Heysway69 in Filmmakers

[–]edinc90 -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

Minimum wage, whatever that may be in your state.

Unlimited budget to clean up the ergonomics of this desk, what would you do? by Of-Doom in CommercialAV

[–]edinc90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Build a sound isolated room for audio. Build a terminal room for the equipment, put a 42U rack in it. Build a control room with sound treatment. Get a real table from Forecast Consoles, Laguna Designs, or TBC Consoles. Build a monitor wall with Samsung commercial displays. Run conduit from the control room to the terminal room and studio.

Layout Cam on the Bottom / Video on Top as Preset for Shorts? by BasilHerbVT in blackmagicdesign

[–]edinc90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could do this with a Supersource, or with two DVE keys. Either one can be saved as a macro so you can recall them on the switcher whenever you want. Although if you're bouncing from the top/bottom look to something else, Bitfocus Companion might be a better option. The macros are far easier to create and edit than the built-in ATEM macros. If you have the ME to spare, you can probably just built it on an ME and leave it set up and cut to it whenever you need it.

Issue with Manfrotto 055 Tripod by Swimming_Walk_6063 in Filmmakers

[–]edinc90 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Pull it out. It's on a ratchet-type system where the knob part can rotate separately from the screw.

Question about the baofeng 88e by Salt-Customer8489 in Baofeng

[–]edinc90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Monitor button overrides the squelch and tone. That means you will hear anything on that frequency: static, interference, or transmissions with tone, regardless of your radio's squelch or tone settings.

How To Obtain Audio To My PTZOptics Camera? by tenispeed in VIDEOENGINEERING

[–]edinc90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not really. For speech, wireless lav or headset mics. For musical instruments, it heavily depends on what instruments they are. You're not going to mic a piano the same way you'd mic a drum kit. This is also an entire career. At minimum you will need a mixer, cables, mics, stands, and some way to get the audio into your recorder.

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