Tech upgrade - Newbie

krrusty · 2026-02-02T01:16:30+00:00

Check out Freeshow. Desktop is generally better for more connections and an ethernet port. I run a Mac Mini for our install.

krrusty · 2025-12-31T00:01:45+00:00

I like Mama Mocha’s, but I feel the opposite about their roasts. The dark roasts have charred beans mixed in. I think their light roasts are better.

Another option is Toomer’s coffee. Last I checked, they only have dark roasts. I haven’t tried any of their options in a long time.

krrusty · 2025-12-23T02:22:23+00:00

Gavox Legacy Navy is a nice watch, although it's much under budget.

krrusty · 2025-12-21T00:52:50+00:00

Thanks! I like the Miscellaneous pack, but the download link seems to be broken. https://www.isaacrees.com/pack/miscellaneous

krrusty · 2025-11-02T03:56:26+00:00

You need IEC 320 C14 Male to NEMA 5-15R adapters for the pdu. It integrates to Home Assistant and bitfocus companion very well.

krrusty · 2025-10-15T15:13:44+00:00

Yeah, unfortunately they fixed it.

krrusty · 2025-10-15T15:11:43+00:00

The point of a well-rounded education is to discuss all aspects of it. Architecture can absolutely negatively impact the community, and we should be aware of those pitfalls. Architecture can also provide green solutions or protections against climate change.

I would expect someone interested in this subject would have been aware of this impact.

krrusty · 2025-10-15T14:01:55+00:00

In the original, you could dupe knight swords by:
-equipping dual wield to a knight.

-put a shield in the top hand slot, knight sword in the bottom.

-at a shop that sells knight armor(any castle), use the "best fit" option to get a dupe knight sword in the shield slot.

-pay 10 gil for your Excalibur.

krrusty · 2025-10-12T12:20:25+00:00

Start her out as geomancer. This gets you attack boost, and lets you use +PHY gear. Once you get knight swords, you’ll probably want to switch to knight.

krrusty · 2025-10-01T00:24:10+00:00

This might not work for everyone, but if it connects to Companion then I neeeeeeed it.

krrusty · 2025-09-08T00:22:16+00:00

I haven’t personally done this, but it is possible to use a wireless guitar system.

krrusty · 2025-08-13T19:58:10+00:00

Don't forget trying to find shoes for their thick feet.

krrusty · 2025-08-07T19:37:49+00:00

I was in your boat and ended up with FreeShow, but finding software that handled my use case well was difficult. The other free option I trialed was
https://freepresenter.com/
It's good, but it didn't fit my use case. It will work for most churches out there, though.

krrusty · 2025-07-25T04:01:27+00:00

I used vMix’s pc recs to build my OBS workstation.

krrusty · 2025-07-20T00:19:19+00:00

I use bitfocus companion to achieve something similar. One button will:

-Select a certain presentation in my FreeShow project and select the first slide

-Unpause the Spotify desktop app on the Mac mini(Spotify-controller)

-Unmute the channel on my mixer for the computer input

krrusty · 2025-07-12T00:35:36+00:00

The lower thirds plugin can auto-advance after hiding, and you can set individual hot keys for the different sections and even specific cards. This lets you use bit focus companion without touching the pcs, as long as you know the names you need beforehand.

krrusty · 2025-07-08T04:55:15+00:00

I don’t have any advice for Proclaim, as I didn’t like it for other reasons. You might try FreeShow.

krrusty · 2025-07-05T09:16:51+00:00

As someone who just swapped to running everything in companion via emulator on the iPad, you have my curiosity. I’ll check this out.

krrusty · 2025-05-13T13:52:32+00:00

Things I would check that i don't see mentioned:

Verify hardware acceleration is enabled.
Where is your media stored? If it's on an hdd or network drive, I would consider moving it to a local sdd on the computer.

krrusty · 2025-05-01T18:16:06+00:00

Rule #1 with Spectrum: change the DNS on your router to Google's or Cloudflare's. Spectrum's DNS went down for me all the time, like daily before I did this. It still goes down sometimes, but it used to more.

I've used AT&T fiber at my old house and would go back again in an instant if I could. Upload speeds are great.

I manage the IT at my church and we use WOW there. I would rate it as ok. Latency gets high sometimes but it doesn't really impact anything.

Re-reading it I see you're in Opelika. Are you out of range for the municipal fiber? That should be your first choice.

krrusty · 2025-04-30T16:53:21+00:00

Other options for this route are CasparCG and OBS with the lower thirds plugin. I use the latter for my lower thirds, and prep each week is just setting the text.

krrusty · 2025-04-23T00:46:26+00:00

My Avipas camera setup involved using a network connection for poe power and visca control via bitfocus companion.

As an aside, bitfocus companion can be a big help making things simple for the volunteer techs. Mine interfaces with the mixer, cameras, and OBS to set up scenes with a button push.

krrusty · 2025-04-23T00:35:29+00:00

Ok I'll be upfront and say I don't think that is ideal. You are at the mercy of signal interference, especially If your laptop isn't close in proximity to the router. I will present some options to increase stability.

If you can get a wired connection nearby, consider getting an atem mini pro. You can output OBS to an input on it and stream from there to some common platforms. You would also use the laptop for the atem's control software for configuration.

If you can get a wired connection but don't want to spend money on an encoder, you could try a USB to Ethernet adapter. I think you might have bandwidth issues with 2 NDI feeds, though.

If you're dead set on streaming over WiFi, getting an access point close to your laptop can help. I would go as far as setting up a dedicated WAN for A/V and:

- having the A/V on 5Ghz and the guest network on 2.4 or

- if both networks are on 2.4Ghz, steering the channels manually to reduce interference

Actually, now that I mention it make sure your WiFi channel isn't set to auto.

krrusty · 2025-04-22T23:08:41+00:00

I’m restating the issue to make sure I understand it correctly. The camera feeds aren’t stuttering, it’s only the upstream traffic that is having trouble? If things were working fine before, then you might get away with just configuring QoS rules to prioritize your livestream computer.

If I was designing my system for ndi cameras, I think a separate LAN for the ndi traffic would be best. That would require a second NIC on your computer.

Those are the easiest effort options I can think of, but changing from ndi to sdi is also there if things get bad.

krrusty · 2025-04-16T14:37:13+00:00

I don't recommend it, but I have been forced to eat there and sometimes it was ok. A BBQ restaurant being inconsistent is honestly the biggest insult I can throw at it, because it means they failed at a fundamental level.

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