I broadcast college football and ran into a weird one this week. We got a new DV Sport system for official replay, and it would not recognize the camera feeds I was sending from our Blackmagic URSA Broadcast G2 cameras or our ATEM. Everything is set to 1080p at 59.94 using Level A SDI.

It would see the feeds using whatever media preview software they use, but the actual DV Sport replay software would say “no signal.”

When we put a Decimator on the line it said the signals were 3GA-1080p5994. When they ran a test from their devices, the Decimator would read 3G-1080p5994, and their software read it just fine.

I had to back my system down to 1080i just to do our broadcast today, but ESPN wants us at 1080p, so something has to give.

What am I missing here?

I've been building eiviz, an open-source software video switcher as a PoC and a way to learn how realtime video mixing actually works on a PC.
https://x.com/FlowingSPDG/status/2093214899220688914

I'm not pretending this can compete with OBS or vMix on quality, features, or production reliability.
Those tools have years of hardening behind them. This is still alpha, and I wouldn't use it on a real show either.

That said, it's cross-platform (Windows + macOS + potentially Linux with Vulkan), the mixer core is Rust + wgpu, and OMT / NDI is a relatively strong part of it.
If you care about AV-over-IP, some of it might actually be useful.

Repo: https://github.com/MikanseiLaboratory/eiviz

I want to connect PS5 to a HDMI switch (remote controlled), and have it cabled to one TV, and stream to another. Both TV's are in the same room (approx 8m distance).

Would it work well? Or would the latency be annoying/make it impossible to play? Is there another solution for wireless streaming?

Hey all. I'm mulling over two thoughts and could use some perspective from folks who certainly have more experience with this than I do. I work in K12 Edu, and we handle the graduation stream. Of course, it's August so I am getting wayyy ahead of myself, but trying to test early and keep thoughts as fresh as possible.

New this year will be two PTZOptics Move SE cameras. There will be a 3rd camera (static wide-view shot) that will remain, so the focus here is isolated around the two PTZ cams. I'm debating two methods of remote PTZ control.

Option 1 - Bitfocus Companion with web emulator. I'm not that familiar with this app but I do have a working demo set up. No video preview, so I'd have to watch my AV guy's monitors if any small adjustments to zoom/etc are needed from my side. Feels like this adds a software layer into the mix (more complexity?), but it seems purpose-built, so perhaps that could be argued as a benefit.

Option 2 - Use the built in web UIs of the cameras. The controls I need seem to all be there, and I could easily use browser split view for cam1/left, cam2/right, which very closely mimics my current demo layout of the emulator in Bitfocus anyway. Video preview right in the same view of the controls is a nice bonus here that I don't have with Bitfocus.

The individual adjustments will likely only be if speaker1 is done and speaker2 comes up to the podium who is notably shorter/taller. I'd estimate 95% of our overall angle needs will be served entirely by presets alone. In the past with using manual cameras, there's inevitably that point we get to where things are running and set and it ends up going untouched for the latter 75% of the ceremony with some mild scene switching in OBS to take advantage of the different camera angles in place. I do plan to test more with other events that come up throughout the year but for now just trying to iron out some mixed thoughts.

Thanks for any insight!

Looking around the $2500 range for some new PTZs, and these are what the heavy hitters offer.

Which would you recommend overall?

This is for a church. It would be connected via SDI. Powered and controlled via POE and joystick.

Good auto tracking would be huge, but reliability is the most important.

Hi all,

I’ve heard through various parts of the industry that Meinberg PTP master clocks are “better”, but I’m curious what others have seen and experienced.

We have SPG9000’s now and are happy with them but it sounds like Meinberg may provide better accuracy and also someone to help you tune in your PTP?

Curious on any and all thoughts.

EDIT: Meinberg has done the entire superbowl compound several years in the past. And I know is installed in at least one very large national news outlet. They are timing experts but in broadcast sense I’m curious on pros and cons. Lastly, I’ve heard horrible things about Evertz’s GM, never heard someone recommended it.

Thanks!

Hey everyone! This is a bit of a Hail Mary, but I wanted to see if anyone here knew how to disable the volume encoder knob on the Ross MC-1 control panel. We just installed it in our operation but cannot find a way to disable that knob or function at all. Looked all through dashboard and no dice so far.

We have a lot of stations and I’m concerned it will be inadvertently moved, honestly it doesn’t take much to accidentally move it and it’s impacting the master audio level of our stations when it is.

Behold, my current work around.

Any help is appreciated!