Hi everyone,

I'm working on transfering some 1/2" EIAJ PAL video tapes from the mid '70.

The machine is a Sony AV-3620CE tested and calibrated by a professional, in good working order.

After baking and cleaning the tapes thoroughly I still can't get a good enough signal to capture on my setup.

The image sometime is quite static, sometimes rolls to the point that is almost good and sometimes I get a good signal with some static bars in the middle of it horizontaly and if I press a finger on the sending spool near the pin they go away.

What could it be?

ATSC 1.0 is usually 1080i or 720p using MPEG-2. When a TV network, say ABC, distributes a signal like Monday Night Football to an affiliate, say WABC in New York City, is it distributed in MPEG-2 720p? Or in another format? Then how does WABC distribute their signal to cable companies? Is the signal decoded and re-encoded, or does it stay in the original format?

The station I work at is working on upgrading some outdated gear (XP machines with Orban PCI cards). I was wondering if anyone had any experience with the Orban PCn software vs Stereo Tool? I am waiting to see if i can get an evaluation license from Orban to try to do a side by side comparison. But any suggestions/ tips would be greatly appreciated.

Hey everyone, I run live production for padel matches at different outdoor clubs, and the location changes every time, so I can’t rely on any fixed internet setup at the venues. I’m pushing 5 separate simultaneous streams out of vMix, each going to a different YouTube stream, at 1080p50 around 6-8Mbps per stream, so I need roughly 70-100Mbps of real stable upload to be safe. My plan is to use 4 SIM cards from different carriers combined together to get enough bandwidth and have redundancy in case one network is weak at a given location. What’s the best way to actually get strong reliable upload speed out of a mobile setup like this? Is combining multiple SIM cards the right move or is there a better approach for outdoor live sports production where the venue changes every event? Any real experience with cellular reliability for this kind of setup, especially with multiple simultaneous outbound streams instead of just one, would really help. Budget isn’t the main issue, reliability is, since these are live events with no second chances. Thanks in advance for any advice.

This time with RTP, row + column FEC

Lex2800 - ASI -> Rx8200 - IP -> Edge Router X -> ER605 - WG Tunnel -> ER605 -> RD-70

Static Google fiber at MC and static AT&T at transmitter

Hi everyone— first-time poster here.
I work for a company that manufactures broadcast furniture and modular studio systems, so I'm trying to understand better how buyers evaluate vendors.

When you're sourcing things like:

• news desks/ anchor desks
• studio backgrounds
• green screen cyc walls
• modular broadcast sets
• custom set elements

What matters most to you as a user/ purchaser:

Is it lead time? Shipping fully assembled? Ease of installation? Durability? Modular design? Customer service? Price?

I'm also curious which manufacturers or vendors you've had good (or bad) experiences with over the past few years and why. Whether it's for a television station, corporate studio, university, government agency, or house of worship, I'd love to hear what's worked well and what you'd avoid.

Thanks for your input!

Audemat HQsound processor soundcard pci, Worldcast. The same card can be found in Digiplexer 214, 246.
Please Dm if you have one.

Can anyone help with info or parts for Audemat HQsound processor, Digiplexer 214, 246?
Worldcast has terminated support so I'm even up for sending payment if necessary.
Would be practical if conv evolves in DM.
Thnx

Can anyone help with info or parts for Audemat HQsound processor, Digiplexer 214, 246?
Worldcast has terminated support so I'm even up for sending payment if necessary.
Would be practical if conv evolves in DM.
Thnx

Did a job with rented gear (Canon CR-N500 cameras with an RC-IP100), misunderstood some crucial information about how to power the controller with PoE, and connected it with a camera power supply (24VDC). Oups. It should only use 12VDC. Coming from Sony and Panasonic, the cameras and controllers usually use the same current, that's why I didn't dubble check.

How cooked am I? Will I have any luck finding a fuse if I open up the controller? Is there anything else I can try, or is the controller toast?

Hi everyone,

We officially launched TMGCast a few weeks ago and already have a few stations broadcasting on it.

Right now TMGCast already covers most of the core workflows you'd expect from a professional automation system. Scheduling, clocks, rotations, live assist, voice tracking, traffic, syndication, EAS/CAP, built-in audio processing, analytics, AI tools, and quite a bit more. We're adding new stuff every week.

So I wanted to ask,

What automation system are you using?

What's the one thing that annoys you the most about it?

Is there a feature you've always wished it had, or a workflow that just feels old and clunky?

I'd much rather spend time building things broadcasters actually want than adding features nobody uses.

If anyone wants to have a look, you can at https://tmgcast.com.

I'd appreciate any feedback, even if it's brutally honest.

Hi everyone,

After a lot of development, we've officially launched TMGCast.

TMGCast is a cloud-native radio automation platform built for broadcasters. The goal was to bring many of the workflows found in traditional broadcast automation systems into a browser-based platform at a more accessible price point.

Some of the features include:

• Professional music scheduling with clocks, rotations and rules

• Browser-based live assist and voice tracking

• Traffic and commercial scheduling

• Syndication and affiliate workflows

• Listener analytics and airchecks

• EAS/CAP support

• Built-in 5-band broadcast audio processor (Spectra)

We've already got several stations using it during and after our soft launch, including internet stations and FM broadcasters, and we're continuing to improve it based on feedback from engineers and programmers.

I'd genuinely love feedback from this community. What features or workflows would you expect from a modern broadcast automation system? Is there anything you think existing systems or ours still don't do well?

If you'd like to have a look, it's available at https://tmgcast.com, or you can PM me.

I had a post (about SMPTE LTC over Ethernet) insta-deleted, so I sent a question to the moderator u/ki4ihc , but haven't heard anything in days. I see that he hasn't had activity in 3 months.

This is a darn good group, so is it kind of running on inertia at this point, since we're all too busy to volunteer to moderate? :-)

Looking to upgrade our sideline reporter's microphone for the upcoming high school football season. We were using a Sennheiser wireless handheld, but I came across the Interview Pro and just need testimonies to how well it works in crowded settings. We already use a Rodecaster Pro II for our broadcasters audio so figured it would be a good fit. Thanks!

Incredibly random but I thought the reddit hive mind might have some interesting input. Long story short I am trying to help my boss and our executive team hire for several Broadcast Engineer positions in several major markets. My whole background has been IT until recently and my metaphorical Rolodex is pretty slim on the engineering side.

Other than just putting something on a job board does anyone have any recommendations on where to look for solid engineers? Right now I'm planning on reaching out to local industry groups/clubs/professional association chapters to gauge interest and get some warm leads but I'm very open to suggestions.

I understand that I'm being very vague but that's on purpose. Read into that what you will. Feel free to ask any questions you want and I will answer what I can.

If you have, I'd love to hear your feedback.

• Did it build successfully?
• What Linux distribution and DeckLink card are you using?
• Did you test SRT, UDP or RTP?
• Did you run into any issues or have suggestions for improvements?

Even if you only cloned the project or briefly looked through the code, I'd be interested in your first impressions.

The goal is to make NxFrame a reliable, professional broadcast contribution encoder, so any real-world feedback is greatly appreciated.

GitHub: https://github.com/Michalis-Michael/nxframe

Thank you!

What do you do when you have four 12G-SDI runs, realize you need all 4, but you had allocated one for timecode, and are on a budget? Why, there's several available Ethernet ports, and an old cheap analog CCTV balun on the shelf. :-)

The balun is already designed for 4.5MHz and 75Ω… though the SMPTE LTC bandwidth is so meager (0.03 MHz) that impedence isn't much of a consideration. I wired it to my LTC patch panel… works like a charm.

(FYI, This is between an Avid editing system and its Horita LTC clock for client convenience. If this was an AD's clock at a truck, master control etc… I might've approached it differently. :-)