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Its a tough call. On the one hand, demand for these services will be much higher after this but on the other, supply will also likely be much higher too as so many video creators are looking to at least semi-pivot to it to meet that demand. Scalability is going to be important for anyone wanting to provide services, as you can see from HereToRecord's channel that I linked to above as you might be getting asked to live stream anything from a single camera talking head of a company boss announcement to different branch offices up to a full blown multi camera job for a live gig etc. From that point of view, the ATEM Mini is a safe purchase, particularly at the price point. It means you can make it affordable for a single camera job as you haven't got big $ tied up in something like a Newtek Tricaster that you need to charge accordingly for and at the same time its capable enough to handle more elaborate jobs when needed. Where you need to separate yourself out from everyone else who is about to start doing this is likely in terms of how much production value you can give as a single operator because the other new reality is that whilst demands for the service may go up budgets for everything are going to be much smaller and price cutting will get more desperate to match because you will have more people after a slice of a smaller pie. One element where you yourself will be able to score is on the audio side where you will not only have a big leg up in terms of experience but also in the fact you already own the equipment so won't have to plough money into that. It won't take many jobs before the customer realises that two cameras and great audio is far better than four cameras with bad audio. On the camera side, in a similar vein, having two lower tier cameras that match perfectly in terms of look and quality is far more preferable to a mixed bag of four that are all over the place. How these elements can then controlled by a single operator in terms of live control of pan, tilt, zoom, exposure, focus etc to mitigate not having multiple camera operators will play a big part in what you can offer a client within their budget without compromising the production value. For this reason, I am definitely plan to devote a portion of my widgeting development time after I've finished the, erm, "secret project" to providing some solutions for that.

I'm pretty sure the idea of a single room film making challenge undoubtedly predates the internet itself let alone YouTube but we were ten days ahead of the curve by specifying it had to be done while a real life zombie apocalypse was raging outside your front door

The Mevo Plus has a 4K sensor to be fair. https://mevo.com/mevo-plus/ Livestream themselves have a very sophisticated product called Studio that can switch multiple Mevos but can also do the multi angle crop trick on external cameras. Not sure it does the auto stuff though. Its free for subscribers to Livestream/Vimeo as well but that is a $70 a month cost if not. It does the multi cellular device bonding trick as well but only when streaming to Livestream itself. https://livestream.com/studio

It is definitely a skill deciding in the moment, rather than retrospectively, what should be the focus of attention but also anticipating that so you are ready to switch to it. Livestream make an interesting streaming product line called Mevo which essentially are wide angle cameras that through software can create different shot sizes to create a pseudo multi camera setup. https://mevo.com It can emulate zooms, pans and even does follow shots. It has an autopilot feature that does this automatically to do all this live without you having to touch it and its decision making works better than you might imagine! Something like this might actually be a product that finds a bigger audience in the new world of home broadcast because it is easy to setup, fully integrated with the streaming platforms and and the autopilot function makes it far easier to use solo to make a cohesive show. Price wise as well its very affordable, particularly when you take into account that its the camera, switcher and encoder all rolled into one. Its a pity that they don't do a software only version so that you could use your own camera as its that that is the weak link in the package. To be fair though, in a trade-off between absolute image quality and cohesion of the actual content, there is an argument where the tradeoff to 'adequate' on the image quality is the right call. No point plugging four high quality cameras into an all singing all dancing setup if you stumble over switching to the right one ! This is a good overview of the new Mevo Start incarnation

There is a cost involved to use the Sharelink bonding service but you can either do pay as you go on demand or pay monthly so its pretty flexible and not too expensive. https://teradek.com/collections/sharelink For live streaming to YouTube it would work out at around $1-1.50 per hour on the PAYG rate but obviously that is a billable cost that can be passed on to a client. The other advantage of Sharelink is that you can have the cellular phones you are using to bond with to have SIM cards in from different providers so it provides redundancy in areas with no coverage or over saturation on a particular providers network. A lot of this stuff will become moot when 5G rolls out everywhere but that is some way off yet.

If you decide later on that you want to go a bit further and use something like vMix, the ATEM Mini will still not be a wasted investment as at the very least it can act as a 4 into 1 camera switch input into the computer as one channel while you can also then bring in other sources on the others. Also, because it is idiot proof, you can dry hire it to people who are doing conferences and what not. This channel is excellent not only for product reviews of affordable products for live work but also in detailing how he implements and scales his kit for differing jobs. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-6rohWvTkl4mzvoDbxDGxQ/videos

My first thought was that the Sony sounded bad enough to the point of being faulty. I've got a feeling there will be a lot of people who own that particular model running their own tests today !

One of the advantages of the ATEM system (which the Mini has too) is the ethernet control port which enables a range of remote control solutions to be used to operate them. As well as apps these can include simple hardware solutions so, for example, MIDI footswitches can be used by a presenter so they can switch cameras themselves unseen etc

I don't think you can really go wrong with the new BM ATEM Mini for that sort of thing. It takes 4 HDMI inputs, has an easy to use control surface and has a webcam compliant output. That last part is really crucial as it means you don't have to have an encoder or any messing about to get it out to the internet as the Surface Go would just see it as a webcam input and can then stream it to YouTube, Facebook etc or even Skype if you are using it for business type streaming. Its tiny as well in terms of physical size and price as its under €350. This is a good end to end demo of it from inputs to streaming output. The big weakness with the ATEM Mini versus its bigger brothers in the ATEM range is that it doesn't have multi view preview output so you can't see all four inputs on an external screen. This can be got around with some cheap HDMI splitters for the camera and a cheap 4:1 HDMI multiviewer should you need it. If you were to use your gaming laptop with a software switcher such as OBS or vMix, that issue wouldn't be there but obviously using a software solution you would need four converters to take the camera HDMI inputs into it in the first place and good ones can easily run to not far off the cost of the ATEM Mini for just one. The big advantage of the laptop route is that something like vMix can do more (virtual sets, bring in Skype calls etc) and is more expandable, particularly if you embrace the NDI standard for bringing in cameras as you can then have unlimited sources as long as they are on your network but you are in to significant extra cost and complexity. To make any solution fully mobile then you can do that using the Teradek Vidiu Pro which is a standalone HDMI encoder/streamer that as well as ethernet and wifi connectivity also has a bonding function to gang together the data bandwidth of several cellular devices (including phones) to provide high quality streams when no 'real' internet connection is available. https://teradek.com/collections/vidiu-family

To save me making a massive post (though I sure do have the time right now ) what sort sort of setup are you looking for? Do you want single cam or multi-cam? Self-operated or separate operator ? Fixed location, portable or fully mobile?

Yeah, I hadn't notice that this one has the far more acceptable bluetooth keyboard option as well https://apps.apple.com/us/app/teleprompter-premium/id941070561#?platform=ipad

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You Trump hating fake news motherfu...... Sorry, wrong thread. Here is a guide to iOS versions, some of which can be used with games controllers which look like OK options if you have a PS4 controller around etc. There are a few whole kits on Amazon with the shoot through glass but who knows when they will be able to deliver. https://telepromptermirror.com/ipad-teleprompter-apps/

I'm sure everyone who is familiar with the calibre of his designated successor Dominic Raab can unite in wishing Boris Johnson a swift recovery.

Fucking hell, sounds like they don't get on then

Wait till you've been in lockdown long enough to get a paramilitary wing of the neighbourhood watch there. Forget an SD card in your Fuji, you'll be panicking if you forgot to put a clip in your Uzi if they catch you out for a walk When I first used to come to Spain as a kid in the 70s, the country was still a military dictatorship so the change to democracy, for obvious reasons, brought with it a new constitution and laws that clarified and time limited the circumstances under which the government could essentially use direct control again. There are three exceptional states the country can be declared to be in (Alarm, Emergency and Siege) with different powers in the case of each. We are currently in 'Alarm' which enabled the government to impose specified powers for a limit 15 days and only extend it through a confirmatory vote by the rest of parliament, which it did in the early hours of this morning so we now have another 15 days. So, yeah, these powers can (and will) be imposed swiftly when necessary and I do foresee similar 15 day periods imposed in the future to counter new outbreaks. I actually think its a positive that they have such clarity in these powers enshrined in the constitution though, particularly when I compare it with the UK where the lockdown such as it is has been so ill defined, not as comprehensive and dripped in. The UK had to waste many days drafting and getting an emergency bill through parliament to support some of the measures and the time limit with which they can enforce it is two years which, thankfully, was voted down to have a six month review as some of the powers it offered are a bit onerous if they remained active in a period where there was no threat.

No, I have other gifs The info in this post was definitely a tea sipping shocker though.

This is quite an interesting insight into the sort of shit that walks amongst us all on any form of internet communication platform. Not so long ago, the notion of hordes of actual humans sat in sheds somewhere pushing agendas for whoever it was hiring them seemed plausible but still a bit fanciful to me but no more and at first glance this appears to be one caught with their pants down. But after selecting Sandy28334041's profile and having a look at their tweets (all replies to other tweets of course not a single original one which does scream Troll as well as the username obviously) I have to say that it could be legitimate because the replies are in context and there is a degree of consistency to their agenda so, honestly, I just couldn't tell you definitively one way or the other. And I think that is the problem now in trying to establish if an account is a professional troll or not because they are getting better at appearing to be real people while some real people are simultaneously getting "better" at appearing to be a professional troll.

His claim that he wouldn't feel anything if he was infected due to his background as an athlete immediately put me in mind of Eddie Murphy in Trading Places explaining why he didn't have any bruises despite having a fight with a dozen cops.

Its all gone a bit Lord Of The Flies here so the last thing we were able to do was ask a neighbour if we could tap into their power for a while unfortunately ! I have one of these souped up rechargeable power packs that has an inverter in that we have because we have had the odd earthquake tremor that has taken out power before but I'm buggered if I can find it now when I actually need it. A couple of months ago I came across it when looking for something else and did that mental note of "what the fuck are you doing in there?" when something is in entirely the wrong place but I can't remember where. Not that it would have been charged though ! I've got a horrible feeling that these lockdowns will be re-introduced periodically here over the next few months at least so as soon as this (now extended) one is up I'm going to look at some proper power backup solutions. Solar is the most obvious solution for us here in Spain as we probably could just about eek out enough with a 400w motorhome sized system to get by without turning the upstairs terrace of the apartment into a full on solar farm. I'm thinking of a small petrol generator as well as a last resort but even in the hostile environment we find ourselves in now I'm still too polite to have the noise of it annoy the neighbours. Though the promise to shut the racket off could be a good bargaining tool to get the neighbours to throw us an extension cord ! Having said all that, I probably have enough capacity in the embarrassingly large number of camera batteries that I've got to power the whole street for a few days

If you click this link you can search user names and clicking on their profile will tell you when they last logged in. https://www.eoshd.com/comments/search/?&type=core_members&joinedDate=any&group[4]=1&group[5]=1&group[10]=1&group[3]=1&group[7]=1&group[6]=1&group[9]=1&group[8]=1&group[1]=1

It was a guess but on second thoughts I think he might be in the "absent" category now.

This is bit like trying to remember the "divorced, beheaded, died" rhyme about the fate of Henry VIII's six wives ! I'll have a go at guessing in order with "absent, absent, banned, absent, banned". Although "self isolated" is probably the more appropriate term than "absent" in the present crisis

Day 13 Had very stormy weather here for the past few days. Its weird the mood lowering effect that miserable weather has on you when you can't actually go out anyway as you'd imagine it would be the other way round and it being sunny would piss you off as you couldn't go out and enjoy it! The mood wasn't exactly enhanced late last night by us having repeated power cuts in the apartment and trying to trace what was causing it to trip. Even under normal circumstances, this situation would have you fearing for the contents of your fridge and freezer until you could get an electrician in but these are far from normal circumstances and of course those contents are now absolutely critical. Particularly because there is literally zero chance of getting an electrician until the now extended lockdown is over. Squeaky bum time as the phrase has it. After a couple of hours of isolating every circuit and power drawing source we finally traced it and re-configured the whole house with a mass of extensions and distribution blocks to be able to stably run the house at a minimal level from the one stable circuit that has (2) plug outlets. The big fear though was not knowing if it has tripped again during the night when we are asleep and waking up to a large chunk of our food supply being lost so some improvisation was required ! What I came up with was to use the wifi router as the canary in a coal mine and write some code for a board that enables it to connect to it and then set off a flashing screen and alarm if it loses the connection which, obviously, would mean that the router had lost power and hence the power must have tripped. And this racket would then, theoretically, wake us up although as I had slept through the storm the previous evening that had likely played a part in this then who knows ! Of course sod's law would dictate that the power sockets in the bedroom were not part of the golden sockets so it had to be run on a USB power bank that thankfully we had fully charged the day before. So, it all felt a bit desert island castaway improvisation but it worked and provided a bit of a diversion from the increasingly sapping effect of the confinement.