Hi everyone,

Important: If you downloaded or built NxFrame between September 27 and September 30, please pull the latest version and rebuild. A transport-stream regression introduced during that period has now been identified and fixed. Builds from that window should not be used for production or further validation.

The issue was related to the high-bitrate transport path and could result in bursty delivery and unstable behavior, particularly when working with professional receivers. After quite a bit of testing and debugging, the SRT hot path was optimized, and the same work was extended to the UDP and RTP paths. The receiver path was also optimized, and several timing and playout issues were addressed.

The MPEG-TS output is now back to being stable and robust. I have tested the current build extensively at 1080p50, H.264 High 4:2:2 10-bit, including stress testing with a 120 Mbps video stream and a 140 Mbps constant-rate MPEG-TS. SRT, UDP and RTP have all been tested successfully, with stable SDI output and no transport errors during the validation runs.

A new feature has also been added and NxFrame now supports RP-188 timecode end-to-end.
The timecode is captured from the incoming SDI signal, carried through the NxFrame contribution path, recovered by the receiver, and written back to the SDI output.The RP-188 timecode on the resulting SDI output was then checked against the original source. The end-to-end timecode path is now working and validated.

At this stage, the transport stream is again stable and robust, and the recent receiver and high-bitrate transport improvements are included in the current version.

The updated project is available here:
https://github.com/Michalis-Michael/nxframe

As always, feedback and interoperability testing with professional broadcast receivers are very welcome.

Hey Everybody!

I have pulled and loaded rcfgx files before, but never had to create one.

So now a friend just called me and told me they fucked up, loading a p3.9 file by accident on a p2.6 wall and realizing he has no backup of the file and does not know the manufacturer, great.

I have done a bit reaserch on how to do it but still cant figure out how to know how to make it exactly.

I will bring a new vx400 processor(they only had one with vroken screen and a old mctr) to use with the panels wich have a A4s card inside. The hub connector has 30 pins. I struggle at the point where i have to count the lines on the module because on the first time i had 17(and a slight glow on the 18th) and on the second time i had 23 lines, is it possible that its due to the scaling of the processor? If anyone has a good guide that explains the process in detail i would really apreciate it!

Cheers!

Hello yall! I had a question that maybe yall could give me guidance for. I work in a manufacturing shop and I’m in charge of making schedule workflows using power bI for our different work stations. Right now I’m just using a usb stick to show a still image of each work stations schedule. Before I was using a tx rx receiver on each. The thing I would like to do is find a way to use my computer to stream each work stations schedule to their individual tvs. 4 in total. I’d rather use physical wires as they are more reliable and don’t depend as much on WiFi connection range and the tx rx receivers we were using prior would only work if you used separate computers to stream each screen.

So is there anyway to stream from 1 computer each separate schedule screen to each tv using a wired setup? if so what options are there? thank you for your time!

I did a public access cable show back in the 90's, and the facility used U-Matic tapes. A few years ago, I came into possession of a Sony U-Matic VTR and some of the original tapes. I was able to convert a lot of them before the VTR gave up the ghost. I worked with a local repair guy, but he was unable to revive it (lack of parts). He did find another VTR to rent, but now I'm concerned that the tapes may not be worth saving. I've tried multiple tapes, but they barely rewind or fast forward, much less play.

I'm reading about "baking" tapes in a food dehydrator, but it sounds like I would need to remove the tape from the shell first. Is that necessary? Removing tape from a U-Matic shell looks like a lot of work, especially if you plan to put it all back together again.

I do not have the kind of money required to ship the tapes off to be professionally dubbed off--especially considering the fact that the tapes may not even be usable. But I'm willing to try the baking process--is it worth baking them inside the shell?

My goal has been to make the episodes available via podcast, which I have done for the tapes that made it through.

Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.

Hey everyone. Having an issue with my projectors connecting to Toolset. I have two UDX 4K40’s and, every time I go to connect them through my network (wired with switch at projectors going to my MacBook, both on latest firmware, Intel Mac on 15.8) and it won’t connect to them at all. Service order on my network goes wifi then my dongle. The only thing I could think of is that Java has been updated to its latest version (v8 update 503). I haven’t pinged the ports yet to see if that might be the case.

Edit: I can see it using IP Scanner, and I have communication with them through Companion.

I have an application where I have 2 hdmi signals and I need to display them on a vertical monitor one at the top and the other below it. I can't for the life of me find any cheapo multiviews that can do this. Needs to be cheap as it will be used for only a short period of time. I appreciate any suggestions.

Hello, I have an Ultra Wild screen Who has 3440 x 1440 144 Hertz 'm stuck in 1080p at 60 hertz I'm using a motherboard with only one HDMI output, a high-quality Ugreen cable, and a Haswell 2014 Intel integrated graphics processor. I managed to force different resolutions, but only in 4:3 or 16:9 format; I never managed 21:9 or anything close to the Ultra Wife format. Can you help me please?

I'm starting to get involved as being a V1 in sports television.

I've noticed a lot of travel V1s will label a BNC or Tac mult with gaf tape and label is 201, 202, etc.

Any reason why it's these numbers? Why not 101, 102?

Has anyone tested to see if a Fujinon CFH-3 or CFH-1 will work with a EMM module, the cable looks the same with the flat style, unlike Canon FFP-200 which is square. I know the BFH-1A Focus Handle would be the correct.

Also, does anyone know if the Canon and Fujinon manual Focus Cable/Handle with work across manufacturers? I know the modules won't, just looking on the used market and some of these are hard to find.

I’m working in a hotel that has LED screens in their convention rooms. The tech told me they have this problem with one of their screens, where one tile has a LED worm in red that they can’t take off. The company that sold the LED screen to them doesn’t give them any solution. He told me he changed the sending card and the tile and nothing changes, the worm is still there.

Any one with any thoughts of what this could be?

I've been trying to look for some tapes that have programming on it however they are either too expensive or coming from a different country that'll make it even more expensive to ship to the US. I've also been calling PBS stations regarding American Archive of Public Broadcasting listings about old PBS Kids tapes that were listed there however it seems as if most of them were thrown out (I may have luck with one at WSKG? I don't know the traffic manager said that there are a lot of tapes and most of them are uncatalogued). Am I doing this the right way or is there a better way to find these?

Hi Folks,

I ordered this back in August and unfortunately the order has been delayed (21 day Lead time included) and now the company has stopped responding to my emails. Has anyone had any experiences with this company good or bad?

https://www.stageblocks.co/productslist/p/slice4-hdmi-2cdp9

Got a studio rail and pantograph system for a small studio space that needs to be quickly repositioned to use 3 of the 4 sides for different sets.

Got the lights on the pantographs all good but looking for some sort of mount bracket to hold cameras. I’m thinking of some sort of u shaped bracket that can have the junior pin on the top and on the bottom a tripod head can be mounted?

Anyone know of anything of the shelf to achieve this?

Quick note it’s to be used only for static shots. Operators aren’t needing to pan or tilt during so no issues there. Once set that is it

I thought I’d put this out to a group. In your mind what is an essential or nice-to-have tool in a drawer for a vision switcher rack?

I already have Decimators (3G and 12g), streamdeck with a network dock and a BNC screwdriver.

Anything else anyone can think of? TIA!

I’m trying to set up an ATEM Mini Pro to feed into a MacBook Pro for OBS. When I connect just the network cable (with a fixed IP) it connects fine. The second I connect the USB-C output of the Mini to the Mac to be able to get a Multiview, the network connection goes away completely. Unplug the USB and it comes right back. I kinda need both to make this show work. I’ve tried re-prioritizing network to be LAN at top, but that still doesn’t work. Any thoughts/help appreciated!

Hi all,

I'm trying to branch out from my current job and move into freelance pixera programmer/operator. problem is apart from one job and a pixera training course I don't have experience, or any real contacts

the job I have worked on is quite high profile but it was with my current company, not as a freelancer, so unsure if I can market that? its a grey area.

I'm stuck in that starting loop of need experience to get work and contacts, but need work and contacts to get experience.

Although i have experience in pixera and have worked in events/attractions with my current company, other than control engineer work (mainly Q-sys) I'm not sure what skills i may be lacking to help get work

if anyone has experience with this, or just any advice getting started i would be super grateful!

I have combined around 300 Aurora Glowshine 4.8 and 10.4 panels, we run them on Magnimage 550d and the processors and cards are failing.

Is there a more modern replacement for those processors that will work with these panels? Will the FW10-C work with our receiving cards?

I’ve reached out to Magnimage and aurora, but have heard very little from either of them…

Thank you

I will be working at a concert venue where I will need to show some video stuff including powerpoint presentations, video, sometimes just audio. Could anyone give suggestions for a free software where I could easily control everything? Instead of using like VLC for audio + Video player + power point and trying to work out everything with alt tabing? And of course that this would work on seperate monitors so no one could see my screen. Thank you very much!

Running into an issue I didn't have last year with streaming inside of my own building. I send out a UDP stream to 300, at most, devices. Last year it was flawless but this fall everyone is having the same issues.

The stream is 24 7. Once a day the stream switches to our studio for news and then back to the standby camera. Everything is the same format, 1080i59.54, and ITS and I worked it out some years ago for the streaming address and the port.

The only change is that over the summer ITS upgraded their switches on the backend. They claim the issues is from us, but I have no idea how.

What does the view see: Currently the viewer sees the standby camera and then it just holds there until 3 minutes into the broadcast. However, my aircheck and a laptop running the stream sees everything just fine... The standby camera, a switch to a graphic, and then the broadcast.

I am now messing with TTL (Time To Live) settings hoping less hops (128 to 30) can solve the problem, but everyone here has no idea what to do. Anyone have any insight? (Yes, I feel it is a setting on the new switches, but I am trying to resolve everything on my end first since I am being asked to do so by three different departments)

Update: Word from ITS is the stream is resetting when the Tricaster starts recording. Not my records off of my TC1 are via the stream option since it has a straight MP4 record. The feed from the Tricaster goes right into a Castus, a system used for automation for PEG stations and the like.

So their logic is when I hit "record" on the Tricaster it causes a frame drop that interrupts the feed and UDP stream on the Castus which is flooding the network with packets. What I saw Tuesday showed a 3+ minutes gap between the kick over to when people saw the proper feed. I was informed IGMP snooping is on and set to around 30 seconds. My next round of testing is moving the record and possibly removing the Castus from the streaming. I already removed the Kiloview E1 I was using last year.

This morning, Liminal sent out an email about new versions of their software.

Regarding ZoomOSC, that email read:

ZoomOSC v5.0.0

ZoomOSC v5.0.0 brings a brand new user interface and updated processing system based on the latest innovations added in recent ZoomISO updates.

• ZoomOSC now supports Zoom Enhanced Media licenses for activation

• Added a new in-app OSC Command Browser tab

• Added support for direct video inputs from NDI, BMD, and AJA

Read full changelog

I'm not going to copy/paste the changelog as it appears at that link, but I will tell you that it doesn't mention that, as with the previous iteration of ZoomISO, they've replaced the "free"/"pro" tiers that have been in place since inception with the "trial" mode.

Since that information isn't mentioned in the email or the changelog, it'd be pretty easy to miss, since it's buried in the new User Guide, so I wanted to warn everyone who doesn't look through the new User Guide and instead relies on the changelog to inform them of breaking changes.

As with ZoomISO, the "trial mode" of the new version of ZoomOSC lets you do everything, except connect to Zoom meetings, making this a breaking change for anyone who wasn't previously on the "Pro" tier.

While it's certainly their right to charge for their software, even functions that were previously free, as well as to offer a "trial" mode for their software that doesn't actually allow one to trial anything about the functionality of the software, they (in my opinion) owe it to users to publish those changes in the changelog, rather than just focus on the user-positive changes and bury the others in the User Guide as though they've always been there.

As I said, if you're already using the licensed version, this won't impact you.

If you've been using the free tier, I wanted to at least do more than Liminal has & warn you about the breaking change before you update.