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Guides We often come across things that are confusing or hard to set up, these are some guides on how to use specific gear or software, or more broad introductions to specific workflows and ideas prevalent in the industry. Dell EMC Isilon Command Reference Gen...

4 Output Mapping on ProPresenter + Decklink 8K Pro   Intro Despite what Renewed Vision tells you, it is seemingly possible to output 4 simultaneous outputs to the Decklink 8K Pro. This is a tested method running the latest firmware (as of Sept 1, 2025), the la...

Binary, Decimal, and Hexadecimal Overview Binary, Decimal, and Hexadecimal are all different means of representing numbers. The different types are used depending on the level of abstraction when it comes to computational hardware and each type has its place. ...

How to Pack Road Cases Into Transportation Preface In this guide we will first go over the standardized dimensions of trucks in North America & Europe. We will then cover the standard sizes of roadcase used, and finally, we will cover how to correctly pack all...

Industry Best Practices Document your work. Backup early, backup often, backup multiple places. Always have an exit plan. How do I recover from whatever I am doing if it doesn’t go to plan? Always double check you're recording. If possible have a backup record...

Computer Networking Resources Visual Subnet Calculator: https://www.davidc.net/sites/default/subnets/subnets.html Overview Premise This guide is not designed to be all-encompassing nor a replacement for professional learning. This guide is purely to help descr...

Video Hidden Gems Here is an external link to a spreadsheet of video hidden gems. This list does not include products that are generally not-well recieved in the industry (such as being any of the following: outdated, unreliable, gimmicky, or overpriced) but s...

Genlock (generator lock) is about syncing broadcast devices so that they will create video frames at the same moment in time. Technically speaking, genlock refers to the state of devices being “genlocked” to a sync signal. This sync signal is properly called a...

Dell EMC Isilon Command Reference A short list of some helpful Isilon isi commands for use in storage administration. Networking Source Based Routing enable/disable isi network external view isi network external modify —sbr=[true|false] Stop SmartConnect from...

Connecting Intercom to Sony CCUs 4 - Wire connection 2 - Wire connection (Click to Enlarge) (Click to Enlarge) See photos above for pinouts for both the default 4-wire intercom connections as well as the optional 2-wire configuration. See also: https://clear-c...

Glossary Some of the words and acronyms can be confusing, hopefully this list helps you work it out. Because we're all in different places and doing different styles of shows some of these might not be entirely correct, but it's a place to start if you don't k...

Terms Asset A designed graphic. Aston An uncommon term for the lower third. Banner An uncommon term for the lower third with no names. See lower third. Board See full screen. Bug A small logo in a corner of the raster, can be animated. A bug in the right co...

Documentation on protocols and programming custom solutions

Protocols This is a general list of protocols, some of which have Wiki page entries. General Protocols List 2110 (SMPTE Standard) AES67 (Audio Engineering Society 67) ASI (Asynchronous Serial Interface) Dante (Audinate) RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol) RTP-M...

Newtek NDI NDI stands for Network Device Interface. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Device_Interface Also see NDI page https://videng.wiki/en/software/VizRT/NDI Ports Port number Type Use 5353 UDP This is the standard port used for mDNS communication and...