DJP is a professional live video production company offering recording and streaming for concerts, business conferences, seminars, and sporting events on a client-friendly budget. This channel is used to share what we've learned, to review products, and generally contribute to the video production community. We have a mobile production trailer, whose construction is detailed on this channel, and also produce CrewAxis.com software for organizing and staffing video production events.
DJP is located in Utah County, Utah, USA, and shoots all types of live events regularly. The owner and staff of DJP have been in the business for decades, and Doug is happy to share his knowledge and experience with anyone learning the trade.
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Hello, I just just part one and part two and found your videos vey helpful, so thanks for making them. That said I did notice that some info was not covered and as a total noob still could not get my vlans to work. Info missing is do you need fixed IP address or can dynamic ip work for devices. Also as a noob Having one switch connect to another switch and then one to the router. I could not seem to keep some devices from seeing others and changes I tried then I got no devices on one switch to access to internet at all. I ended up Factory resetting Switches back to Factory and not touching vlan at all. Is there a good book on vlans with examples?
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Hi Doug, I was wondering if the Hyper Deck Studio Plus has any delay when recording and playback?
I haven't measured it, but if there is it's pretty minor.
Hi Doug. Thanks a lot for this lesson! I'm dealing with an issue that my Hollyland Pyro H 4K transmitter that can't lock his signal into my ATEM Studio Production 4K HDMI input. All resolutions, frame rates and firmware updates are set. The only condition I got this worked was connecting this signal through a Atomos Ninja V and than ATEM was able to lock. Now I'm hoping I can lock Pyro's signal into my ATEM SDI input by puting trhough this BiDirectional 12G converter to SDI before ATEM. Would you have some explanation for this matter and do you think it's going to work out? Greetings from Brazil!
Most likely the Pyro is not outputting the resolution and frame rate that you want it to, so the ATEM doesn't recognize the signal. You could try an EDID emulator to force it to a specific resolution/frame rate, or a converter like a Decimator 12G-CROSS, to force the right format.
TWO YEARS HAVE GONE BY since this video was released, did you find more uses for the Hyperdeck shuttle hd controller? Any other features or tricks you learned on it? I'm considering getting one but as you say it seems a bit limiting so I was wondering if you have grown to use it more? Thank you!
I've hardly touched it since this video. The lack of a screen for configuration is really inconvenient. Also, I almost always use switchers with SDI connections, and it's also very inconvenient to find and setup SDI <-> HDMI converters to connect this. For someone using HDMI switcher, and the luxury of previewing the output at full resolution before it goes live, this unit can be fine. Or if you need a teleprompter, it can do okay. But there are better solutions for most everything that it can do.
if you connect a stream deck to your computer as well as your item and micro cam, would you be able to control the camera settings on the deck?
One point of clarification... the Stream Deck device ONLY connects to a computer... it does not connect to the ATEM directly. You need a piece of software (BitFocus Companion being the most common, but there are others) to interface between the Stream Deck and any other devices. But, the other part of this, is controlling the camera(s). Companion does not currently have any built-in, direct camera control features for Blackmagic cameras. There seems to be some discussion of adding REST-based camera control support, but that hasn't happened yet. And in the case of the Micro Studio Camera, it would have to be the G2 model. Middle Things (www.middlethings.co) has an app called MiddleControl that will control Blackmagic cameras through the ATEM switcher (using the more traditional SDI-based control rather than REST), and there is a Companion plugin to control MiddleControl, so that might be a viable option depending on what you want to do. The functionality of this solution is somewhat limited, though.
@@djp_video thank you I’m getting that app now! you know possibly I’d like to add gimbal control to pan but right now I just wanted simple control through a separate panel just for the camera to control Iris, zoom, Wb etc so I won’t have to be glued to the camera control page on the Atem software
Great find on the Lexar NVMe. Going to pick one up. Cheers.
What resolution video are you recording? Are you able to do this with 4K video? Also, are you able to set this up for two cameras to record simultaneously?
It works with whatever resolution the HyperDeck you're using supports. In this case I was recording 4K30. You can do it with multiple recorders if your network supports that kind of bandwidth and the recording media is fast enough to keep up. So far I've only tried it with two 4K30 streams in ProRes, but that worked without any issues; in theory several more should be possible with my network and SSD. Switching to a lower bitrate codec like h.264 or h.265 would enable even more simultaneous recordings.
@@djp_video Interesting! I wonder if the new beta patch would allow USB-C to ethernet recording direct to NAS.
Helpful video, thank you! I need to set up an ISO record solution in a moveable case to be used with 2 installed ATEM environments. Cameras plug in to hyperdecks before feeding ATEM for live show (or via video router). Ideally in the long term it could be used in the Davinci replay workflow. 1. Can multiple Hyperdecks be connected to a Cloud Pod via a Netgear Av Line switch (1GBs in, 10GB SFP out) in a multi-cam set up (daisy chained)? 2. How does the disk manage the video files from multiple decks? (Does each stream take the name of the hyper deck or similar)? 3. What would be the max number of streams a USB-C drive would cope with recording ProRes LT 1080 25p/50i? 4. Would the Cloud Store with in-built M.2 storage have faster disk speed than connecting USB-c to the Cloud Pod? any assistance greatly appreciated.
1. Yes. But you don't need an AV-specific switch... just 10 Gb. 2. You'll want to customize the file name used by each HyperDeck from the Setup app. 3. That's going to depend on the drive. Some drives would handle it really well, while others would choke on a single drive. 4. Most certainly yes.
Hi Doug, are you able to control the hyperdecks on your 2m/e panel in the same way that you can via the software bm switcher app? I have been unable to find a way to select the clip I want to play from the panel and it seems like I can only select the hyperdeck clip in the software. Am I missing it on the hardware panel? Thanks in advance.
Press the Media Players button, navigate to select HyperDeck, and clip selection will be on I believe the second or third page. Doing that from memory, though, so I might be a little off. But the option is there.
Afternoon Doug, does this record uncompressed as well? also what happens if you attempt to record a clip that is 2160 60fps will it record it at 30? thx
None of the current HyperDeck Studio lineup can record uncompressed video. It simply won't recognize a 2160p60 signal. It will appear as though no signal is present.
@@djp_video Thanks for the confirmation Doug, Much appreciated.
Coloriste use Ultrastudio 3G and 4K mini, do you think theses solutions can also do the job ? thanks
I wouldn't trust the native HDMI outputs to be color accurate. And on a Mac, there's no guarantee that it outputs the right resolution or frame rate either.
Hi Doug. Can you do a separate breakdown of this video. Like what this setup accomplishes. I'm someone looking to get into the AV industry. I'm an audio engineer btw.
If I was to redo it, it would likely be about the same. What questions do you have?
Hi Doug, been enjoying the knowledge sharing on your channel, Thanks! What is the weight of the total unit and do they make a similar case (same depth) with wheels?
I haven't weighed it, but if I was going to guess, it's probably between 40 and 50 pounds. I dont' think that Gator makes a shallow depth case with wheels. Someone likely does, but I believe Gator only puts wheel kits on the full depth cases. And you do lose at least one rack space when you add wheels, so you'd likely be looking at an 8U case rather than 6U. And adding wheels and a handle does add a significant amount of weight. The GR-6U which I'm using here is about 10-11 pounds empty. To go to one with wheels I'd have to step up to the GRR-8L, which is 20 pounds.
@@djp_video Thank you Sir, greatly appreciated.
I have an Alienware x16 laptop I installed 2 Western Digital black ssd 4 TB each the ssd I removed is a samsung how do I remove windows and other startup apps so I can use this ssd as a external ssd I have the sabrent usb 3.2 10 gbps enclosure please help with this
From within Windows, go to Disk Management, find the appropriate drive, and delete all partitions. Then create a new partition for your data. Most likely one of the partitions can't be delete from Disk Management. Search the Internet for instructions on how to deelte partitions using DiskPart. The instructions will look something like this, but be sure to choose the right disk and partition as you go (do not use these instructions verbatim): C:\Windows\system32> diskpart DISKPART> list disk DISKPART> select disk 1 DISKPART> list partition DISKPART> select partition 2 DISKPART> delete partition override
Hi Doug. We just got the 3x3 boxes. We've gotten them to work using direct connections. Our goal is to use it for basic video village setups. But what do I need to multicast to multiple gateways? The BM 360 switch isnt available yet. Any recos for a basic (cheap!) 10g switch that can allow multicast?
The bare minimum is a managed switch which supports IGMP Snooping v3. You'll need to enable that feature in the configuration interface (web or command-line). Once enabled globally, you'll need to enable it for each VLAN on your switch (if you have any setup), and then you may need to enable it for applicable each port on the switch as well. You'll also want to set options to tell your switch to discard unknown multicast traffic (otherwise it gets forwarded to all ports, flooding the network). I'd also enable the IGMP Snooping Querier if you can. You can enable Fast Leave if you want, but it isn't required. Consult the documentation for your switch or an experienced network professional to see how to do this, as it varies from model to model. Ideally you'd also want PTPv2 support, but finding that on "affordable" networking equipment is nigh unto impossible. The least expensive switch that I would trust that can do this is the TP-Link TL-SX3008F (amzn.to/463awxd) with compatible SFP+ modules like the TL-SM5310-T (amzn.to/4d3S1eq). But if you're willing to go with fiber connections rather than Ethernet you can actually save quite a bit, and use much longer cables. For that you'd use a single mode 10G SFP+ module (like amzn.to/3zG7zXc) on each end and a single mode cable, preferably armoured (like amzn.to/3W3L5ae). For this application fiber is quite a bit cheaper (and reliable at a distance) than copper. There are switches from other manufacturers that are designed and even pre-configured for AV over IP, starting with the Netgear M4300-8X8F. But the price does jump quite significantly.
genius!
Doug, I’m in Houston, and this video was timely. I have a Goal Zero Yeti 1500X that I’ve run my mobile racks on for a couple years and served me well with about 3 hours of run time…but still was just barely enough to cover me as an emergency battery during Hurricane Beryl. Now with power still slow to come online for many coworkers here, I sent your referral link to my coworkers when I found the sale is still going. They won’t arrive in time to be helpful for this storm probably, but this won’t be the last. It’s a good time to jump on it, so I did as well to augment the Yeti.
Thank you so much! I understand the inconvienience you all are going through in Houston. It's my home town. And my parents, one of my sisters, and several good friends live there and I'm getting regular updates.
Great tutorial man !!!! I was stuck with my work flow for 3 days. I knew I did something wrong during the installation of the DeckLink Pro 8. I can’t wait to go home and do all this right.
Fantastic video. Looking forward to try it out, adding replay has always looked costly. I'm on an Asus Tuf D15, so should be able to run it.
i got genelecs 7.1 3x 8030 front and 4x 8010 and work wonderfully nut not that big room^^
Thank you!
Any way you could share your config file? I'd love to take a deep dive to better understand your workflow.
I shared it on my Discord server a while ago.
I've had an EcoFlow Delta for a number of years now and it has completely eliminated my need for generators or long extension cords. Great for tossing in the back of a car for charging batteries on the go to powering a 2-4 speaker PA system and small rack of equipment for an event. I've purchased a second as a backup, but have never needed it and my original unit is still going strong. I've recommended them to many people who have also enjoyed them. One thing to note: while it will take over if the source power is lost, it's not a clean switch like a UPS. It will 'blip' as it kicks over to full battery and depending on your equipment, may go into protect. I guess another thing to note (at least on my units): they don't give any audible warning when getting low. They do however still run for a while on 0% remaining.
I'm definitely rapidly adopting power stations for use in my video projects as replacements for long power cables. At a big event I was producting the last two days, we ONLY used power stations for the cameras (no stingers), and I used one to power one of my Yamaha Tio1608-D Dante stage boxes. It was going to be a long day, and I didn't want to use one of my bigger power stations to run the Tio, so I used a River 2 and plugged a 100-Watt solar panel into it. That kept it going all day long. And I was able to connect to the device with my phone from 300 feet way away so I could monitor the battery level without having to walk that distance over and over. I haven't explicitly used any of my units for a PA system just yet, but I just also ordered a Delta Pro 3 and I can imagine that that will run a small PA system for quite a while. I'm aware of the UPS issue, and that's why I mentioned in this video to buy from someone with at good return policy in case the power station someone buys causes reboots with the gear they're powering. I haven't gotten any of my power stations down to 0% but, yeah, it doesn't seem that audible warnings are considered an important feature.
I realize you rushed to get this out and thanks for doing that. I realized I could buy 2 of the River 2 for the price of 1 APC 1500VA 900W UPS (with a paltry 11 minute run time). I paid $323 this time last year for a APC BR1500M2!! So even if it's smaller less output, what's not to like! And I dare say, I only really need them to be UPS's so they're not likely to ever really see a full discharge cycle. Maybe 10 minutes before our house generator comes on. Thanks Doug! 👍
Saved my life
10:50 - I don't hear "two distinct tones," I only hear one. 🤷♂
It's the combination of the tones heard at 6:35 and 6:38.
@@djp_video I guess this is why I'm in video and not audio. 😂 How is the inverse signal generated that travels down the 3rd XLR pin?
@@daltonrandall4348 It's literally just the inverse voltage... reversing the +-/ sign. So, if at one moment in time the voltage on the (+) wire is +1.0V, the other (-) wire would be - 1.0V. Or when the signal on the (+) wire is - 0.5V the (-) wire is simultaneously +0.5V. They always mirror each other -- at least at the source anyway before noise is picked up by the cable. (Remember that even the normal/hot/+ signal goes both above and below the baseline, so it's a positive voltage for roughly the same amount of time as it is negative; we just use the + and - or hot and cold designations to indicate which signal is the original and which is inverted.) It really is that simple. Looking at it on the graphs in the video, it's exactly the same signal, just flipped upside down.
@@djp_video Cool, thanks.
Great video Doug. Do you think power stabilizers are useful for AV equipment? I am mostly working in live environments.
A power conditioner would likely be more useful. Dirty power is more of a problem with modern electronics than voltage variations. Most modern equipment power supplies are designed to handle a really wide range of voltages. But dirty power is potentially another story.
@@djp_video thanks a lot!
When you unplugged the Delta 2 at 8:39 kzread.info/dash/bejne/iJydz8ikZJDMl7A.html did your fly pack fully reboot? It seems it did not stay up like it did in the other examples.As others have pointed out I could put a UPS past the ecoflow to have the fail over and then the long running time of the eco flow.
In this case, it did. I rushed through setting it up to get this video out quickly and I think I didn't have something setup right on the Ecoflow. Every time I've done it in testing it hasn't caused the reboot.
Love the EcoFlow. I have the River 2 and use it for Live Streaming outside events. When you connect with the Solar Panel for your EcoFlow, you have all the power you need.
Hey. You said that the Eco Power ran your whole production trailer. Does your production trailer include audio mixers and amplifiers?
Mixers, yes. No power amplifiers. Several sets of speakers though.
Thank you Doug, I always learn a lot from your videos.
Does your Xantrex inverter and battery work better or about the same as one of these EcoFlow or Anker units? Can you run your truck off just the Xantrex inverter and battery? How long would it last? I'm looking into a small production truck with 4 cameras, switcher, audio board, monitors and V-Mix replay and wonder about running all this off the Xantrex & battery power or an EcoFlow for an entire Football Game or Baseball game. Do you think this would work? Love your videos and information. Thanks.
The three 12V 75Ah AGM batteries I have in the trailer will run it (just the electronics) for about 90-100 minutes (without the solar panels making any contribution). That setup cost about $1300. The same run time in an EcoFlow, depending on what sales are going on, would be over $1500, likely well over. And I'd still have to figure out a solution to power all of the 12 Volt devices. (All of the lighting, SDI/HDMI converters, quite a few of the computers and monitors run natively on 12V). That system doesn't power the air conditioner, though... which is needed to keep the equipment (and crew) from misbehaving. After the AGM batteries wear out I'll be replacing them with LFP, which will give me more capacity at a lighter weight. But so far the existing batteries are still going strong. I would have liked to have gone with LFP out of the gate, but when I built the trailer the cost difference was about 5:1. Getting a battery setup that can go for the 5+ hours needed to run a sporting event will get costly pretty quickly. A generator is likely a much more feasible solution.
@@djp_video Thank you so much for your great and informative reply. Love your channel.
Thanks. To be honest, Blackmagic devices are not specially power efficient. For instance, the URSA broadcast camera eats battery very fast. Again, you get what you pay for.
Yeah. The Sony cameras I use will run for about 6 hours on a 75 Wh battery. A bit different in energy consumption than the Blackmagic cameras.
The Delta Pro Ultra could power your trailer. Your trailer with a cellular or satellite up-link can do remote production any where with no location/facility infrastructure required. No negotiating for an AC outlet or internet connection. BTW 1800 watts at 120 volts is 15 amps.
Not for very long. Not only do I have to run the electronics (at about 1800 Watts), I also have to run the air conditioner (also about 1800 Watts) to offset the heat created by the electronics and people inside, not to mention the sun. So the base 6 kWh Pro Ulta wouldn't even last two hours. Yeah, you could add additional batteries, but it gets to the point where you'd need a second trailer just to haul the batteries. And then you've spent a fortune, have a ton of extra weight, and still have a fixed capacity. Once the batteries are depleted you've got no recourse to create power after that. I've got a portable 10,000 Watt generator on the way. 10 gallons of fuel will run all day and then some. And if I run low, a trip to the nearest gas station takes care of it pretty easily. As ugly as it can be to have to run off of gasoline (or Diesel), batteries don't have anywhere near the same energy density yet.
Great tips on the EcoFlow! I bought into the EGO Power+ system three years ago, and it's served me well through several extended power outages, as well as running camera and lighting gear in the field. The 2000W base unit weighs about 30 lbs and isn't that portable, but it can use up to four hot-swappable EGO 56v batteries in any combination of 5Ah, 7.5Ah, or 10Ah capacities. With battery swapping, you can run it uninterrupted as long as you need. It's not cheap, but there's a 400W portable one-battery inverter that's about $150. What I don't like about the 2000W base inverter is how long it takes to recharge a set of batteries. That forced me to buy additional fast chargers for $100 each. They also make an unfoldable 10K-lumens 4-panel LED area light that can be hung or tripod-mounted. It has no remote control or CRI rating, but it's a diffuse daylight, very flexible and sturdy.
I have EGO's 400W inverter. I mainly got it so I could take advantage of the batteries I have for my EGO lawn mower and other outdoor power equipment in an emergency situation more than anything else. But so far I haven't really found it to be that useful. 400 Watts isn't a lot. It won't run my refrigerator, even with my 10 Ah battery (ask me how I know -- and how that was actually the impetus behind the purchase of the Ecoflow power stations in the first place). And the EGO batteries are so expensive that it doesn't make sense to buy batteries just for an inverter; you can get a really nice power station for a lot less than most of the EGO batteries.
@@djp_video Yeah, the EGO-branded batteries are overpriced. Internally, they use stacks of 18560 lithium batteries and a BMU, both of which are readily available wholesale. EGO's success has spawned a third party compatible battery market which offers the same tech at half the price. I got EGO's four-battery inverter three years ago at a steep discount, and its hot-swap feature made it worthwhile.
Hey Dan, I always appreciate your videos. How would you recommend getting into the production truck world without working in Sports trucks? For instance do you ever hire freelancers? I work in the live event side of things and would love to transition into something else
I (and most production companies) hire contractors all the time. If you want to get into that world, your best bet is to find a company that does what you want to do and work for them until you have the experience, gear, and contacts to find work to get out on your own. It can be a tough transition, as you don't want to burn any bridges by stealing customers away from anyone.
@@djp_video Helpful advice, thank you sir!
To keep the benefits of a UPS, I would suggest getting one that is big enough to lasts at least a minute. Then have that plug into the EcoFlow. The smaller UPS will last me minutes but will take 1ms to switch power sources. The EcoFlow will last hours but will take 30ms to switch. If you go [ mains -> ecoflow -> UPS -> flypack ] you can get the benefit of 1ms switching and hours of battery. Crucial in my usage, where my DIT cart has drives plugged in that I don't want to risk 30ms of power outage that might disconnect during a 30ms switch. Bonus if your UPS has a sine wave corrector.
This is what I do. I run all my gear into two UPSs, and then plug those into an Anker 2000wh power station. Those Ecoflows at $499 is a great deal.
$499, just ordered one through your link. Thanks!
Great video!!
I’m surprised no speedify ?
I haven't tried it myself, but I've heard from a number of viewers who have indicated that Speedify doesn't work very well for streaming video. The consensus seems to be that the variable latency across connections is a problem.
Thanks Doug!
Hi, is your software with the "move" available? And how can I purchase?
It's a little too buggy for me to feel comfortable making it available. It also only works with this one model of camera.
We miss her.
She came and worked a job with DJP over the weekend. She was as happy and fun as I've ever seen her! Her work situation has changed a little and there's a good possibility she might start editing videos for the channel again. Whether she appears on camera here again is uncertain, as she does live kind of far away, but who knows...
Hey Doug! Hope you’re able to see this comment. I have a hyper deck studio 12g and I was wondering what codec do you recommend for recording. Im going to use them for 30 minute videos and edit on Final Cut Pro. I mainly want high quality video and audio
Go with one of the ProRes variants.
@@djp_video thank you so much
Incredible videos my man. I've learned so much from this channel, truly invaluable.
This is great. Looking forward to the other videos in this series. Learnt a lot today
Great video. At Uni a few years back learning about this sort of stuff, they talked about "balanced audio" but I never understood what it actually meant. When you explained what the pins in an XLR cable do, it made sense immediately. I don't know about other people but I'm a nerd who sometimes needs to have a full understanding of all the physics and signal processing before I can comprehend what a device is doing, so this was super helpful and I'm looking forward to the next part of the series! Something I would love to learn is how analog audio becomes digital, as in how does it translate to ones and zeroes and does that have something to do with what a bit rate/sample rate is? I assume its the size of the pieces the analog signal gets chopped into which is then converted to a number, but I'd love to know how that happens and what devices mostly use analog vs digital audio.
I will definitely be covering analog vs digital. I want to make sure that I cover the basic concepts of audio first before I get into that. Sort of a layer on top of the other ground work I'm laying here.