crimsonwombat
Member
I am in the earliest stages of spec'ing out a system for a show archiving/broadcast system for our new theater (this is a 650 seat w/balcony school theater - don't ask why this wasn't part ot the initial design ... it was ... sort of ...)
Any way I could use some tips on where to start my journey for gathering information and equipment specs. We are looking for something that would allow real-time mixing of video from three remotely operated PTZ cameras. Audio would be pulled from our digital mix board and sync'd via SMPTE (most likely). We would also like to mix in a full res signal from the theater projector (so I'm guessing we need at least 4 input video channels on the video mixer). We expect to capture all four input feeds as well as capture a live video mix and broadcast the live mix via a QuickTime Broadcast server. All the relevant mixing and broadcast equipment would be co-located in the control booth.
At this point I'm just looking for suggestions on web sites to check out or perhaps manufacturers to focus on. My google searches have gotten a bit overwhelmed by hits for security camera systems and this system is meant to be a show archival system (HD would be nice but the storage might become prohibitive) We will be archiving a wide range of events from simple presentations to full on musical theater. The ability to present a live mix of the various video feeds plus the ability to perform a post event re-edit is essential.
Thanks for any hints and guidance.
Any way I could use some tips on where to start my journey for gathering information and equipment specs. We are looking for something that would allow real-time mixing of video from three remotely operated PTZ cameras. Audio would be pulled from our digital mix board and sync'd via SMPTE (most likely). We would also like to mix in a full res signal from the theater projector (so I'm guessing we need at least 4 input video channels on the video mixer). We expect to capture all four input feeds as well as capture a live video mix and broadcast the live mix via a QuickTime Broadcast server. All the relevant mixing and broadcast equipment would be co-located in the control booth.
At this point I'm just looking for suggestions on web sites to check out or perhaps manufacturers to focus on. My google searches have gotten a bit overwhelmed by hits for security camera systems and this system is meant to be a show archival system (HD would be nice but the storage might become prohibitive) We will be archiving a wide range of events from simple presentations to full on musical theater. The ability to present a live mix of the various video feeds plus the ability to perform a post event re-edit is essential.
Thanks for any hints and guidance.