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Mac vs PC for Live Events: Which Laptop Should You Put on the Tech Desk?

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TL;DR: Presentations: PCs edge it for PowerPoint and corporate compatibility. Playback & audio: Macs are rock-solid for QLab, Dante, and pro media workflows. Video switchers & capture: Both work—PC offers broader driver support (capture cards, vMix), Mac offers stability with fewer variables. HDCP & adapters: Macs can be fussier about HDCP handshakes and dongles; PCs […]

How we use NDI to run modern, flexible live events

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Network Device Interface (NDI) lets us move high-quality video and audio over standard Ethernet. Instead of long copper video runs and stacks of converters, we push clean feeds around the venue on a managed network—fast to deploy, easy to route, and simple to scale. The backbone: 10 Gb fibre between FOH and stage Our control world […]

#OB #Live Building The Best Outside Broadcast Trucks

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This film was made for Sony Professional Broadcasting over 8 months, documenting the building of the first ever fleet of 4K outside broadcast vehicle’s for Russian company Panorama to be used in the next Winter Olympics. ( video credits to reelnice.co.uk )