Lab: OH Migration

We give our one week update of the OH Migration

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00:00 Start

01:05 Good morning OH the best engaging platform in my opinion. Alex in yesterdays session you mentioned the need for a piece of hardware between two virtual Dante sound card, can you expand on the hardwares especially multi-channel ones?
03:28 Caleb over at DSLR Video Shooter, built a Recorder Bay that seems to function better than the Blackmagic solution. Would you agree?
06:53 Continuity Camera on the Mac and OBS... Can I explain what I'm seeing?
15:09 Panel, I have a about 15 Unifi access points going into a Netgear 4250 switch. To master control these, would you recommend purchasing a Unifi controller or a purchasing a console? What makes the most sense?
16:56 When creating on-premise Windows appliances (eg vMix, Central Control, etc.) what flavor of Windows do you use? How do you prevent automatic updates, weird Windows audio things etc. from causing mischief?
19:13 Any thoughts on Audio Hijack's now speech to text transcription for Mac? [link]
23:17 What essential services does the panel believe production companies and studios should offer to clients in 2024, considering current trends?
31:17 Cloudflare, including its turnkey video streaming solution, had a major outage on Thursday. What are the takeaways? Do we have to have contingency plans for our entire video streaming pipeline (YouTube, Vimeo etc.) to fail before/during an event?
33:53 I have used the BMD switcher app interface remotely through Google Remote App
34:19 What can you recommend a sub $100 usb mic for zoom calls?
35:59 Any camera recommendations to record a small event (25 people) indoors? Thinking 2-camera setup using the Canon XF605 recording 4k. Cameras on tripods. Looking to rent. The event is 2 days about 8 hours each. Not live. Video on demand.
38:22 Each update to Mac OSX Sonoma warns that Blackmagic software on my computer will not be compatible with future versions of the OS. Is this a known issue, or how do I determine which drivers need to be updated?
42:22 Hi folks! Can someone please explain the Unreal Engine End User License Agreement? I know Unreal is free to use for internal projects but how would it work if a studio uses it for a paying client? Thanks!
44:54 The Beatles released a new single today & with it, Apple released a film showing how Peter Jackson’s magic once again helped us enjoy the Beatles anew. Thoughts on the song & how machine learning might be used in future for other restoration projs?
49:47 Has there been an OH topic of the audio splitting/extraction like the panelists have been discussing on the Beatles recent release? Maybe this could be a new topic?
50:13 Blackmagic has dropped support for macOS Mojave and only supports Ventura and Sonoma for their ATEM switcher control app. Seems awfully restrictive. Do production people really run only current operating systems?
55:14 Alex Lindsay, what is your current Telestrator setup? I want to be able to see the image I'm annotating, not just write whiteboard style. I already have an iPad Pro, ATEM Mini Pro and Macbook Pro with M1 Max.
57:04 My 10TB HDD is full and my other is getting filled. I would like to archive the HDD in a closet but be able to easily plug it in to possibly pull files (video). What is the recommended HDD docking system?

01:02:10 **** OH Migration ****
01:21:33 I noticed after the switch the live stream audio became much lower in level, as well as a large disparity in average volume between panelists. What changed with the audio pipeline?
01:25:38 What will be the primary changes in the new build of the OH system with regard to the hardware/software and the look/style? Unreal Engine? Cloud hardware? Virtual sets? New Routing and Control?
01:29:01 What are the hardware differences between the original system and John's system?
01:33:48 Will any of this documentation be made available to the public?
01:35:11 John Wallace, which is the video you watched that inspired you to setup your own rack?
01:36:26 What kind of bandwidth does OH need? Is there fiber at the new facility?
01:37:44 Definitely, the use of recovery nodes has been a technological leap! Will you upgrade redundancy to high availability? What milestones do you consider to have been the most significant since the beginning of Office Hours?
01:44:45 What is that multiview monitor that is in John's rack?
01:45:03 Could DevOps tools like Puppet, Chef, or Ansible aid in efficiently administering the system?
01:45:33 Is there a target date for having the system into the new studio?
01:52:26 How are you handling power and cooling for the system? Would dedicated HVAC be useful to guard against overheating?