Foundation Friday Q&A - August 23rd -
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00:00 Intro
01:13 What were the microphones and earphones being used for the people at the DNC desks for the networks? CNN & MSNBC had black ones but Newsmax Fox and OAN had white ones. They all sounded very different, why?
02:40 Don’t mean to bring politics into show but with the DNC convention being over I was very impressed with the technical aspects of the show. How many production pros does it take to pull this off, especially the roll call segment handling so many mics.
05:52 Meta to unveil new smart glasses this year after Threads post outs its AR frames, when is the time to pull the plug on ai/ar glasses?
14:12 What advice would you give speakers at a large arena event like the DNC that would make them powerful but not screaming. Could the sound crew use some technology to help make the speakers sound better.
16:02 Alex youv worked at the DNC. Who were all those people and what were they all doing behind the DJ last night? What headsets were they using to be on their Zooms for the show?
17:38 For 60$USD, what do you guys think about this pad vs Elgato Streamdeck and other products of the like. Its called the MACROPAD
19:50 I use Hulu live TV there is a glitch from at the top of the hour why does this happen?
25:53 My Dante audio mixer died. The Yamaha DX3-D is an option but it's hard to get. I wonder about the LAMA software mixer instead. Thoughts? How big a lift is a software mixer? Is it better?
27:51 how many bluetooth devices (mice/trackpad,keyboard etc) can be near one m1 mac minis before interference disrupts them all
29:27 I would like to see a custom multiview of my NDI sources. NDI studio monitor does let me do 2 sources in PNP, but I’d like 4 or more. What software or hardware would allow this?
31:40 I'm not looking for 12 songs. I'm looking for albums that are built from the ground up as a single story or concept from start to finish. What do you recommend? (About to travel for production so this is arguably production related.)
37:56 any opinion on StreamYard? seen new reporters in Youtube using it and all with the same supersources and thems, all looks the same...
40:12 Ubiquiti has introduced NETGEAR-like port profiles in their UniFi switches. Guy, have you had any experience with them?
41:25 How did the rings at the Olympics closing show work? They didn’t have the same inside structures and some werent the same on both sides. How did they get them up in the air and keep them together when they are so heavy?
43:49 How does "phase detect" auto focus work?
45:55 The new Sony ZV-E10 II comes with the E PZ 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS II lens for $1098. What is the most cost effective lens to supplement this for doing zoom meetings using an LED screen as a backdrop in as small a space as practical or is this lens ok?
48:00 I traded in the ZV-E1 for the FX3 because of overheating. But I miss the quality of livestream video. Which non-overheating Sony would you recommend?
52:27 Is it possible to run two instances of Keynote on Mac, and connect both simultaneously as sources in OBS?
53:52 Alex if I move to YouTube TV, should I just add the Disney+ Hulu as an add on ?
54:42 Looking for your opinion on the different hdmi cable signal amplifiers for long runs. We are looking at the Legrand C2G 4K inline extender to get to the back of the class or for our theater shows. Thoughts?
58:31 Matterport limits your scans to a few so what format can you use to export your Matterport scans to: 3DS, SKP, IGS, 3DM, CG panorama, OBJ, DXF, E57, BIM, FBX, STL, STEP, usdz or other?