Wow Ryan - that's a proper large spend budget you have available to you ;-) Looking forward to your follow-ups... Oh, a Very Happy New Year to you and your family, best John.
It’s a biggie! Really excited to see this project on the road! Going to be a pretty powerful system! And happy new year to you also! Thanks for your support!
I remember seeing you post that picture of equipment you were stockpiling some weeks ago. Was very curious what that was all about, I figured you were building something large. But had NO idea you were outfitting a real/live OB vehicle/trailer. That is way cool.
@@RyanSomerfield Well now I know it's for "work", although work is very interesting (challenging too based on your past gig walkthroughs like the big Teams event and the vertical frame Red Bull gigs).
This is awesome! :-) just stumbled across your channel, can’t wait to see more content like this! I’m currently in the process of transitioning my freelance media production skills and experience into live production. I’ve shot a few live events in mid-2021and am officially deciding live will be my area of choice (vs other media mediums like videography and photography). Any suggestions on things to learn/know when entering independent live production of small events? How did you get started (with training programs of some sort or just slowly on your own…?)? Thank and Ryan! Can’t wait to see more!
Thanks for stopping by! Hopefully you find the material helpful! My personal story in broadcast started 15 odd years ago doing things through church as well as professional gigs, learning on the job, its so much easier these days with so much content on youtube where you can get nuggets of information through different channels, also discord channels like John's Here to Record channel where theres plenty of people happy to answer questions. i dont know of any training programs etc but definitely youtube like crazy and pickup things along the way from youtubers who are doing things similar to what you want to do. If you would like some actual consulting id be happy to do so if something specific comes up :) glad to have you here!
This is incredible and can’t wait to see how this project develops ! Also really like the retro look of the trailer question I think I need to ask is since the Australian sun is ridiculous are you waiting for the trailer to arrive to do any kind of insulation/ air con work?
there are already 3 aircons in the trailer but probably gonna add a 4th dedicated to the rack mount gear, but once its here we will be able to see all those things
What connectors did you end up with for the MTP Fibre? Looking at going with FS as well, but hitting a bit of a road block with what gender to get on each end of the cables, as well as the breakout cables, as fs doesn't even seem to have them in single mode. Thanks!
Hi Ryan, nice job, can you share the references or where you buy the power supply for the mini converters? I'm actually dealing with a lot of little power adaptors needing a lot of power sockets it's awfull to manage... So if you can share it will be so kind of you. Thx
Hey Oslow, So I get a custom power supply depending on the need, typically i get MeanWell powersupplies which are decent quality and robust. So typically what i will do is choose my voltage, (5, 12,20,24 etc) depending on the requirements, Add up the wattage of all the converters i want to add, add an extra 20-50% of headroom to be safe then buy 2 of them. Meanwell have a lot of different options so basically any combo you need you will be able to find or very close to, espescially in the 5 and 12v road. So theres no "go to" that i use, i just do the math and pick the one everytime to make sure i dont get the wrong one :)
@@RyanSomerfield What do you use to connect the dual power supplies in a redundant way with equipment that only has a single DC input? Put it together with some diodes, or is there a proper product to achieve this?
How do you plan use NDI along with SDI/BMD stuff? I built my whole workflow on top of NDI & DANTE because it looked like that it's kinda easier to have one workflow instead of several. On the other hand, I would like to use hardware switcher because it seems to be much more stable than software-based switcher. Even mine (vMix) is stable for 2 years, there is always Windows in the background which is a nightmare with theirs updates. :D On the other hand, it's nice to have everything on 1 cable and 10 Gbps network (cameras (ndi, possibly later dante video), audio sources (dante), intercom (dante), dmx, internet access, ...) with switches which supports PoE-passthrough. :)
Main thought is purely for flexibility, The ability to grab ndi sources to the switcher and vice versa. A big part was grabbing NDI from zoom/teams which we do a bunch. I personally am always a fan of dedicated hardware. sure you can be more flexible on software/network etc but stability is king for me. so yeah SDI is still the main workflow, but some things just run with ndi and this is an easy way to convert to and from
sorry.. i have been asked a few times for something like this but its quite difficult to do.. there wouldnt be enough i could give you and dealing with insurances and such is super difficult..
Looks awesome!
Thanks Doug!
Definitely got a few tips from your build! :)
@@RyanSomerfield Hah, when I saw that MTP connector I was thinking about Doug. :)
Great work Ryan. Appreciate the behind the scenes for this build and really look forward to seeing the finished product. Love the ‘Retro’ van. 👍👍
Damn this is some project!
Super jealous of all that gear 🤩
I wish it was mine! But gonna be fun using it!
That looks great Ryan .. looking further to the next Episodes .. I really enjoy those Build Series .. greetings ..
Thanks MT! Will try and get more content for this one :) Hopefully will have another one soon!
Wow Ryan - that's a proper large spend budget you have available to you ;-) Looking forward to your follow-ups...
Oh, a Very Happy New Year to you and your family, best John.
It’s a biggie! Really excited to see this project on the road! Going to be a pretty powerful system! And happy new year to you also! Thanks for your support!
Happy New Year Ryan. So much awesome gear 😀 ,Like a kid in a candy store. Can’t wait to watch the series of the build.
Thanks Darren! Happy new year to you also! Very much so.. gotta love playing with toys!
What a Great start to the New Year! All the best for this. Looks super awesome 😎
Thanks Joel! Very exciting indeed! Hope you enjoy the series :)
I remember seeing you post that picture of equipment you were stockpiling some weeks ago. Was very curious what that was all about, I figured you were building something large. But had NO idea you were outfitting a real/live OB vehicle/trailer. That is way cool.
Yep! Sadly it’s not just cause I like toys :P hoping it comes together nicely!
@@RyanSomerfield Well now I know it's for "work", although work is very interesting (challenging too based on your past gig walkthroughs like the big Teams event and the vertical frame Red Bull gigs).
its so awesomeee
Great build so far. Nice tip on Multi end for fibre too..... ;-)
Je vous suis avec beaucoup d'intérêt, on attend la suite.
This is awesome! :-) just stumbled across your channel, can’t wait to see more content like this! I’m currently in the process of transitioning my freelance media production skills and experience into live production. I’ve shot a few live events in mid-2021and am officially deciding live will be my area of choice (vs other media mediums like videography and photography). Any suggestions on things to learn/know when entering independent live production of small events? How did you get started (with training programs of some sort or just slowly on your own…?)?
Thank and Ryan! Can’t wait to see more!
Thanks for stopping by! Hopefully you find the material helpful! My personal story in broadcast started 15 odd years ago doing things through church as well as professional gigs, learning on the job, its so much easier these days with so much content on youtube where you can get nuggets of information through different channels, also discord channels like John's Here to Record channel where theres plenty of people happy to answer questions. i dont know of any training programs etc but definitely youtube like crazy and pickup things along the way from youtubers who are doing things similar to what you want to do. If you would like some actual consulting id be happy to do so if something specific comes up :) glad to have you here!
@@RyanSomerfield Thanks for sharing, Ryan! I'll keep you in mind going forward
This is incredible and can’t wait to see how this project develops ! Also really like the retro look of the trailer question I think I need to ask is since the Australian sun is ridiculous are you waiting for the trailer to arrive to do any kind of insulation/ air con work?
there are already 3 aircons in the trailer but probably gonna add a 4th dedicated to the rack mount gear, but once its here we will be able to see all those things
@@RyanSomerfield awesome!
What connectors did you end up with for the MTP Fibre? Looking at going with FS as well, but hitting a bit of a road block with what gender to get on each end of the cables, as well as the breakout cables, as fs doesn't even seem to have them in single mode. Thanks!
Hi Ryan, nice job, can you share the references or where you buy the power supply for the mini converters? I'm actually dealing with a lot of little power adaptors needing a lot of power sockets it's awfull to manage... So if you can share it will be so kind of you.
Thx
Hey Oslow, So I get a custom power supply depending on the need, typically i get MeanWell powersupplies which are decent quality and robust. So typically what i will do is choose my voltage, (5, 12,20,24 etc) depending on the requirements, Add up the wattage of all the converters i want to add, add an extra 20-50% of headroom to be safe then buy 2 of them. Meanwell have a lot of different options so basically any combo you need you will be able to find or very close to, espescially in the 5 and 12v road. So theres no "go to" that i use, i just do the math and pick the one everytime to make sure i dont get the wrong one :)
@@RyanSomerfield What do you use to connect the dual power supplies in a redundant way with equipment that only has a single DC input? Put it together with some diodes, or is there a proper product to achieve this?
How do you plan use NDI along with SDI/BMD stuff? I built my whole workflow on top of NDI & DANTE because it looked like that it's kinda easier to have one workflow instead of several. On the other hand, I would like to use hardware switcher because it seems to be much more stable than software-based switcher. Even mine (vMix) is stable for 2 years, there is always Windows in the background which is a nightmare with theirs updates. :D On the other hand, it's nice to have everything on 1 cable and 10 Gbps network (cameras (ndi, possibly later dante video), audio sources (dante), intercom (dante), dmx, internet access, ...) with switches which supports PoE-passthrough. :)
Main thought is purely for flexibility, The ability to grab ndi sources to the switcher and vice versa. A big part was grabbing NDI from zoom/teams which we do a bunch. I personally am always a fan of dedicated hardware. sure you can be more flexible on software/network etc but stability is king for me. so yeah SDI is still the main workflow, but some things just run with ndi and this is an easy way to convert to and from
Don't you need individual sdi returns to be able to paint the cameras, or is that possible with the return coming from the DA?
Da is totally fine, each output outputs all the data for each camera, then on the camera you select which number to “listen to”
@@RyanSomerfield Cool, thanks! Haven't used the BM cameras, so didnt know exactly how it worked.
@@driten123 it’s a pretty clever system, means you don’t have to waste channels for return just for ccu and then can be used for other things :)
Hey Ryan, Can I come and learn from you and work for you PLEASE??... Physically not virtual
sorry.. i have been asked a few times for something like this but its quite difficult to do.. there wouldnt be enough i could give you and dealing with insurances and such is super difficult..
@@RyanSomerfield Okay, that's good to know. Thanks for the response
the constant smacking is annoying and the rest ist just an unmotivated video, just to produce content, bad, really bad.