Camera and COM assistance

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traviswinchester

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Camera and COM assistance

PostTue Nov 12, 2019 4:00 pm

Hello,

We have a BM Pocket Cinema 4k and also a BM Video Assist 4k 7" HDMI/6G-SDI Recording Monitor looking to use this as a stage cam for our weekend services. We also have an HDMI to SDI converter box to bypass the recording monitor but I don't believe HDMI runs both video and COM.

Our main set up is 2 BM Studio Camera 4k units, all of this going into a BM ATEM Television Studio Pro 4K Live Production Switcher. We have 2 HD/SDI lines one that passes video and one that passes COM from the switcher running to each camera.

We have 2 HD/SDI lines run to the stage, one for video and one line for COM. Is there a way to get any form of COM into the Video Assist Monitor or to the Pocket Cinema, even if it's just one way from the director?
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Re: Camera and COM assistance

PostTue Nov 12, 2019 7:11 pm

If your monitor supports 16 channels of audio over SDI, you could monitor 15+16 which is where I believe the talkback happens. It would be embedded in the PGM feed which is actually perfect because then you have return as well.

Alternately, have your operator clip a Micro4k to her belt like a com pack, problem solved.
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Re: Camera and COM assistance

PostTue Nov 12, 2019 7:24 pm

Howard Roll wrote:If your monitor supports 16 channels of audio over SDI, you could monitor 15+16 which is where I believe the talkback happens. It would be embedded in the PGM feed which is actually perfect because then you have return as well.

Alternately, have your operator clip a Micro4k to her belt like a com pack, problem solved.

The VideoAssist does not support 16 channels audio.

If you take a Micro Studio 4K then you would not need that Pocket 4K at all. ;) ;)

Another way is to get a BMD Audio De-Embedder. Set it to De-Embed channel 15-16. Then add a headphone amplifier to the de-embedder. Now you can hear the Director. ;)
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