Tue Feb 13, 2018 5:56 pm
Yes, that is what a matrix router is for.
Zack - i use telnet commands to do large salvos with ease. I have the old 72x144 Broadcast Videohub. Wish they still made this unit - or better yet, an updated version that could handle progressive scan. On a Mac, i use the Script Editor to give me telnet salvos i regularly use on a single icon click. Telnet isn't the fastest protocol in the world, so it isn't 100% synchronous in time. But it is close.
For less used salvos, I just keep txt files with the telnet command and the routes i want to change, copy and paste them into terminal, and bam, they switch. It's also a good way to rename lots of inputs and outputs all at once.
The biggest problem with telnet for this: what I think of as "Input 1" is telnet "INPUT 0". 2 is 1, 3 is 2, and so on. When I get to output 73, it is "MONITORING OUTPUT 0". Then 74 is "MONITORING OUTPUT 1". It requires you to use a small amount of brain power keeping track in your head when making them. Once made, they just work.
Telnet also works in Windows, though I am not as familiar with its setup or making single-click versions. Use VisualBasic to create them, maybe?
Scott R Smith
BMD Stuff I use: ATEM 2-M/E, 4 x ATEM PS 4K, Broadcast Videohub, 6 Hyperdeck Pros, 4 Hyperdeck Shuttles, Multidock, Smartscope Duo, Smartview, Intensity Extreme, Decklink Studio, and lots of Miniconverters and Open Gear Converters.