Aaron Parecki

🔴 Live Q&A! Answering your questions about livestreaming gear!

September 27, 2026

Questions

(5:56) Streaming is dropping bad!!!!

(5:57) Yeah lots of tearing

(6:59) because of security risk

(7:01) Here we gooo

(7:04) Yes video sometime tears sound is good

(7:33) Aaron, we see your haircut was successful!!💇🏻

(7:35) better now

(8:09) My Rodecaster Video always ask for format my SSD Drive and doesn't start recording. Before (2 days ago) firmware update, here was no problem

(9:04) Q: With the new RCVS update I'm only getting the Lumix G7 to identify as 1920x1080. Have you tested your G7?

(11:30) HDMI cable supports 4K?

(11:42) Q: with the new update seems like there are a lot of limits on it now from the support page.

(12:36) I have a workaround that uses a Atomos Ninja V to take the G7 and take the output to RCVS - presto 4K!

(15:14) Expensive dongle 😀

(15:18) 3 x cam link 4ks and a dual audio capture probably cost more.

(21:24) Q: Does the auto-switching still work in 4K capture mode?

(22:09) Q - Can you demo the NDI inside OBS?

(26:15) That worked better than expected!

(26:32) What are you using for graphics ?

(27:45) I actually haven't seen a functional 4 x 4K NDI input device. Pretty impressive

(27:55) Q: I recall something from the release video about a secondary multi view mode that shows just the cameras and not the stuff

(29:56) In Scene Builder you can change the Multiview type and overlays/meters

(30:04) Q: Still saving ISOs sans meta data?

(30:29) Hello! Can't stay, but popping in briefly to wish you a great show. It's busy season so see folks again when I get a free Sunday.

(30:42) I’m having a similar issue where I’ve got an EOS R outputting 4K (recognized by a cam link 4K) but I’ve got 2 RCV s units and they are only accepting a 1080 signal at 50 p even though it outputs 4K

(31:32) I hope this multiview feature will come in FHD Streaming

(31:59) Q: Okay, spill the beans... how is that ticker being done?

(35:27) Q: With the Anthropic AI, can the chatters sneak in and change the feed to make Aaron say anything?

(35:42) Q: How many tokens does that burn?

(35:53) Q:Told you before... Soon Aaron AI will do the show.

(36:00) I lowkey thought you were just really good at stealthily typing while responding to chat😂😭

(36:19) So even though I’ve got the camera set to 4k 25fps the RCVs is seeing something that’s not there tehcnically…

(37:15) Q: RCV headphones level vs gain level? At what headphones level should the gain levels be assessed? See at the beginning of the chat..

(37:30) Hi! I have a question to share: On RCV Headphones volume monitoring vs gain level of the XLR inputs, at what headphones level can I determine what gain level is good? 1/2 3/4?

(37:42) I had the headphones too low without realizing that and cranked the gain, but I didn’t know because the headphones sounded good, everyone on the call said I sounded distorted..

(40:08) Sorry the camera is the EOS R7. I’ve got a ticket in with support and they tabulated it to their tech team

(40:15) This also seems like a thing that a local LLM can do to save some money

(40:43) Hi Aaron, can you daisy chain two Rodecaster videos to the Rodecaster Pro II?

(42:41) I want o have 12 video inouts

(43:38) I wrestle with that daily. I have them about a little less than half on the headphones levels and the gain levels usually depends on what mic I’m using.

(43:50) RE: audio headphone, I might use the meters in the app as a visual indicator to make sure it’s not peaking and in the red, set roughly at “unity” level and then go with what’s comfortable from there

(49:03) Yes hear that mic needs Lowcut

(49:18) I was driving during this audio question so I couldn't answer. I'll have to rewatch and post in the comments if someone else doesn't have an answer.

(49:30) Short answer is to have reference audio (music/tone/talking) that you know how loud should be. Record/test stream and play it back until you have the volume of the reference audio set right for...

(49:38) recording. Then plug in your headphones for monitoring and set the volume where you like. Then whenever you're unsure of your headphone volume, use the reference audio to set headphone volume, then

(50:07) You could use Companion to "kit bash" a mega switcher with multiple RCVs or other switchers

(50:46) spent my week creating a system that allows me to auto create a clip from a live stream, add a title and description then publish to YT so highlights are instant with one click of a button

(51:01) You have 80 engineers watching that can't help but want to mix what your doing!!!hahah!

(51:08) more people should use reference audio to set gain

(51:27) Is Aaron about to start singing?

(51:32) Love the NOW banner! Kudos

(51:37) if it’s just for you it’s easy but if you’re engineering for someone else it might be tricky. People tend to talk a little bit

(53:40) Q: In sync mode with RCP2 USB1 connected to RCV, is it possible to have both RCV and RCP2 connected to Rodecaster App on laptop..? I haven’t found a way to connect both simultaneously.

(54:45) I also discovered it's difficult to get live 4K video out of an iPhone. My thought wa to Air Play it to the Apple TV but doesn't work on initial tests.

(57:01) Rode capture is limited to 1080p60 unfortunately

(57:08) Tried USB-C as well with Clean HDMI. Nope.

(57:15) DO it live, there is no 'try'.

(57:17) The Blackmagic Camera app can stream in SRT. So you could try that?

(57:44) I believe it works with srt over moblin

(58:23) I have not seen 4k to RCV from an iPhone?

(58:42) @aaronpk What video bonding solutions would you recommend? Preferably something that doesn't cost thousands of dollars?

(1:00:34) Bonding is a Venn Diagram of circle 1 = cost, circle 2 = quality and circle 3 = usable video

(1:00:46) hahaha I ordered a magewell Ultra Encode HDMI Plus Universal 4K Encoder for the audio track seperation we were talking about last week. And it gives me srt encoding too

(1:01:02) Q: Did the Zowiebox always do 4K, or did Zowietek release a new box?

(1:01:09) 4K AirPlay to an Apple TV works, but then it borks on getting output from Apple TV into RCVS.

(1:01:35) It would be nice if RCV supported srt inputs and outputs/streams…

(1:02:05) @aaronpk Maybe Zowietek would send you their new box. But I'm not sure what that is actually capable of.

(1:02:13) Bonding, start with GL-iNet!

(1:03:28) Q - Can you show how you get the text data from AI transcript summary into the topic/ticker graphic?

(1:07:38) Q - Bondix just release it's universal client - run on a GL.Inet Flint 2 - affordable bonding.

(1:07:45) Q: Please show us how the NDI works with the new update. Mind stoped working with the update. NDI Doesn’t see my OBSBOT Tail 2 or my MEVO CORE

(1:09:28) You are saying "NDI ONLY over HDMI" correct?

(1:10:02) maybe in the member stream you get Claude to produce the diagrams

(1:10:28) Q RCV in capture mode does the video and fill function work still work?

(1:12:47) Q:I think Frank has hacked your ticker.

(1:12:49) Q: I think Frank is hacking your Cloud!!!

(1:13:10) I expected the AI to hear you call out its mistakes and correct itself.

(1:13:27) In capture mode - the HMDI out is for 'monitoring'. The Cuts keying etc are all done in OBS/ECAMM/VMix

(1:15:07) You can use it as a multichannel HMDI to NDI converter/stagebox - and the Multiview gives you remote monitoring over NDI

(1:15:27) Røde should have copied BMD and added the option for borderless MV.

(1:16:07) In Capture Mode - if you press the square button - that will create a marker that Resolve/PP will pickup

(1:17:45) Yes that shows that the Square button is assigned to MarkerAnd the borders should change colour/tally when an NDI Rx is attached

(1:17:56) Ooh! The new mode really is tailored to video podcasts.

(1:18:45) Your show is amazing, Aaron. Im an industry professionals who have been working with audio and video for decades. Every single Sunday you highlight something that I never knew. Thank you so much for your dedication.