Aaron Parecki

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

October 5, 2025

Questions

(5:34) Q:Power is still on, good :)

(18:36) Q:No more DJI ?

(18:53) Q:Now that looks clean.

(18:56) Cut the excess cable off that power strip and put a new Edison plug on it. Cleaner. Easy.

(19:15) The Power banks don't do voltage storage protection, DID you put a surge protector on the house?

(20:47) Get a whole house Surge protector they have saved my appliances!

(21:06) Q:That Anker one, Is that 1000CX?

(21:51) Q:Tommy Callahan had some issues with it.

(21:58) My whole house surge protector is actually mounted on the bottom of my breaker box. Not inside. Might be an option.

(22:07) They can put it outside

(22:18) Why is the best place for server racks ALWAYS 18 inches away from the water heater? 🤣🤣 Same exact thing at my house. 😂

(23:12) There should be a punchout on the bottom of the breaker box for the surge protector.

(23:57) Q: what do you use for those temp graphs

(25:22) I got a in-demand water heater so much smaller... and unlimited hot water...

(25:54) Q: have you seen these large server rooms where they pipe the heat for central heating at home , could be an option

(26:30) Q: Does this mean a move in date before Thanksgiving?

(26:36) Q:Even scarier when those internal heating tubes break.

(28:24) My whole house generator is gas as well because in the 25 years I've lived in Nashville the gas has only gone out once! I have a UPS on the generator so I never ever lose power.

(28:59) Q:Our housing complex installs those sensors as standard to each wet room. They are connected to the housing automation, they shut off the water instantly.

(31:44) Audio cutting out!

(31:56) no audio for most of that

(32:16) Got to Hear how loud it was for a second

(32:34) You need automation to play an alarm when the audio is muted 😂

(33:48) We did get the just of the shoot

(33:55) Signal input loss detection

(34:18) Q: Could you do it off the mixer via Companion?

(35:12) Rodecaster doesn't work with companion? Does it? 🤔🤔

(35:21) What about mix effect? It monitors audio levels.

(35:26) I was curious about what you were talking about for the heat pump ducting

(35:51) Leave your number and we can call you when no audio. Lol :)

(36:00) Meter is what you are looking for

(36:25) Member triggered companion button?

(36:29) The TF3 has the meter feedback on the buttons so you could see the channel muted on companion

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(37:36) Maybe a Shock Collar when you go out of range?

(37:54) I just meant for the trigger. MixEffect status can trigger the alert.

(37:56) X32 definitely has OSC signals for meter levels … somewhere

(39:39) I know we have them on our stream deck studios. I can see the levels on the buttons

(39:45) When Curtis Judd has to run solo I want a shock collar because he always fails to switch the view but he declined that..LOL

(39:56) Can you add the Yamaha tf device and see the variable I don’t have it in front of me but I know I have it

(40:32) Q: I see an RCV module for Companion, but not for the RCP. Is it beta, or do you know the name of it?

(40:39) Q:Curtis has a stream today about Which Mic to Buy. There you go :)

(41:44) Q: grab the audio from the imbedded NDI audio from your iPhone

(41:56) Q:Use a UHF mic.

(42:47) WOW that should have worked

(43:05) woweee! half-stereo

(43:06) Panned Hard left

(43:38) Well I would tell you to get the Shure Axient but your already being behind in $$$$

(45:51) You have to use an antenna otherwise you have like 10ft of range add some metal to obstruct and you have even less

(46:17) Sad we can’t purchase from Canada. It doesn’t really matter as we have a nationwide postal strike.

(47:26) What microphone are you using?

(47:50) I feel this, I am going to be listing some Scheop mics soon

(48:03) 6 months in and loving it! Hope you are well!

(49:47) It is not SDI

(50:11) Q: Is there a way to change poll interval for variables in Companion? internal:connection_X_status changes to good immediately when device becomes active, but never changes to error when conn is lost.

(50:15) It is locking BNC at 50 ohm

(50:31) Q: Is there a way to change poll interval for variables in Companion? internal:connection_X_status changes to good immediately when device becomes active, but never changes to error when conn is lost.

(51:35) I got a call from a Content creator who was filming in an abandon bomb shelter that had lead walls so his wireless would not work more than 10 feet.

(52:56) q: I had a brief look earlier but couldn't find an answer.... is there a way to add a YT api key to companion so I can show my YT live stream like counter on my stream deck?

(55:31) it would be on my pc and I could view it remotely from Web buttons

(55:35) Use Claud to build an app that pulls this using Youtube's API and then a plugin for companion where you present the data.

(55:58) @Aaron Parecki let me check my storage unit I may have a external antenna for you for free

(56:13) Q: Has anybody purchased the Elgato Streamdeck Ethernet adapters?

(57:00) API 3.0 has Likecount and Dislikecount

(57:19) I have built a like counter and it works in OBS with my API key but just getting it into companion I couldn't work out. (trying to view it remotely can be a tad small)

(58:11) Speaking of a like button, don’t forget to hit the thumbs up button for Aaron.

(58:20) Q: Aaron have you had a moment to check BETA update from Magewell for the DM or DO?

(58:37) Q: Is it possible to show my desktop notification as a variable in companion button because I would turn on dnd while streaming

(59:05) I think companion has Google sheets integration

(59:19) I feel like 15m of XLR might do it.

(59:47) A few folks from Office Hours Global have them and they are working well

(59:55) The bell is fantastic for those who you want to be notified when a new video or stream is added for that channel

(1:01:05) I get all of Aaron’s notifications not any others

(1:01:16) Can companion run Apple scripts or shortcuts for the dnd

(1:01:52) Q: What is your number 1 wished for feature now for the RodeCaster Video

(1:05:12) Q: Would the Call Me feature be helpful on the Rode Caster Video?

(1:05:49) @Aaron Parecki Btw. Bitfocus Listener can run AppleScript.

(1:05:55) ZoomISO

(1:06:24) Q: Aaron, BETA for DM found on Facebook users group

(1:06:35) I just got this working yesterday to have a presentation remote send F13-16 to control slides no matter what program is in focus.

(1:06:46) There is a MIDI module for Companion. Look into Coyote MIDI to turn MIDI into keystrokes, scripts or other MIDI.

(1:07:01) Yes companion can run shell script on the companion computer or vicreo or Joseph Adam's script launcher or bitfocus listener

(1:07:21) Q:Mu feature request is remote control from a tablet.

(1:07:45) And that why I got the YoloBox Ultra it's the only built in remote video option that I know of

(1:07:48) That would be epic, I've been trying to get Meld to do a ZoomISO integration.

(1:08:06) Q: maybe you need to work from a lead shelter with Portland being a war zone 🤔

(1:08:20) Zoom integration not iso integration seems like the right thing

(1:09:09) Q:That little smile at the corner of your mouth. You are hiding something about "we will see"...

(1:09:33) Shortcut to Companion integration sounds like an Adam Tow project (and product)

(1:09:46) would be nice if it had an inbuilt screen

(1:11:45) @Andre Yanco I would love to play poker with @Aaron Parecki he clearly has a tell...LOL

(1:12:00) Q:Adam Tow live on the show again soon?

(1:12:33)

(1:14:28) Nice! Someone bought the AMEI.