Aaron Parecki

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

October 4, 2026

Questions

(7:38) We've been blessed with wonderful weather this year for Oktoberfest

(7:57) Long time no see everyone

(8:06) Joy of Live streaming!! Lol

(8:09) Hello. learned about a new audio format yesterday. 3.1 audio designed for streaming

(8:27) I got hardware everywhere

(9:13) missed two episodes, surprised to see this new scroller at the bottom

(9:23) left mid center base?

(9:25) left right center subwoofer

(9:44) lost feed

(9:46) were back

(9:47) video back

(10:14) I was so excited after days in contact with Rode that the ended up putting out the second update which (mostly) fixed the hdmi problem I was having that I mentioned last week with 4k displaying 1080

(12:58) Hello from the Gold Cost Australia:o)

(13:00) 3.1 is designed mobile viewing, according to the truck engineer

(13:11) the new firmware makes everything better. The GH6 I have no longer needs you to "force" it into 4K mode.

(13:23) Did SSD problem solve in new RCV's firmware?

(16:56) The Scoll bar types like me "Rode" = "R tde"

(17:16) always better to format drive from device

(17:19) RCV remote getting closer. Some bugs to fix and then has to go through Apple checks. Needed updates for iOS 27

(17:32) Have you had any audio issues running rode sync and getting any audio issues during recording in 4k I was running a RCP2 into an RCVs and kept getting strange noise issues.

(18:30) When in 4K capture mode can you mix 4K and hd cameras?

(20:23) I still haven't updated my RCV, I've been all AI lately...

(20:43) It’s a shame you can’t plug usb cameras as well to allow iso recording of more than 4 cameras

(21:43) I waiting on a netgear 100GB router that's on the way

(25:06) Don't you love the Tail 2? I also have the 360 base for the Tail 2...

(26:03) Q:Do you run into any white balance problems with the Tail2 ? I see that it does not retain custom white balance settings when you power cycle it.

(26:47) @aaronpk what is the $300 PTZ you mentioned?

(28:09) I've tried to use Tail Air for 2 events and got semi-burned both times. I'm not saying its bad, but its quirky. If I had mymoney back id go straight to tail 2

(28:23) That Ptz cam is 626 on amazon in the EU…. Ooof quite the price difference

(28:52) What are the "new" alternatives to the G7?

(29:11) G100? G85? Want clean HDMI 4K out obviously.

(29:53) Earlier this summer the AVKANS was down to $279... I picked up my third one

(30:18) Q: what are you using the small monitor that is under your monitor for?

(31:06) G7 is available used for $560 on B&H

(35:17) Yeah I use either the PTZOptics Visca or Sony Visca for nearly all PTZs I encounter

(35:26) @aaronpk for the monitor, I was asking about the one right under your big monitor. It was a small rectangle monitor.

(37:20) Q Did you catch Adam Tow's sneak peek at his new SwitchEffect on Keith Bennett's show the other day? WOW!!

(38:43) Switch effect looks cool

(39:33) Found the G7 in France and italy for 280-350 Euros

(40:43) I was going to ask if you even use your ATEM anymore, seems like you are just using the RC nowadays

(42:20) Q:The way I see it, what you are not using so much are the the hyper decks.

(44:50) Q:Well I join the club as well. 2 Hyperdecks and a VideoAssist 12G sitting int heir boxes :)

(45:14) Q: Are you going to use ZoomISO for the Adam guest shoot?

(47:44) test

(47:50) Hello hello

(48:03)

(48:26) the truck i was in yesterday JUST upgraded to 3G video to support 1080p cause that is what pays the bills.

(49:01) "Print Me"

(49:42) For the printer paper

(49:49) you need a dedicated camera for the receipt printer

(51:07) say no to 4k :)

(51:42) I missed this. How does the receipt printer work?

(52:23) theoretically if you mic it, you could make the stream cut to the receipt printer automatically

(52:53) Are you sure the printer was a good idea?

(52:59) I want to see the receipt printer spew out from the floppy disk slot on the Mac Classic

(53:28) @itnevergetsold That was the goal, but "Claude" has been busy otherwise.

(53:34) "Mistakes were made" Aaron after 30 minutes of nonstop printing 😂

(53:40) I'm waiting for the mod to shoehorn the printer into the Mac

(54:13) I would be even "better" if it was a needle printer.

(54:27) OH NO people might hijack your stream to give you unlimited money. What a disaster ;)

(54:37) It should print two receipts. Then you can give one to your CPA.

(54:47) I like it when the person you gets free membership is here.

(55:15) its amazing you get the profile pics in there

(55:36) It looks like a good starting point for 4K capture camera support is the Elgato CamLink Supported Cameras page - ironically the Lumix G7 is incorrect because it can do 4K with CamLink 4K

(56:47) Instead of the YAY sound, yeah, dot matrix printer SFX

(56:56) Q:Only a member for 34 months. Real history is muuuuchhh longerrr :)

(57:07) All the lights in the studio should turn off and your printer should get a spot light whenever it's printing. Make it even more dramatic!

(57:28) The receipt-cam shoukd be PIP. But you need a needle to keep track of all the used receipts

(58:28) It's listed as DMC-G7 but only says 1080P

(58:41) That is going to get distracting now!!!

(58:45) I feel like these projects need to be promoted to the main stream so more people see all the wild things that you are making

(59:04) Make it so that the TV changes from the map to the printer camera

(1:07:41) Note to self, Order more thermal paper.

(1:07:46) @K0ala20 he got a whole case because that about the only way they sell it. He has plenty of paper.....

(1:07:56) Aaron, you're going to need a catch basket for the printer soon!

(1:08:02) Revert tv back to map after time interval?

(1:11:35) Yeah now instead of a $25 superchats I would be tempted to do 5 - $5 superchats...LOL

(1:11:45) Just be glad you don't have a CVS Pharmacy store algorithm running the receipt printer. 1-time = 36" of paper roll 🧻

(1:11:57) Is there a real life use for this -ideas please

(1:12:17) Daniela Tocan... we just on our tour back from the Donbas Frontline and are now in Romania/Ukraine borderline in Danube Delta.

(1:14:11) Just say when I have a Superchat ready

(1:15:02) Add a preset reset to your desk after the receipt prints

(1:16:55) We did brought there some private restored tanks from second world war... Kettenkrad... owners do restore them and give them for free to German technique museums... so we are still owners. now we did

(1:17:09) LLMs always write too many redundant tests to the point that it becomes annoying to develop with them. Had to tell codex to avoid writing tests altogether and had it full delete some existing tests

(1:18:02) Testing the new Printer 'routine'

(1:18:22) but it did not reset the tv back to the map

(1:19:31) Q: HEHEHE....Razorbaby, are you trying to test your triggers/alerts before your next broadcast, or are you trying to let your community interact with your channel while you are completely offline?

(1:20:03) Can the camera move faster so we don't see the camera movement? Otherwise, it works great!

(1:21:23) I like the camera move. But yea 15 seconds seems long

(1:21:32) I love how these streams can just follow a random rabbit hole

(1:21:46) I have the Rodecaster Video S. When using 4k capture do you need a separate program for the NDI? I use meld studio for streaming but was thinking ecamm would be better if it has a native NDI.

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(1:23:37) Q: Aaron, with your hours included, how "much" was your home Claudete build in time and cash?

(1:30:16) Q: How many hours have you flown in a single year?

(1:31:12) So now you can waste yet more time looking at this data!

(1:31:15) I waste a lot of time watching what my power wall is doing 😔

(1:31:27) 24/7 printer cam when?

(1:32:22) Claude max is so worth it IMHO

(1:32:38) If I say, "Don't forget to do blah, blah, blah." in the chat will the "Todo" list include my comment?

(1:32:50) I do not think there is anyone doing as much studio automation coding on YouTube as Aaron... fantastic stuff

(1:33:04) You posted the list a few years ago and I asked ChatGPT to sum the tons of CO2. It crashed.

(1:34:27) @aaronpk there are some great UI enhancements in Companion v5.1 Multiple button select for move/copy/paste, drag and drop buttons for moving and keeping layout of selected buttons on paste.

(1:34:45) Your going to have to plant a lot of trees to make up for all that co2

(1:35:00) Well done @aaronpk !! that was a fun rabbit trail