Aaron Parecki

🔴 Live Q&A! Live Demo of the AVKANS AV-E20-NDI PTZ Camera and Black Friday deals!

December 1, 2024

Questions

(7:01) Q: Did you get the PTZ camera

(7:06) Yolobox Ultra update 2.7.4 works perfectly!

(7:24) The only Youtuber who actually reads his email. ;)

(7:46) Q: Okay Aaron... what Black Friday stuff did you buy?

(12:09) Yes, the StarTech one is the one i use.

(12:17) Q: Wow this project is getting darn expensive 🤣

(16:24) Q: You need to make a history gear corner in the studio🤣

(16:29) Q:What will happen to the gear after the project is done ?

(17:41) Q: There is so much Black Friday and Cyber Monday Youtube videos out there, especially for streamer gear :)

(17:57) lol my gym has a clock that can only be adjusted with a remote...that is also lost. 1st world problem? haha

(18:03) Lily's good influence is showing..

(18:12) @Aaron Parecki I would have gladly paid 300$ for the mini DV deck the one I bought way back I think was close to a GRAND!

(18:24) Q: Is the StarTech converter better then using the Elgato with S-Video and Composite?

(21:56) De-anamorphize ❓

(22:00) was that the PTZ shot?

(22:01) That saved 3 cameras.

(22:03) Whoa, fast move with PTZ. Presets?

(24:06) Looked pretty darn good to me. Not as good as a $2500 camera, but pretty good.

(26:32) Q: Can we see a comparison between the MFT cameras at ISO 1600 Vs the new PTZ?

(32:34) Q: can you do split screen of 2 cams?

(34:06) Using these cameras in situations where I can give them 3 cameras instead of one.... lots of schools... house of worship etc.

(34:14) Aaron makes an excellent point that fine-tuning these things can make a big difference.

(34:30) Q:BG-H1 still rocks :9

(34:38) Q: Where did you get the 'social media' publishing calendar behind you?

(34:44) @Stewart Whaley that's a product Aaron designed - https://shop.aaronpk.tv/products/2024-wall-calendar-poster

(37:23) Q: is it just NDI or does it have other protocols?

(40:10) Q: how about presets for positions and zoom ?

(40:27) Q: Do you always control PTZ cameras with native software? Or do you have a good recommendation for software??

(48:01) Why didn’t you use long press action for setting a new pre set?

(48:51) Yes, I did mine with variables

(48:54) Q: Middle Control's Companion pages take a similar approach with the save and recall.

(49:01) Q: you can see the color difference on the super source, where you have your background

(51:00) Q: it's more red on the PTZ cam, where it's more orange on the BGH-1

(52:27) Q: So if you hold longer than 100ms, would save command run? I noticed "Abort delayed commands" action is set to 100ms so think that's the thing that cancels the delayed save?

(53:59) Free back and white is neat :)

(54:05) Turns out, that your background logo is good for cheap PTZ cam color tuning :)

(55:14) Q: the SuperSource background !!

(55:28) @Aaron Parecki theoretically you could also create a LUT and import into a converter to get it closer to the BGH1s if you wanted (or whatever cameras's anyone wants to match to)

(55:51) Q: In the Multiviews, when you have both cameras on the rack

(57:47) Q If you have pan speed on the web interface and in companion set differently, do the stay separated? They do on PTZ Optics, which I like.

(59:30) The same cameras can and will have different white balances in the same room according to there position and angle of light

(59:36) Q: can you read out the set speed from the camera ?

(1:00:07) @Aaron Parecki curious it the PTZ camera will work with the control on the YoloBox Ultra

(1:02:14) Q: Maybe one of the triangle bars on the right of DM is speed?

(1:02:26) Q notice the joystick icon in the multiview. Quicker access to the controls?

(1:04:34) Q now I wonder if you also had a joystick, if it's speed would be it's own too.

(1:04:41) Q: Any ideas for creative low budget PTZ joysticks?

(1:06:03) Use a Play Station controller!

(1:06:10) Q: you can sometimes use game controllers as PTZ joysticks

(1:06:14) Q: DId you say itthe AVKANS was $329? It's £590 in Amazon UK! 😞

(1:06:47) Again, I think this points out that if you fine-tune even these cheap PTZs you can get good results. I think Aaron is demonstrating that for scenarios where PTZs are useful, this is good value

(1:07:26) you can use a game controller for ptz with ndi.

(1:07:29) My Sony PTZ controller is like $3K

(1:07:39) I tried using an Xbox controller. I didn't like it.

(1:10:14) Nunchuck port at the bottom

(1:10:27) good afternoon, I tried to use my iPhone 14 as an ndi phone last night from my event, is there a fix to why the video choppy and freezes. what do you recommend i purchase to get a video feed in low 💡

(1:11:58) Q: I'm switching from HDMI to SDI should I get an ATEM Extreme SDI or just converters?

(1:13:10) @Eddy04tv get the GoStream DUET! @Aaron Parecki

(1:14:04) Everything is hdmi on my workflow. Just that the pricetag.

(1:14:09) @MattWRuff I don't stream from the ATEM. I use a LiveU unit. :D

(1:14:24) Q: hallo from Czech Republic, i have a question. For start live stream is better ATEM Extreme ISO plus Rode caster Duo or Rode Caster Video. Thanks Josef

(1:15:59) Duet is great, but plusses/minuses compared to ATEM. For example, if you need great super source, Duet is limited.

(1:16:49) Q: speaking of Rodecasters - new driver support for them to allow you to map application sound to the faders like a GoXLR

(1:17:05) Q:Just did an exhibition booth with the ATEM SDI Extreme ISO. Nothing beats it.

(1:17:19) Hi. SDI is much more robust than HDMI. If you have only short runs and a one time install, then HDMI is the way. But if you do events, SDI is the way. Gilles

(1:17:55) Q: Windows & Mac - only released this morning

(1:17:58) Q: but it's still a bit limited on Mac.

(1:18:26) All this from asking @Aaron Parecki about affordable PTZ 2 weeks ago. Amazing

(1:18:32) I had a couple of 100ft fiber hdmi. But they cost more and get damaged faster.

(1:19:30) Q: Curious if you've tried PTZ in low light?

(1:21:25) Looks great.

(1:21:26) Decent

(1:21:27) It will degrade in low light...

(1:21:32) Q: Can we see the PTZ with internal denoise off?

(1:22:55) That look FAR better than I was expecting!

(1:23:05) Not having a YT stream, I look at the AVKANS and I think to myself, this is NOT a potato cam. Better than any Logitech potato cam.

(1:23:16) Q: can you face PTZ in low light? my concern is usually about making sure people look okay

(1:25:12) Seems usable

(1:25:15) Usable

(1:25:22) With the noise the YT encoder goes off the rocker.

(1:25:31) Q: Do you use the Ultimate 12?

(1:26:15) Q: Have you had much time to experiment more with the Stream Deck Studio?

(1:28:28) Q: for Canon PTZ, game controller control works through their software, but not browser control (or at least I haven't figured out how). Might be similar for Akvans?

(1:28:47) @Aaron Parecki totally OFF-Topic but YoloBox 2.8.4 released was only released to 20% of the user base but I think they are pushing it out to everyone Monday

(1:28:59) Q: Any experience controlling Samsung TVs with Companion? I cannot get it to work no matter what I try

(1:30:28) I might worry about autofocus performance in low light tho

(1:30:32) I'm curious what you've experienced in terms of support - I know it's a bit biased on their behave responding to you but I find the biggest problem with more budget-friendly products is the support

(1:31:02) To me, unless you need a battery powered camera, these AVKANS units are a much better value than the Obsbot tail air

(1:31:29) The studio lighting torture test, for the win 👍It's giving the AVKANS a workout.

(1:31:34) @Gwen Park All my presets turn on AF, move the camera, then lock focus after a few seconds.

(1:32:39) Q: is it maybe, that the webpage overrides the others, but the others don't override the webpage.

(1:32:46) Q: you may have all those angles .. but your PTZ camera still can't track you 😛 .... that's the killer feature of Middle Control + DJI Lidar

(1:33:00) Q: Was that a 14inch ProArt display for the chat ?

(1:34:28) Q: I find it interesting that the NDI HX logo is larger than their actual logo... surely that can't be a licensing thing

(1:34:44) @Aaron Parecki Oh, it's NDI HX.. Do you know which version?

(1:36:24) I have emailed them and they are responsive

(1:36:41) If I had know about these PTZ I would NOT have got the TailAir. But for what I'm doing in my office the TailAIr does fine. I need the PTZ for my Africa project.

(1:37:42) looks like the old cisco conference room cameras

(1:37:50) Tail Air is better if you need tracking?

(1:38:43) I could see the size based on the duo next to it

(1:38:49) Q: they are new at that price on Amazon, too.

(1:39:25) Q Not to mention needing power at the source. A PoE camera with SDI needs only 2 cables.

(1:40:11) Well and lots of Companion hacking

(1:40:27) best way to multi camera reply in live stream

(1:41:04) Q: uhhh .. the HX3 one has a tally. Does yours ?

(1:42:18) Q; it's likely triggered by NDI tally .. so it should light up, when you use the Magewell

(1:42:50) It defaults to 1080P 60

(1:42:55) altho there are tons of PTZ no-names on Amazon... how do those compare to FoMaKo which does have a controller??

(1:43:12) THANKS Aaron I order one and will test it out. Then see what kind of deal I can get for 15 of them for my Africa Project

(1:43:20) Just did a 4 camera deploy of the Canon CR-N700. Very impressed

(1:43:58) I'm just so pleased to see random manufacturers releasing new things, with usable quality video, for reasonable prices.

(1:44:07) Q: nah ... the HX3 has a light at the top of the lens .. so yours probably does not have it

(1:44:12) Canon CR-N700 is also really big and heavy

(1:44:18) for the cost of 1-CR-N700 Matt could get ALL of his Africa Project AVKANS cams.

(1:44:28) Heck for $327, I would move IDE/SCSI jumpers to get the correct resoltuion. 😸

(1:44:40) I hate dip switches

(1:44:53) CR-N500 is like 9, 10 pounds so 700 is probably similar

(1:45:46) Dip switches are hard to change and not always clear what they do

(1:45:54) 9 or 10 pounds is not much for a cat ... my last cat was a Norwegian Forrest cat at more than twice the weight

(1:45:58) Were setting up 5 streaming center in 5 separate countries in Africa I keep you informed @Aaron Parecki

(1:46:07) Are you using sdi. How is the latency?

(1:46:22) Imagine the affiliate payout when Matt buys 15 of them

(1:47:29) Even clicking on the affiliate links and buying another product from that marketplace can help

(1:49:17) Off to Curtis Judd in 10 minutes Thanks @Aaron Parecki