r/audiovisual

Anyone else getting AI fatigue? I was working with a client to develop a pretty interesting solution for their product, and asked for some tech specs. I got back a ridiculous 10 paragraph AI-generated response that conflated lighting concepts with camera concepts, showed a complete lack of understanding of camera specs, video specs, etc., and get an audio spec using language I've never seen before when discussing basics like mics, mixers, amps, speakers, and sends. It would take me longer to deconstruct the email than it would to just shoot out a quote, so that's what I did, and then they sent a response with another long set of questions that don't make sense. I walked it because I just don't have the mental bandwidth to realign their questions with reality. This isn't the first time, and I'm curious if anyone else is experiencing this too.

Olá pessoal, tudo bem?

Todos nós sabemos que a sigla USP carrega um peso histórico quando se trata de diploma e reputação, porém, durante o processo da graduação, quanto isso é válido de fato?

Venho aqui fazer esses questionamentos pois há alguns dias, fiquei um pouco mais curioso para saber a respeito do curso de audiovisual na usp e sempre me deparo com relatos rasgando elogios que possuem uma "boa equipe" e "infraestrutura" ou (comentei acima sobre o peso da sigla) que o mercado de trabalho abre muito mais portas quando veem de onde saiu o diploma. No entanto, para pessoas iguais a mim, que não possuem nenhum tipo de contato com quem cursa ou cursou AV na usp, as únicas fontes de informações geralmente são esses relatos dispersos, ou dados de google ou dessas IA's da vida, que geralmente colocam a usp como sendo o caminho definitivo para networking, festivais e "cinema de arte", características que me atraem e muito, pois nunca quis enxergar a faculdade como uma sala de aula do ensino médio, ou seja, chega na sala, faz a prova e mete o pé.

Porém, nessa busca por respostas acabo por encontrar um vídeo no YouTube de uma pessoa que está no último ano de graduação de audiovisual na usp e, resumidamente, ela falou que o curso tem sim a parte prática, mas muito mais focado na teoria, principalmente nos dois primeiros anos, que são os mais pesados por conta da quantidade de matérias e ainda uma certa disputa para usar os equipamentos da ECA.

Contudo, apesar dessas críticas à USP, não é como se a Faap e a AIC fossem um refúgio grandioso.

Enfim, fiz toda essa introdução para perguntar de vocês, e eu agradeço desde já pela resposta, se vocês tivessem a oportunidade de cursar produção audiovisual (tecnólogo Faap) junto com os cursos livres da AIC cinema ou Cinema (bacharelado Faap) junto com a AIC, a USP faria muita falta???

Principalmente se a gente for pensar por esse lado do "cinema autoral" ou "cinema de arte"??

porque ao passo que vejo essas críticas a respeito da usp, eu também tenho medo de não construir uma base forte, caso opte por esse caminho "privado", porque o networking dentro do audiovisual é super importante!!

É isso, quem puder me responder ou dizer que essa opinião é chula e que na verdade eu estou muito distante da realidade ou que eu não entendi nada, ou então que faz um pouco de sentido, eu agradeço hahahaha.

Obs: esqueci de colocar o título do vídeo no YouTube

“Se eu tivesse visto esse vídeo ANTES não teria cursado CINEMA NA USP” - Fehaescritora

Título e nome do canal acima

Several years ago our local community center was destroyed by an arsonist in the middle of the night. Being a small, unincorporated area, this hit us hard. It's been 3-1/2 years and we're finally breaking ground to build a new center using local volunteer talent. I'm working on the AV design and would like to ask if anyone can recommend good sources for refurbished AV equipment such as projectors, speakers, audio DSPs, etc. We're fundraising to build it and any lead would be most appreciated. Thanks!

(P.S. the arsonist was caught and was incarcerated, but we're left with the aftermath).

So I’m been thinking about starting a very small 1 men AV company. I had experience from middle school and I’m currently working in a small theater and I wanted to know what would be the best way to start an AV company?

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for a taut, spandex-style drape to skirt a tech station table. Rather than using a standard fitted table cover, I'd like it to attach to a pipe-and-drape frame with uprights and crossbars to create a clean, professional-looking tech booth.

Has anyone used a product or vendor that works well for this? I'm open to off-the-shelf or custom solutions, including tension-fabric, stretch-spandex, or other draping options that maintain a tight, wrinkle-free appearance.

Any recommendations, photos of your setups, or lessons learned would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I'm not sure if this is the right community to ask this in, but I'll do it anyway. I recently graduated from college, and I am looking for a job (original I know...). I don't remember which subreddit was talking about Encore Global as a great place to start, but my takeaways were that they will hire with little to no experience. I have some experience doing AV work in college, and I applied 2 weeks ago. I was just curious if anyone could speak on the response window, or when they will reach back out, if at all. On top of that, too, regardless of workplace quality, is Encore an easy place to get work? Personally, I've had one too many job rejections lately, and I get that its part of the game, but it's really getting me.

Hello! This is my first time posting but figure to ask here while i’m asking around and in the beginning stages of production. I am doing theatrical production that is involved with heavy video production (main idea is having massive “security” presence with cameras and monitors around the space). I have some basic understanding about live streaming and recording media, but not so much about equipment or a multi-screen system.

Note: Meaning of monitors/screens are like Tv screens set around the area for audience to look at

My idea is having about 7 live stream cameras throughout the space and then about 8(?) monitors also around the space. What I want to achieve is able to switch to a live camera and then back to either another live camera or prerecorded media. I know this is possible because I have seen concerts switch back and forth between live streaming and prerecorded, I’m just not sure what softwares they are using.

Where I am having a real rough time is the controlling of the monitors. I would like to achieve having individual control with each monitor of what type of recording is on the screen (One monitor showing a live stream and another monitor have prerecorded media) Like all monitors would with have the same media and then all (or groups of them) then have different media playing… i’m just struggling on what equipment i should be using if this idea is feasible. Thanks:)

For a workshop about AI, my organization is planning on having attendees work in Claude. The hotel AV company needs to know how much extra bandwidth we need. I have no clue! I used chatGPT and Claude to generate an answer. For people who actually know about these things, does my draft to the AV team to get an estimate seem remotely correct? What is missing?

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We are planning for approximately 100 laptops concurrently using Claude during a two-hour hands-on session.

The exercises will be primarily text- and document-based. We do not anticipate video streaming or other particularly bandwidth-intensive activities.

For planning purposes, we would like to request:

• 150 Mbps of dedicated symmetric bandwidth for the workshop room
• Capacity to support approximately 100 simultaneous laptop connections
• Estimated actual data usage of approximately 3–7 GB per hour, or roughly 15–25 GB total over the two-hour workshop

The 150 Mbps recommendation includes headroom for periods when many participants may submit prompts at the same time, as well as document uploads and downloads, web browsing, authentication, and normal background laptop traffic.

Claude itself is generally not especially bandwidth-intensive compared with video conferencing or streaming. Our greater concern is ensuring that the Wi-Fi infrastructure in the room can reliably accommodate 100 simultaneous devices without congestion or aggressive per-device throttling.

If helpful for your planning, 75 Mbps symmetric would likely be sufficient for the core Claude activity, but we would prefer 150 Mbps dedicated symmetric bandwidth to provide a comfortable margin and reduce the risk of connectivity issues during the hands-on exercises. We do not believe 200 Mbps or more is necessary unless it is advisable based on the venue's network configuration.

Please let me know if you need any additional technical information from us.

Hey everyone, hoping to get some advice on the cleanest way to set this up for a multi-use room.

Our Current Setup: We run our main services using Lightkey on a Mac, which is triggered automatically by our ProPresenter slides via MIDI. Lightkey sends Art-Net/sACN over Ethernet to a Chauvet DJ DMX-AN2 node, which outputs to our physical 3-pin DMX lines out to the lights. It works beautifully and we love the ease of use.

The Goal: We are installing some new lights and want to add a simple wall-mounted button controller. The main reason we need this is to give people a simple way to control the lights without the laptop needing to be present.

When the Mac is unplugged or away, volunteers or building staff still need to be able to select scenes and turn on lights. We want them to easily walk in, hit "Preset 1" on a wall plate, and have basic house/stage lights come on. However, we still need the Lightkey + ProPresenter integration to have full control when the Mac is plugged in for services.

My Confusion: I'm honestly super confused about the signal flow and whether I should be doing this on the network side or the physical DMX side.

1. The Network Route: Do I look for a PoE sACN wall station and plug it into the same network switch as the Mac and the Chauvet DMX-AN2? If I do this, will the Chauvet node properly handle sACN priorities so Lightkey overrides the wall station when the Mac is connected?
2. The DMX Route: Or, do I get a physical DMX wall station that sits inline after the Chauvet node? (Chauvet Node -> DMX out to Wall Station -> DMX out to Lights). Will an architectural station automatically pass through the Lightkey data when the Mac is sending data, and then take over when we unplug the Mac?

I'm completely fine with buying new hardware if necessary, but changing software is a dealbreaker because our ProPresenter integration is completely dialed in.

Has anyone tackled this exact setup where the main presentation computer isn't always present? I’d love to hear your suggestions on what specific wall stations would be a good fit, especially any budget-friendly or affordable options that work reliably. Which routing method have you found to be the most practical?

Thank you!

Hi I'm interested in being a AV Tech after an experience in college working under the AV Tech office for a theatre. I dropped out of college since the program wasn't really for me and I'm interested in internship/apprenticeship style education or hands-on certifications. I live in Virginia and some of the courses/places I'm looking at right now are CTI, and Sheffield Institute.

I believe the unit has failed although I haven't thoroughly checked it yet. The unit was supporting three projectors and three LED big screens. I was hoping to spend less than $3,000, I'm having trouble finding a decent unit are there any recommendations?