r/broadcastengineering

Hey everyone, Following up on our discussions about burnout, low pay, and the corporate revolving door, a much darker thought crossed my mind that I wanted to put out there.

We talk a lot about why we're miserable, why management doesn't care, and why the hard labor never stops.

But let’s be completely honest with ourselves for a second: Are we actually staying because we love it, or because we're terrified that our entire skillset is locked inside a dying industry?

When you've spent 10, 15, or 20 years mastering master control, live multi-stream workflows, or niche broadcast gear, your brain gets institutionalized. You look at corporate office jobs, tech, or even freelancing on the outside, and you hit a wall: Can I actually pivot, or am I just tied because I don't know how to do anything else?

I want to hear from the veterans and the escapees:

-For those who finally made the jump to freelance, agency work, or completely outside the industry, was it actually a life raft, or did you just trade one kind of prison for another?

-For those still inside,are you staying because you genuinely want to be here, or because the fear of starting over feels heavier than the burnout?

Are we choosing this, or are we just trapped?

Hello all, I am seeking an NTSC Ampex AVR-2 Quad VTR tape machine. These were predominantly used in broadcast television and video production editing facilities throughout the 1970s and 80s. If anyone has any leads or one they’d like to part with please message me. Will travel across Canada or the United States.

Thanks!

I’ve recently dropped out of college, (for both financial reasons and simply being exhausted from being a student)

As of right now I started something called Signal Academy I want to find the price for the full thing but can’t seem to find it?

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to learn besides apprenticeships (NEP, Game creek) and Dante?

Then is there any tips of finding an actual job related to broadcast engineering?

Heya all
I’m not in the broadcast space I’m a focus puller so forgive any stupid questions.
Ive got a job shooting in the o2 arena in London during a sold out concert and I was wondering if anyone has experience using teradek bolt 6 1500s for wireless video feed in such an environment.
The current plan is to only run a single camera wireless which would be an onstage steadicam the video village will be positioned just off stage left so it’s not a massive distance it would need to cover

I was also wondering what the longest bnc run you’d recommend I run would be before needing to convert to fibre (which would involve hiring a team to do that)

Any other advice appreciated!!
Cheers!!

Hi everyone,

I’m using a camera connected to my laptop through a capture card, and I’m using the capture card as an input in vMix.

The camera and vMix are both set to the same resolution and frame rate, but the recorded video is not smooth. It looks like there is some stuttering/juddering in the final recording.

The important thing is that the input and output frame rate are supposed to match.

What could cause this kind of stuttering? Could it be related to frame timing/frame synchronization, the capture card, USB bandwidth, or the vMix recording/encoder settings?

What would be the best way to determine whether frames are being dropped or duplicated somewhere in the chain?

Thanks.

Anyone have experience working with these cameras in their “Cinema” mode as Sony calls it in the menu. I’ve got four of these in a studio environment and I am trying to understand on how they handle SLog3/SGamut3Cine. Our post team has taken footage from these cameras and when they apply a standard Sony Slog3 to Rec 709 LUT, the footage looks off. My thinking is that they need to first conform from HDR to SDR before applying a LUT.

But that’s only part of the issue. I cannot figure out how to load a LUT into the camera and see that LUT applied to an output. We are using HDCU5500 CCU’s with RCP3500’s. Would love to pick someone’s brain who has experience with these cameras. I’m also tasked with getting these to play nice with other models of Sony cams (FX9, FS7, etc.) Any tips would be appreciated!