[Jesse Miller]

using ex3’s. guess i will have to use one of them as the master.

with all the awesomeness of the kipro, it is a total bummer that the seductive ‘ltc out’ is dead except during playback.

someone should mention that to the product manager.

[Jesse Miller]

from the latest version of the kipro manual, this bit here makes me think you CANNOT use the kipro to send timecode out:

“Note: the Ki Pro LTC output does not provide output during EE
or recording operations; the output is only for use during playback, as might be used
for dubbing content to another device with matching timecode. For timecode to
multiple Ki Pro units, the use of a timecode generator and a timecode distribution
amplifier is recommended.”

right? no timecode out on the LTC during playback or EE operations means that you are SOL if you want to daisychain, or use the kipro as a master.

i am shooting a multicamera gig where we will be on freerun (recording internally to the cameras but a live cut to the kipro) and i had hoped to use the kipro as the master, but after reading that, sounds like i will have to use a camera as the master.

please correct me, i hope that i am wrong…

[Jesse Miller]

you win the chance to try to watch a live stream at 1500kbps

best of luck bro.

the important thing to take away from this, is that connecting to your computer with a high definition signal ~as of today~ is counter-productive, as i posted earlier, because you want to give an SD signal for your SD stream so as not to overwork your encoder.

when the internet can deliver a reliable 1500kbps signal to enough viewers at once to make an hd webcast viable, you can worry about connecting an HD signal to your encoder.

refer to craig’s mention of both youtube and vimeo. do either of those “stream” nicely to your workstation, or do you have to leave it on pause while the video loads up, slower than real time?

imho, we are not there yet. so, set your phasers to ‘downconvert’ and impress your friends with high quality video not much larger than 640×480, 25~30 fps. progressive would help also, i believe.

check out https://www.jtown.tv for impressive live broadcasts in just such a format. next broadcast, October 15th, 6:30pm, working title: “how to broadcast live video to the internet, with jesse miller”

youtube should be filling up shortly with highlights from last thursdays show, “tips and tricks on the ex3, with jesse miller”

[Jesse Miller]

Hey Dale.

machine to machine no problemo:
in the menu of your EX camera, set the SDI output to SD (standard definition).

conect the sdi out of your camera to sdi in on your 1500.

presto. real-time downconversion on playback.

of course, you do not benefit from the outstanding transfer speed of ex files to other ex devices. but this will get it done.

Jesse