Still no fix to the problems with the Epiphan. While the new driver made some difference this works because the processing is off loaded from the unit to the Mac. Not a great solution when you need the processing power on the Mac for other things. The UK distributor is doing a good job chasing… Continue Reading
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TF19 – Telestream Wirecast 4, Epiphan VGA2USB LR and an iPad
After the last episode we were asked how we enabled the iPad to act as a video source for Wirecast. This episode covers how this was achieved using an Epiphan VGA2USB LR. Unfortunately this is a reasonably expensive solution and requires the iPad to be jailbroken to enable the displayout application to be loaded. This… Continue Reading
TF18 – Telestream Wirecast 4 and the Korg nanoKontrol
Telestream recently released a new version of their ‘tv studio’ software, Wirecast version 4, and we have just used it for on another podcast (A House in France). It worked well and we continue to experiment with it. Like all similar solution, when using Wirecast and appearing ‘on camera’ at the same time, it quickly… Continue Reading
TTFN.TV Site update with Rapidweaver
Started the process of updating the website today to get it ready for a new ‘show’. The site evolved based on Techcast Focus and has seen a stream of visitors (over 16,000) with total podcast viewing approaching 40,000! While not in the category now known as ‘viral’ this has shown there is a desire out… Continue Reading
Wirecast 4
We have been looking at the options for mixing/switching/streaming/recording Techcast Focus and some new shows in the planning phase. We had been looking at: Newtek Tricaster – Great hardware solution but expensive (on our current budget) BoinxTV – Mac based solution Vidblaster – Windows based solution. We had also looked at a product called Wirecast… Continue Reading
Epiphan VGA2USB LR problems – Part 2
Now have the Epiphan VGA2USB LR back and OneVideo have told me that there is nothing wrong with the unit itself but that the Mac driver didn’t allow you to turn off automatic hardware compression that causes this problem on fast moving sources. They had been chasing Epiphan for an updated driver and it was… Continue Reading
Epiphan VGA2USB LR problems
If you watched episode 17 of Techcast Focus you will have seen the problems I am having with a new Epiphan VGA2USB LR unit connected to an iPad. As the name implies this unit allows you to capture a VGA output as a USB video stream and either save it to disk using the Epiphan… Continue Reading
TF17 – Plex 9 Media Centre for OS X and iOS Part 3
In this final part of our series looking at Plex 9 we look at the iOS client and demonstrate it running on an iPad. Note: Apologies for the quality of the iPad screenshots. We are using a recently purchased Epiphan VAG2USB LR frame grabber and it does not appear to be working as it should,… Continue Reading
TF16 – Plex 9 Media Centre for OS X and iOS Part 2
Looking for a way of consolidating all your media files into a single easy to use interface? Then Plex 9 may be the answer. In this second of three episodes we look at using the server part of Plex 9 to provide media to multiple devices. In part 3 we will look at the iOS… Continue Reading
TF15 – Plex 9, a Media Center for OS X and iOS
Looking for a way of consolidating all your media files into a single easy to use interface? Then Plex 9 may be the answer. In this first of three episodes we cover installation on a standalone machine and have a quick look at the user interface. In the next episode we will look at using… Continue Reading
