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14th January 2013 - The Worlds Newsroom (January 2013)

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RK
Rkolsen
deejay posted:
The screens are fed from an AUX on the vision mixer, a different feed for each screen. So in theory anything that lands on the vision mixer can be cut or mixed into any screen. The Mosart automation controls this in practice, and it's generally a server clip, a graphic from Viz or an OS. It can also be a split of two or three OSs and it can be mixed from one thing to another in sequence.

Okay, for some reason I thought for general backgrounds the BBC used a bespoke piece of hardware for playing out video (whether it's the London skyline or the BBC globe animation on the catwalk.)
MO
Moz
noggin posted:
Rkolsen posted:
I'm not sure if I ever got an answer (having trouble going through the archives on my iPad) but what exactly powers the on screen monitors?


Regular mains power, cleverly routed. They're standard LCD TVs I believe, in a nicely designed acrylic mounting. You can see where the cables for vision and power are routed if you look carefully.

Look carefully? There's a clunking big piece of horrible trunking coming down from the screen. Looks terrible & obvious!

They should have stuck with the original back projection clever-glass screens.
DE
deejay
Rkolsen posted:
deejay posted:
The screens are fed from an AUX on the vision mixer, a different feed for each screen. So in theory anything that lands on the vision mixer can be cut or mixed into any screen. The Mosart automation controls this in practice, and it's generally a server clip, a graphic from Viz or an OS. It can also be a split of two or three OSs and it can be mixed from one thing to another in sequence.

Okay, for some reason I thought for general backgrounds the BBC used a bespoke piece of hardware for playing out video (whether it's the London skyline or the BBC globe animation on the catwalk.)


Ah right! Yes, the general programme brands are indeed played in from a standalone server, so yes, you're right in that respect. However, these server outputs also land in the vision mixer so that they can be mixed in with other sources to an AUX feed and then to the screen itself.
RK
Rkolsen
deejay posted:
Rkolsen posted:
deejay posted:
The screens are fed from an AUX on the vision mixer, a different feed for each screen. So in theory anything that lands on the vision mixer can be cut or mixed into any screen. The Mosart automation controls this in practice, and it's generally a server clip, a graphic from Viz or an OS. It can also be a split of two or three OSs and it can be mixed from one thing to another in sequence.

Okay, for some reason I thought for general backgrounds the BBC used a bespoke piece of hardware for playing out video (whether it's the London skyline or the BBC globe animation on the catwalk.)


Ah right! Yes, the general programme brands are indeed played in from a standalone server, so yes, you're right in that respect. However, these server outputs also land in the vision mixer so that they can be mixed in with other sources to an AUX feed and then to the screen itself.

I'm curious do you know the brand of the server?
MB
Media Boy
The set servers are SDIx servers
http://www.future-software.co.uk/en-gb/products/sdix.aspx
RK
Rkolsen
Media Boy posted:


Thanks, I wasn't sure if it was a bespoke* system or using off the shelf hardware.

I found a similar situation from Abekas Mira Production which is used here in the US. A single server can output eight displays and multiple servers can be used in tandem to play out video In sync. Apparently NBC uses it accross their properties.

*Bespoke is a word that is rarely used in the United States. When I first heard it a few years ago on BBC I had to google it. Now when I use it I have to explain what it means. There have only been 230 instances of it used on TV since 2008 according to Archive.org TV caption search.
Last edited by Rkolsen on 21 November 2015 6:37am
HB
HarryB
World simulcasting with the NC once again this Saturday
BA
bilky asko
Rkolsen posted:
Media Boy posted:


Thanks, I wasn't sure if it was a bespoke* system or using off the shelf hardware.

I found a similar situation from Abekas Mira Production which is used here in the US. A single server can output eight displays and multiple servers can be used in tandem to play out video In sync. Apparently NBC uses it accross their properties.

*Bespoke is a word that is rarely used in the United States. When I first heard it a few years ago on BBC I had to google it. Now when I use it I have to explain what it means. There have only been 230 instances of it used on TV since 2008 according to Archive.org TV caption search.


It's perhaps better known in the UK because of its usage in tailoring (a bespoke suit from Savile Row, for example), where in the US you might say "custom-made" instead.
LL
London Lite Founding member
Did anyone else notice the blurry head shots during WNT at 2100? All the other cameras were fine.
GR
Graffismo
I don't know if you noticed, but the headline bed of BBC World News is now the same as used in News Channel.
BB
BBC WORLD 24
AlejoBBC posted:
I don't know if you noticed, but the headline bed of BBC World News is now the same as used in News Channel.


Was it during a simulcast with the news channel or a stand alone World bulletin?
HB
HarryB
AlejoBBC posted:
I don't know if you noticed, but the headline bed of BBC World News is now the same as used in News Channel.

I actually noticed this yesterday. I thought it was a simulcast with the NC but they used the world titles.

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