Tech Problem with Wacom Tablet in Chrome? Here are Some Things to Try I use a Wacom tablet as my mouse. Recently I had to build a new laptop, and half the time when I tried to click something in Chrome it didn’t work. The
Facebook How to Connect a Tascam 70D to an iPhone for Facebook Live (or Other Reasons) Say you want to do Facebook Live but have good audio, and happen to have a Tascam 70D audio recorder. It’s super easy to connect it to your iPhone. This should also
Tech Ubiquiti US-16-XG Beta - Invalid Firmware Fix A while back we picked up a couple Ubiquiti US-16-XG switches for $299 each during their beta period. These are 10G switches, 12 SFP+’s and 4 RJ45’s, at a pretty crazy
Production $99 to Make Your Podcast Sound A Lot Better Most Black Friday deals nowadays aren’t great. But if you’ve got a podcast, and want it to sound better, there are a couple deals you really need to check out. And
Adobe Adobe Premiere Pro 2015.3 Drops Video Card Support Apparently Premiere Pro 2015.3 drops support for some video cards, which they now consider “legacy.” Some of the info is behind a LinkedIn members-only group, so I’m reposting it here. These
Production The $500 (ish) Podcast Studio - 2015 Edition I’ve updated the $500 Podcast Studio store to better reflect the options available currently. You’ll notice that it’s a bit over $500 – at the time of this writing, this is
Etc The Mystery Box Challenge It’s time! In honor of our 100ish podcast episode, we’re giving away a box of random stuff we grabbed from around our houses and offices. This includes (but may not be
Distribution How the "Meet Me at Starbucks" YouTube Ad Works A coworker sent over a link to this Starbucks ad campaign, interested to know more about the technology behind the YouTube integration. So of course I pulled it apart to get down to
Gaming So You Want to Work at IGN? Today there are a bunch of open jobs up at IGN, in both Editorial and Video, that I’m sure a lot of you are eyeing or even applying for. But stop! Take
Copyright The Twitch Hunts: How to Fix Automated Copyright Enforcement Well, here we are again. I’ve written before about the dangers of automated enforcement before, and very little has changed. This time it’s Twitch, which has implemented a system that will
ContentID YouTube Has Lost Its Way Today YouTube asked me for feedback. I gave it to them. I’ve worked in media production for my entire professional life. I’ve never once had to provide my software’s licensing
Etc Our New Logo is Awesome and Free A few weeks ago, I got an email from a new podcast fan: I’ve listened to three episodes of Video Grandpa this far and it’s great, but the logo has been
Aereo Aereo Austin In-Depth Preview Aereo, a service that lets you watch & record broadcast TV online for $8/month, is launching in Austin on March 3rd. I took it for a test drive across iOS, Roku and
Adobe AVerMedia ExtremeCap U3: Review, Walkthrough & Quality Comparisons AVerMedia sent me one of their new ExtremeCap U3 capture units, which promises 1080p60 H.264 and uncompressed capture options for under $200. I’ve spent the past month putting it through its
4k Netflix Didn't Win CES Last week The Verge ran an article about How Netflix won CES – they also named Netflix “Biggest Story” in their Best of CES 2014 awards. By the end of the show, every major
