Production The Cheap Podcast Studio It turns out people are still podcasting. So here's a cheap setup that'll get you the best bang for your buck.
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’
Podcast Decrypting the Living Room In this special we look at the technical details of the consumer side of the industry, from TVs and game consoles to the marketing-speak that confuses everyone. HDMI, HDCP, 4K, HDR, VR – if it’s been debated in a comments section, we’ll cover it.
Management The Importance of Inclusive Diversity Not too long ago I attended an event for broadcast engineers. After more than one welcome to “engineers and wives,” a speaker talked about how important it is for us
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
Tech HDR Explained for Regular People HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. When an HDR source like a game or video is displayed on an HDR TV, there’s a much bigger difference between dark stuff and light stuff than there is on a regular TV.
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
Tech Does Star Trek Teleportation Just Kill You? In prep for our teleportation podcast, I remembered a conversation I had years ago with @gregbobak about teleportation in Star Trek, and if it’s actually you that comes out the other end.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Gaming BREAKING: Playstation 4 Not Compatible With Fat Cats Today Arthur Gies, reviews editor at Polygon, confirmed that a fat enough cat could possibly cause a vertically-oriented Playstation 4 to tip over. if you push on the left side
AJA 1080p 60fps Capture for Xbox One & Playstation 4 Arthur asked me about 1080p capture for next-gen systems. Right after that I got a bunch of new Twitter followers. So it seems like people are interested. I figured I’
Game Capture Microsoft Demands Rights That We Can't Give Microsoft is updating their Terms of Use for Xbox Live. Normally I would barely notice, let alone write anything about it – but I was struck by the oddness of part
Adobe OS X Mavericks Production Software & Driver Compatibility In case you’ve been hiding under a rock, OS X Mavericks (10.9) released yesterday, and it’s free. But should you upgrade? If you’re in production, check
Copyright "Mistaken" DMCA Notice Kills Benefit for Children's Miracle Network Well here we go again: another live stream killed by overzealous, negligent, and ultimately abusive application of the DMCA. Tonight’s UMG Gaming COD tournament was unexpectedly cut short, with
Featured The Best Stuff to Travel With I’ve been traveling for a significant portion of my career. Tokyo, Amsterdam, Vancouver, Illinois, even Timbuktu – I’ve lived in many a hotel room. In that much time, you
Featured Xbox One & Playstation 4 Capture Features Compared So at this point we’ve got a pretty decent idea of how we’ll be able to capture the next-gen consoles. It’s kind of hard to keep track
Featured Xbox One Release Date 11/1? I noticed something interesting today on the Amazon Affiliates site. The Affiliates program has a lot of different custom banners and ad units that they create for people to include
Game Capture Xbox One Capture: Good News and Guarded Optimism Today Polygon reported that the Xbox One will support external video capture. While this is consistent with Microsoft’s ongoing messaging regarding capture – that it’ll work “the same as
Featured Criminalizing Gameplay Capture Hurts Everyone Since E3 we’ve been talking a lot about what the gameplay capture landscape will look like when the new consoles launch this fall – specifically, whether or not we’ll
Android OUYA Videos: Review, First Impressions, and Emulators Ramping up to E3, Ty and I spent a lot of time with the OUYA. We documented our first experiences with it, played some games, emulated some NES and other
