Using a Raspberry Pi as an operations clock

I know this is not a "World Clock" but for general event coordination, even across multiple venues, http://time.is is a useful tool. We use it for multi-campus coordination of live linking. Rather than relying on iPads and people phones (which always seem to go flat) to display the time, we can use a Raspberry Pi…

Instant Replay, Time Shift on the cheap

A poor mans Time Shift, delayed live stream or instant video replay solution. Just a science experiment at this but seems to be reliable. Using a combination of the following: Blackmagic TVS or H.264 hardware encoder MXPTiny to capture to Transport Stream file on SSD VLC to simultaneously play back recording file full screen on 2nd…

Use a Dark PowerShell ISE Theme in Video Production Environment

I use the PowerShell ISE in a lot of dimly lit places and it can be a bit disconcerting to have a very bright computer screen to look at when you are in a dark room. The default ISE shell supports themes. You can chance to a dark theme from Which will change the UI…