Real Time Remote Editing with Avid

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Webcam video -- no hardware (via chat apps like Zoom)

  • advantage: affordable
  • disadvantage: 30 fps chat apps not optimized for 23.98 fps video

Zoom settings

stream direct from Avid Media Composer using NDI

screen share via Zoom (no hardware)

  • some report lag using this method [5]
  • others not: "Screen Sharing a video source in Zoom creates a lag of about 500ms. I think that is quite reasonable." [6]

Webcam video -- using existing Avid hardware

Avid DNxIP $4499 CAD

  • "send/stream content to any destination—anywhere" [7]

Avid DNxID $999 US (used for Avid Media Composer)

Webcam video -- using additional non-Avid hardware

BlackMagic Web Presenter $600 US

Blackmagic ATEM Mini $435 CAD

AVerMedia Live Gamer Portable 2 (GC510) $209 US

  • AVerMedia Live Gamer Portable 2 is fed video (720p/23.976 works, 1080p/23.976 does not) via HDMI from Avid sends back a web-cam compatible signal via USB that can be transmitted via Zoom or FaceTime or Skype
  • HDMI loops through the device back to client monitor
  • device has microphone input; audio from Avid HDMI combines with that in web-cam signal
  • Avid audio sounded bad (tinny) in tests
  • see: http://storage.avermedia.com/web_release_www/GC510/GC510_Datasheet_20170218.pdf

Magewell HDMI to USB 3.0 Dongle $402.42 CAD

  • HDMI in, web-cam out [9]
  • because there is no loop-through, an HDMI splitter would be needed if you needed to send HDMI to your monitor


HDMI Share via Zoom Rooms $49 US/month + hardware

  • Zoom will detect HDMI source from these HDMI devices:
  • requires Zoom Rooms $49 US/month
    • "Zoom Rooms a software-based room system that runs on a Mac or Windows computer, and uses an iPad, Android or Windows tablet as the room controller" [10]

Direct video (to remote client monitor or webpage)

  • advantage: compatible with 23.98 video
  • disadvantage: higher priced encoders

Sohonet Clearview Flex $2000 US/month

Evercast $1000 US/month

Makito from Haivision (price not listed)

  • see: https://doc.haivision.com/MakitoXEnc2.3
  • encoding box at editor's end and decoding box at producer's end connected to monitor
  • one-to-one video transmission
  • SDI input and ethernet port on editor's end
  • HDMI output and ethernet port on producer's end
  • configured via IP web interface

EPS Cinestream Server (price unknown)

  • see: https://www.epscineworks.com/editorial
  • SDI video from Avid sent to capture card on 2010 Mac Pro running Windows 7 Pro and OBS Studio software (was Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder 3.2) streaming to EPS server that hosts to EPS password protected web page.

Desktop Stream

Pac Post Live

  • https://pacpost.live/
  • uses OBS app and Millicast streaming servers to stream Avid desktop to client
    • usually Avid Fullscreen window is streamed

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