5.a. SWCSR 02-04-2016 Sherburne Wright Cable Commission
Equipment Report
February 4th, 2016
VieBit Upgrade
We have started the process of upgrading our Video on Demand service to VieBit. Currently you
know it as PEG Central. We have converted SWTV. You can see it at https://swtv.viebit.com/
It also will be embedded on our SWTV website. Leightronix recently upgraded all their
equipment and software and the result is VieBit. We have been working with Leightronix for the
past year preparing for this change.
You will notice a dramatic improvement in video and audio quality. In addition to the quality of
standard definition video (SD) they have also added High Definition (HD) capability. For the last
year we have recorded all our trailer videos in both SD and HD in anticipation of this change.
Mark and producers in other cities have been informed of the change and will be producing their
future programming in HD.
Another benefit is that it makes use of the site much easier for viewers. Searching for a video is
quick and easy and the site is now easily searchable. Cities will still be able to add searchable
links to their council meetings and posting a program or meeting to the site has become
dramatically easier for city staff.
VieBif
. . a., ... CITY OF
.a. a..
Live Streaming
Gov Awl
tt
j(' ovfa t
iWtNI\t
i ."I
luroopol Meetrsps•t Deal Events•Ant ouncornen's&Alerts
r q ga
g
l i
Video-on-Demand a
1
We will be adding it to each city in the coming month. I will be contacting the specific city staff
that works with posting your meetings or cable casting to setup a brief training session and
implement that changes. I would strongly recommend that you share the changes with your
council and staff members after we make the update so they can see the improvement and utilize
the new features.
It's important to note that Leightronix is not charging a fee to do this and they haven't changed
their rates. They have told me that they are still adding features and in fact are implementing
some that we have suggested.
Video-on-Demand Sea Q 13
Collapse Ar 0 Dare`
� 2015 Holland Tulip Festival Point-to-Point Broads v
Al Fies a s Talk Ten:'^e arr,,el'estr.at of notutrs in Hoiend MI found a grease
'o5ons 11F"o 3'1. ek r at aeOw.aux before wan the mot-to-posit broadcasting
ta¢ts+arogy of 11m Indole:Orae"'.
ustotner Success
yTRflldtX Crewed Gate.Duty 23,2015
__
>r er ss "s s Aragon 0004:13
SuhrettncodeX One
Folder Customer Success
2015 LFIGHTRONIX NAB Show Recap r 0
A a.P3, - ,+r c - .Oviled case Ally 23,2015
Ater. ,.4'lobes Dungan 00:1037
Si t:NAB Snow 2015
. Folder LEIGHTRONUX
Trailer Furnace
It's been so much easier to do winter shoots since we got the heater installed. We've been using a
portable propane heater for the last couple of years and on many shoots it didn't really do the job
we needed it to do.
We got quotes from camping and trailer supply vendors but they didn't seem to be trustworthy.
Mark persevered and found a place that did a wonderful install then we added some venting on
our own from one of our AV suppliers.
When we bought the trailer it had wonderful air conditioning but really poor floor board heaters.
They weren't sufficient for even Florida winters let alone a Sherburne Wright winter. We had to
cancel one shoot this winter because of extreme cold before the furnace was installed so this
addition will make a big difference.
2
Trailer Productions
We have had a good winter so far covering hockey and basketball. We seem to have a good
system down and we have really raised the quality and look of our productions now. The "new"
cameras have been in use for over a year now and have held up well. Our recent new audio mixer
acquisition has really helped the sound quality. We shoot everything in HD now but make
simultaneous SD copies for the cable channel.
We use replay regularly on every sports shoot and this has become very popular. Ifs also made it
easier for our announcers to report the action accurately. Our next challenge for upgrade is to add
a game clock and score to our graphics.
Viewers want to be able to see the score and the exact game clock at all times during sporting
events. We currently use a camera to take a shot of the scoreboard and cut to it when time
allows. Our goal is to embed the score and clock information in the main program feed so that
viewers can always see it while watching the action.
Given the many different scoreboards in each of the locations that we shoot at it's nearly
impossible to do this now. I'm meeting with a company soon that provides a solution to this
problem. Their device will take a camera shot of any scoreboard and convert the image to data
which can be embedded into our program feed.
This is a huge technology change that will benefit our productions greatly. I will report back at
the next meeting and plan to show you a video of how it works. It appears to be cost effective but
I want to demo it before requesting the ability to add it to our trailer.
ANEW
.dar '1111
%
•
40.
SWTV and ERtV Announcer Phil Johnson interviews Elk River Activities Director Mike Cunningham.
3
115‘ 11)
! fA
i
SWTV Truck and Trailer at Elk River Ice Arena ERtV producer Jake Pace next to KSTP News Crew
Charter HD Timetable and Nexus Upgrade
We have been negotiating the upgrade to HD with Charter for several years now. Bob has
reported that Charter's attorney acknowledges the issue but has not committed to any time table
yet.
Charter has committed to converting the St. Cloud systems channel no later than January of
2017. Comcast has switched over to HD feeds in most of their metro systems.
For our part, we have all the major components in place on our area wide channel SWTV except
for our playback controller which is called the Nexus.
I have been working with Leightronix, our playback controller provider the last couple of years
in anticipation of this change to HD. They have offered us a trade in of our current SD Nexus
units as credit towards the purchase of the HD units.
This is the final step that we need to take to prepare for the HD transition. The HD Nexus costs
$15,995 but our rate would be $11,995 with the trade in.
I would recommend that we start with the SWTV Nexus first and also upgrade in the cities that
are ready which would be Delano, Elk River and Buffalo. Our other cities still need some further
changes before we could implement this change.
This unit not only gives us the option of dual SD/HD playback but it also adds an option to have
a Twitter feed at the bottom crawl line, has more branding options, better graphic capabilities
4
and many other upgrades. This comes at a time when we have also moved to the phase where it's
necessary to upgrade due to age and use of our current units.
Action Requested:Approve purchase of the Nexus HD playback device during the next 3
months for SWTV, Delano, Elk River and Buffalo at$11,995 per city which includes trade in
discount.- Total: $47,980
=s&&' MINIMENI
3.
Trailer File Recorder
We currently record programming in the trailer to Blu-Ray and DVD. It has become increasingly
necessary to also create a digital file copy that can be transported to the cities we are recording in
so that we can use the file for playback or editing.
Our current process is to give a disc copy to the city in which we are recording the program
while also taking a copy for playback on the SWTV area wide channel. Sometimes these
programs need to be edited and then we have the difficult process of having to transfer the disc to
our edit systems and making multiple dubs before they can air.
This process takes time and also degrades the original video resolution. Many facilities have
started recording a simultaneous file to a device called a "LABvault" along with the disc copies.
This unit makes an H.264 copy which is compatible with our Nexus units.
We are requesting the ability to purchase this unit and install it in our trailer before the spring
production season starts. It would greatly speed up our workflow and allow us to distribute the
file much quicker to cities and social media sites.
Action Requested:Approve purchase of 1-LABvault File Recorder for a cost of$4,495
Total: $4,495
All Equipment Requested Total:$52,475
5
•
•
LEIGHTRONIX LABvault-ND
• R
LABvault H.264 File Recorder
Equipment Repairs, Upgrades and Miscellaneous Notes
Buffalo - Work on the presentation system in the council chambers, streaming upgrade
Elk River- Planning for meeting room upgrades, editing assistance, streaming upgrade
Big Lake—service calls
Cokato - Upgrade to Presentation dais in council chambers
Monticello - Service calls for channel outages, audio issues, audio repairs, presentation lecterns,
meeting room equipment repairs.
Delano - Worked on meeting room upgrades, streaming upgrade.
Rockford - Playback Rack issues,Nexus issues, TriCaster service call
Dassel - Staff training, work on Sympodium workstation upgrade
Watertown—repair microphone issues, cable TV problems
Maple Lake—Additional changes to the control room
Trailer - Added furnace and new audio mixer
SWTV and Commission—Handling day to day commission questions, phone calls and email,
Meetings with commission Chair and Treasurer, Trailer work for winter shoots, work on
upgraded VieBit changes, streaming upgrade, software updates, Phone calls with Commission
Attorney Robert Vose, Phone calls and emails and phone calls with Charter.
6
N _ I 3 n
0) LL I '- Y IIS
C O i I U a) Cc
01) ° (,) aQ Ou
EQ � Ducp
) � c yl • °
kiI a` "' o � �
W z .S Q.LX O N m a CO 1 p 70
C O> z O E LEIGH/S/0 x INC. I w '" O.
o p o cCf 0 b i O2 4 ° o *WI un egexus m ; a y
Cn 7 '� N H O o t,I I o tC
O W Q p -p O O V I • o a • 7i
Q c w U v
O o=� = N Q LL N 1 - 3 0
a' O X W E N N a, 1 _ a
ti O U 'D W 'O c cp(✓7 as 's = .. -, C
4100/000, Cn Q C Z C -J C15 < < 7, ' I 17) qS
1
`� O Z _ 1 N �x E. a I a v c0
.c73)� > 0 — Z 1— LLuW x 1 .' n c
OD C Q W -.— ro C1 CV • E i C UO
co -0 -0 :a-
E p N CD p e W� 03 Q 0 c ,_
Q �o a) c Q U a w V .a 1 cc
++ :: - - E C6 O = O o m 01- d = I N 3 as
• u J W o3ODL.L Cn Jw o M 1
• • • • • • • W 1 o Oc. v
O i! II• • a ai � a
cn ASO E
O O § i c a c
; n 0) O O _O 9 ie >. _ Y
() c E) O O �3c •� 0) o
03 N
<. o U
� , •
O
letNif gcv y QN* O w Z U w - I- v cz O - UmQ •O NC U gg , _ Q- D
m U N03 � Ii- c . O) U co :i, _Q u) S • O (n • - ..:0, cTs
ill • —. wy . U p a) vS w CN L _ aC Q N U
VI
CD El
20
CO U p O _ Wc O C 4 , W o to X .- a�
> 111
0) m a -0Q2 , U $ >rl ^ 92= 0 W —I O E � m 3'Y. 1:i' i�1 ctSS = O � SW +� p „,s4ip(4 .71=1. - a) (_) 0 .- a Cs)c U\ANII) CY)
1 141
� o �= � uuut . c � • p• v
• • • • • • • ° 1 DLA • S N
1 "11\ = I ? Is
�7G-� a) ccn
�1 c E coami
co •N
0 ii
:'It! Iti
4 V
/ fq al -Cc:D3 Ca • ++Q CO lc
i ID
C ' !4 ca
_ ro it3 jita
_ cr
° m
O I-
X .0 U
III tp o � = ,, o___CO Z CZ
� �
.1.-, Q= �4111I _ CZ � 5 � �
MINI
� nY
roYw -
' VU
i Q
U I / l'' g7 ' . O1 i o ><
O � , � . C 1 U �
I3 E w ' co W g 6
Wm
E- C • .X d o
C� •O ca ice: 03 c Z O N
Q k� v m J Q o
U tj Q '"'^ 41 m i W a
Z W. Z.
c � 0 CD No ,5 J �N
Vv m
O OCn � 7b O (r w
C Q �., c0 .. ' Q
0 t , O V
li • W
E al
m 0 _O r vim ' y CI) ,J CT " -n
3 Lil
< �„�
CO Q 1 O • L�J
m U Gf{
O W m .-
as E - a) L , , If, »".
E W CE m ci nO1 , T T , N :s,4t',•!.
W E CL 1 ) ' , #.�-4
C� O
co J O � a Fr:
{ • , I It''
• • 3 L LjIF{ cnx -
O 111 Q
illro. _ , cn 1 CS)
aZ15 Y wp V -0 v. cUii = U
C
W -8 >0 L _ a d
O
C Q m ..® r-, i. • O rt a o
Z
rrhh �/�
O i •ts.:^a'• -•11_,-11
% •-pot_ c
o' 117
ch
U ri CO W � cJ I 4
--
co
III > 2 ..
. E
o) LLJ R „„ ,, ...
ISI o a,
0 O P� z N
C Q i�d C t
Q.
T O
W !it I i X W L Q O
11( I F- C O Q C 0 O
Cn
O 102
Ut > �_ U •
U •
o
O (1) -.: l ••
u_ W 3 D t. 1 , o
Q Q . . . 0
W -
' 2/3/2016 LEIGHTRONIX,INC.LABvault-HD High-Definition Digital Video Player/Recorder
#•:,. LEIGHTRONIX v �.
—'t''•••:•: RECORD BROADCAST STREAM IPTV (800) 243-5589
,IONIF, Productsi Services solutions lndustrie, Login Contact
The LEIGHTRONIX LABvault-HDTM is a specialized digital
video recorder/player designed to assist users in easily
capturing any event that requires high-definition video
documentation.With simple push button operation,users can
create an indisputable,digital media file that can be reviewed
on a connected television monitor,archived in a network
storage area,or transferred for display on a high-definition
broadcast video server such as the LEIGHTRONIX E-HD2TM.
• Overview
• Features
• Options
• Tech Specs
• Resources
• Contact
Ilig7 ___,
/1,_n_i D _r--) .' IY1L2)&;:l@ILZ -`.'' IA° 1 LidG@€' ° bag
,___
_-___
___
1
, , ,
�
I
...ti I D) 1 '}' ' - __)) , __,
4 1 8@fl r_,,,,)
,l) (J \,__.,c,.,,,_.,.,__,
'
1000000
$4,495
• High-Definition Digital Video Recorder/Player
• H.264 Video Recording and Playback
• HD/SD-SDI Video Input/Output
• Embedded,AES,and Analog Audio Support
• Compatible with Popular Touch
Screens
• Extended Length Recording(up to 24
Hours)
Smyth
illa Subscribe
http://www.leightronix.com/products/labvaulthd.php 1/2