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    • Mike DavisM
      Mike Davis
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      A church wants to stream a video feed (and audio) of the main sanctuary to two different monitors located in another part of the building. No recording necessary, just a camera and a couple of TVs. Is analog the best way to go about this? I'm thinking with any IP camera I would have to have a small computer and all that complexity hooked to each TV, so I would like to avoid that.

      If I get a CCTV camera with a BNC connector, a splitter, a converter to go from BNC to VGA/HDMI for each TV, will that work? Is there a better way to go about it?

      Can anyone recommend a camera with a mic and a zoom lens? Can I run a separate RG6 cable and then just put a RCA adapter on the end of it for audio?

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
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        I can't actually think of any situation where analogue would be the way to go. Analogue equipment is ancient, complex, inflexible and often expensive because it is only used by people fearful of updating. What's wrong with doing it in a modern way?

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          Jason Banned
          last edited by

          yes you can do RG6 with RCA.. But why?

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          • dafyreD
            dafyre
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            IP Camera + R Pi on the remote TVs?

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            • J
              Jason Banned
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              Just add power is one of the systems along with Just Add software you should be looking into. It's a very flexiable system.

              http://justaddpower.com/

              http://www.justaddsoftware.net/Welcome.html

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @dafyre
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                @dafyre said in analog video stream:

                IP Camera + R Pi on the remote TVs?

                This is REALLY hard to beat. Flexible, cheap, easy.

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                • J
                  Jason Banned
                  last edited by Jason

                  On the Cheaper end you have these

                  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013316TWU/

                  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0133173IY

                  The first one is what I use at home with CAT6. Just add power I've done many system installs of before it's really the best system out there for HDMI. Though HD-SDI or 3G SDI is really the best bet for true IMAG distribution.

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                  • Mike DavisM
                    Mike Davis @scottalanmiller
                    last edited by

                    @scottalanmiller I was thinking analog will have 4 pieces of hardware that will never need to be touched. No firmware updates, no software updates, restarts, etc.

                    With an IP set up, I would need an IP cam, a video server, network switch with PoE, and a computer for each TV.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @Mike Davis
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                      @Mike-Davis said in analog video stream:

                      With an IP set up, I would need an IP cam, a video server, network switch with PoE, and a computer for each TV.

                      Why do much stuff? You don't need a video server for that. You don't need a computer for each TV. Get modern TVs with built in web browsers. You don't need PoE unless you already had a power challenge with analogue gear. You need a switch anyway, this is not 1994. I literally don't see a single additional piece of gear. I see the simplest possible solution - using modern technology instead of reinvesting the wheel to do things like it was the early 1990s.

                      Remember, this has to be used into the future, not into the past. Don't set them up for failure and new problems down the road.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
                        last edited by

                        And do you even need a switch? Just use the AP.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
                          last edited by

                          So with an IP setup you need...

                          one wireless IP cam....

                          That's it.

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                            Jason Banned @Mike Davis
                            last edited by

                            Can anyone recommend a camera with a mic and a zoom lens? Can I run a separate RG6 cable and then just put a RCA adapter on the end of it for audio?

                            You likely want put a mix off the sound board into the feed, maybe add an audience mic for some room sounds but you will need to add a delay for that.

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                            • stacksofplatesS
                              stacksofplates
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                              Our church sends a feed to some service tied to Roku and then streams it on the Roku.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @stacksofplates
                                last edited by

                                @stacksofplates said in analog video stream:

                                Our church sends a feed to some service tied to Roku and then streams it on the Roku.

                                Yup, lots of really simple, cheap solutions.

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                                • DustinB3403D
                                  DustinB3403
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                                  Am I understanding that the use case of this is to act like a surveillance system for the church? But without the recording aspect?

                                  If so wouldn't browser-capable IP camera's be enough for this setup?

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                                    Jason Banned @DustinB3403
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                                    @DustinB3403 said in analog video stream:

                                    Am I understanding that the use case of this is to act like a surveillance system for the church? But without the recording aspect?

                                    If so wouldn't browser-capable IP camera's be enough for this setup?

                                    More like an overflow room, nursery feed etc.

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                                    • DustinB3403D
                                      DustinB3403
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                                      So then just to broadcast the sermons into another room, a live stream of sorts.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                                        last edited by

                                        @DustinB3403 said in analog video stream:

                                        So then just to broadcast the sermons into another room, a live stream of sorts.

                                        That's our point, stick with IP and you get that "for free". Anyone with a phone could be given access.

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                                        • DustinB3403D
                                          DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
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                                          @scottalanmiller That was my thought, going to analog would be more painful and you'd need to have a server to broadcast it

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                                            last edited by

                                            @DustinB3403 said in analog video stream:

                                            @scottalanmiller That was my thought, going to analog would be more painful and you'd need to have a server to broadcast it

                                            Yeah, which they don't plan to do, but it's a feature that they'd literally pay to throw away.

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