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27 OCT 2026 · 1:02:58

Days to Kickoff: Building a Live Football Broadcast

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So what if you woulda got $100k, what would you have done different?ASKED BY · Guy Cochran · SEATTLE, WA
What happens when Chris Sabato leaves Willamette and someone else has to run the show?ASKED BY · Danny Kambel · SPARTANBURG, SC, USA
Chris, football season is here. What is your audio, video, and software setup like for your small Northwest college, and how does it compare to the big boys?ASKED BY · Paul Walhus · AUSTIN, TEXAS
In some of your previous posts on X, you showed yourself working and running a production from home. How do you connect to your office equipment from home? Big fan of the work you do.ASKED BY · Juan · SPARKS, NV
Chris, what are you using for sideline or field action sounds? Mics on endzone cameras?ASKED BY · Courtney Goodin · HOLLYWOOD, CA USA
What is that shoulder rig and rail system?ASKED BY · Guy Cochran · SEATTLE, WA
A live stream glitches and chat loves it. Is imperfection the last thing AI can't fake convincingly, or just its next feature?ASKED BY · Paul Walhus · AUSTIN, TEXAS
Can you explain how you use these ESP32 devices for scoreboard data extraction and what they replaced?ASKED BY · Unknown
How did you build a custom RCP-like shading control station, and what was the cost savings?ASKED BY · Unknown
What is software switcher and what does it run on?ASKED BY · Guy Cochran · SEATTLE, WA
I've heard that you use vMix in your sports broadcasts. Would you please show us how you use it?ASKED BY · Cindy Drozda · ERIE, COLORADO
If remote, how is the latency and quality of the picture? Is there a quality slider to adjust?ASKED BY · Guy Cochran · SEATTLE, WA
Chris, what all-in-one PTZ cameras do you use when not using your camera rigs? What video output do you use for those?ASKED BY · Kenny Hampton · GREENVILLE IL
So why spend all that CapEx money on a hardware vMix server? You could have done it cheaper in the cloud and spend the CapEx difference on hardware purchasing.ASKED BY · Jef Kethley · TEXAS OF COURSE
The Esports World Cup in Paris ran 7 weeks, 8 stages and 35 languages on Riedel. Is esports the toughest live job?ASKED BY · Paul Walhus · AUSTIN, TEXAS
Looking for information on the Quantel Cypher character generator—most famously used on NBC's coverage of the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Does anybody know if there's any decommissioned surviving units?ASKED BY · Jonathan · SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Do you have 1st and 10 and yards to gain lines overlaid in the wide camera? I feel this feature was a way out of reach for small productions, but AI is changing everything.ASKED BY · Juan · BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
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