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10 NOV 2026 · 1:01:59

Making Sense of Video Scopes with Broadcast Monitor

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How does Broadcast Monitor compare to Nobe Omniscope?ASKED BY · Jacob Goodnight · INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Doug, what are some different places you'd put meters in a live production signal chain? Could you walk us through what you'd monitor at each point and what each position tells you about the signal?ASKED BY · Alex Mercer · DULUTH, MINNESOTA
That audio waterfall reminds me of Izotope. What's on the future road map with Audio?ASKED BY · Guy Cochran · SEATTLE, WA
Can you describe some of the test signals you are using? Are color bars still useful or are there some better test signals we should be using in the digital era?ASKED BY · Rosco Jones · MADISON INDIANA
Have you considered adding a Bitfocus Companion module or an API so we could recall monitoring layouts, switch sources, or automate checks from a Stream Deck?ASKED BY · Guy Cochran · SEATTLE, WA
For monitoring layout in a live show, which scopes or meters do you want side by side? What combination of monitors/ meters are complementary?ASKED BY · Josh Kaufman · PITTSBURGH, PA, USA
What is the app’s input chain? i.e. Does it take input from an ultra studio, UVC/USB interface, app plugin, screen scrape?ASKED BY · Chuck Swan · BRISTOL, WI
What's one feature you're particularly proud of that most people wouldn't discover without you showing it to them?ASKED BY · Cindy Drozda · ERIE, COLORADO
What scopes can help determine where an image artifact came from? Was it from a camera, a codec, a conversion step, or a computer encoding issue? Or maybe it’s just this one display?ASKED BY · Rosco Jones · MADISON INDIANA
Great show. Any Black Friday discountASKED BY · John Ittelson · MONTEREY, CA US
What platforms are supported, Mac, Windows, Linux?ASKED BY · Chuck Swan · BRISTOL, WI
Are you able to group multiple inputs in order to meter HDR and PQ/HLG to SDR transform at the same time?ASKED BY · Mickey Macachor · MNL PHILIPPINES
I heard you say you can get video feed from the Sony network. Would you consider adding Canon network? We have the CRN-500 and can pull the images up through the web interface on the computer.ASKED BY · Paul Beyer · CENTRAL CITY, NE
Which functionality have you found most useful as you've been using/testing?ASKED BY · Peter Belbin · HOUSTON, TX - US
Is that Quad Balance on the Express Version?ASKED BY · Guy Cochran · SEATTLE, WA
Will a license bought today be transferable to a Mac later?ASKED BY · Rosco Jones · MADISON INDIANA
Do you support PAL / 50 fields per sec, interlaced and progressive?ASKED BY · Wayne Fox🦊 · SYDNEY, AU
Doug, what signals do you need to watch in real time during a live show, and when is a log more useful? What tools or views would you use to see how a signal behaved over a stretch of time?ASKED BY · Josh Kaufman · PITTSBURGH, PA, USA
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