Off the Rails Episode 62: Plugged into the Mystery Hole

Recorded April 28, 2023

Instead of AV news, we return to the topic of digital canvases only a few days after our previous discussion. We’re joined by Atkins Fleming who has a suggestion for a software platform that seems perfect for digital canvases and remote teaching and learning, but the company seems unaware of the education market.

Then we hash out the support tools and skills necessary for modern AV systems. Jamie puts it best when he says, “bring your laptop.” As AV becomes more and more IT, those with an IT background seem most comfortable supporting IP-based AV and many of those who grew up with analog AV are struggling. If nothing else, buy everyone a few managed network switches and get them comfortable with managing IPs and VLANs.

Finally, Jamie covers the news from NAB. There were lots of announcements related to large, cloud-based delivery platforms, but perhaps the best news is the increasing support for SMPTE 2110 as a unified interoperable AVoIP standard. Fingers crossed!

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Alternate show titles:

• Don’t Say WebEx

• Novelty Checkbook

• I don’t know; talk to Marc about that one

• Our skillset made it easy for us

• Piece of Pizza

• The team is like “what the heck?”

• This is right up our wheelhouse

• Catered Zoom Rooms

• Stop Grabbing Your Toolbag and take your laptop

• Stop grabbing that too

• Judging success by the number of USB adapters

• That’s the beauty about what we’re doing and it’s also terrible

• I have a couple that I pulled off

• Maybe sometimes

• Just click it and it goes

• Ready for me to blast across the WAN

• I’m on the fence; I keep flip flopping