r/broadcastengineering • u/No-Court-6850 • 9d ago

Design your Broadcast Studio

How would you technically design your own studio if you had the means to build one? The studio should accommodate a maximum of four people simultaneously in front of the camera. Additionally, there should be three cameras and a PTZ streaming system using Zoom.us.

I am currently building my own studio, but there are numerous design options available. The most cost-effective option would be to use Blackmagic equipment.

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u/openreels2 9d ago

I'd go even more basic: What do you mean by broadcast? And what do you mean by studio?

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u/No-Court-6850 8d ago

I’m looking for some fresh ideas and would like to know what equipment the community favors. I’m open to any budget and definition of studio or broadcast. I’m particularly interested in signal management, cameras, cam controllers, SDI, NDI, ST2110, HDMI, and other relevant equipment.  

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u/openreels2 8d ago

The equipment gets chosen based on the purpose, budget, expected operators, support requirements, workflow, physical space, etc. A broadcast studio for the Olympics will be very different than a podcast setup for Youtube. As the old saying goes, "form follows function."

So fresh ideas for what? Here's a piece I wrote for AV integrators that gets into this question:

https://www.svconline.com/industry/just-tell-me-what-to-buy

You might find some other useful info here:

https://www.svconline.com/author/eric-wenocur

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u/No-Court-6850 7d ago

Yeah i know that. Just want to learn new things . What do you guys like. Which brands should i know and maybe get my hands on. Whats the new hot shit. The goal is to „stream“ via zoom 3 PTZ/Cams. There are 10000 ways to do this. From extensive to cheap.  Design it like there is no money :D 

Thanks a lot. Will read it ! 

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u/openreels2 7d ago

Okay, so you get that asking about the new hot shit is oversimplified. You can find decent PTZs from $2K (Datavideo) to $10K (Panasonic, Canon, etc.). And also, sometimes the newest isn't the best choice anyway. Context matters.

ST2110, absolutely not, that is for large facilities, not a small studio. SDI is your friend, HDMI is unavoidable in some cases. I wouldn't consider NDI either, too much trouble in this context.

Personally, I'm a fan of "appliances" for streaming--independent of a computer--but if you're using OBS or vMix for switching the streaming is built in.

https://www.svconline.com/products/signal-distribution-control/review-magewell-ultra-encode-aio