Corporate AV Podcast Show 2

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In this edition, SVC contributing editor Bennett Liles talks with Bruce MacLelland, CEO of Applied Video Technology in Malvern, Pa., a systems integration company providing editing suites, conference rooms, broadcast TV facilities and private digital signage networks. In part two, MacLelland details how the players on the Wyeth network are controlled, the timeline involved, the CastNet application and how the system evolved into the wide ranging digital signage network Wyeth now has in place.
Show Notes:

• How the Scala Content Manager software application is used to control players
• The CastNet digital signage authoring and management application
• The Scala Player and how AVT integrated its functions into the Wyeth network
• How the computer hardware and operating systems were used with the Scala system

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Networked AV Podcast Show 10

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In this edition, SVC contributing editor Bennett Liles finishes up with part two of his talk with Marc Lopez, marketing manager for Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems in Buena Park, Calif., a leading manufacturer of digital audio consoles with audio networking capability. In part two, Lopez discusses some of the potential problems that can be encountered in using CobraNet and Ethersound digital audio networks and outlines the precautions and corrective measures need to diagnose and fix this trouble, particularly relating to system timing and firmware updates.

Show Notes:

• Setting CobraNet bundle IDs
• Programming Ethersound network devices in initial setup
• The use of Yamaha HA (head amp) control
• The new Dante protocol in comparison to Ethersound and CobraNet

House of Worship Show 59

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In this edition, SVC contributing editor Bennett Liles continues his talk with Bob Smith, of Portable Church Industries (PCI), a Troy, Mich., company that specializes in supporting churches without buildings. In Part 2, Smith illuminates the term “dream sculpting� and how PCI uses that concept to translate the dreams of new church plants into reality including the price tag. He also goes into detail on the features that make some AV gear better for the mobile church environment. Also discussed is the choice of analog versus digital in audio mixers.
Show Notes:

• The concept of dream sculpting
• The analog vs. digital debate in mixers for the church community
• The state of technical support within the portable church community
• The advantages and challenges in operating a mobile church

Corporate AV Podcast Show 1

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In this edition, SVC contributing editor Bennett Liles talks with Bruce MacLelland, CEO of Applied Video Technology in Malvern, Pa., a systems integration company providing editing suites, conference rooms, broadcast TV facilities, and private digital-signage networks. In part one, MacLelland provides details on the installation of a comprehensive digital-signage network for pharmaceutical and health-care company Wyeth, in their Collegeville, Pennsylvania corporate headquarters campus.
Show Notes:

• The Scala solution installed on the Wyeth corporate network
• Details and capabilities of the Scala Infochannel 3 system installed first
• The Wyeth digital-signage network and its use for the company’s message
• The Scala Designer application and how it provides signage authoring

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Networked AV Podcast Show 9

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In this edition, SVC contributing editor Bennett Liles talks with Marc Lopez, marketing manager for Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems in Buena Park, Calif., a leading manufacturer of digital audio consoles with audio networking capability. Lopez discusses the hardware needed to interface Yamaha audio consoles with various types of digital audio networks and goes through the steps in setting up Ethersound and CobraNet networks with Yamaha digital boards. Also covered are the possible problems with both types of digital audio networks and the precautions needed to avoid trouble.

Show Notes:

• MY cards for CobraNet and Ethersound interface
• Topology and troubleshooting for CobraNet networks
• Topology and troubleshooting for Ethersound networks
• The Auvitran AVM-500ES Ethersound Network Matrix.

House of Worship Show 58

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In this edition, SVC contributing editor Bennett Liles talks with Bob Smith, of Portable Church Industries (PCI), a Troy, Mich., company that specializes in supporting churches without buildings. Smith outlines current trends with portable churches and offers his perspective on how current economic forces are steering those who work setting up and tearing down AV equipment for their churches every Sunday. He also relates his considerable experience in modifying sound and video equipment for the rigors of the road. Smith and his cohorts have consulted with hundreds of church plants and have developed a number of resources in helping ministries on the move.

Show Notes:

• How the concept of portable church industries and its ministry began
• The concept and practice of a portable church
• The various types of equipment needed by churches on the move
• Training church tech volunteers to set up and operate the mobile gear.