Hi Doug (from another Doug in the UK) Just come to your channel and have been hooked on the original trailer build up to this point. You have created an amazing work platform from an empty shell and one which any production house would not only be proud of but might struggle to emulate in terms of quality and sophistication. Watching the series one after another showed the strain you appeared to be under building this and the sheer drive and determination you show to bring it all to fruition to a comparatively limited budget and (apart from you ever present friends), alone. A massive project by most small company standards and easily matching the big players in terms of sophistication. I’m going to be working through the rest of your videos to watch the companies development and your incredible knowledge. I may even be able to absorb some of the info into my ever more feeble brain. I wish you well and greater success as I work my way up to the present and hopefully the future as well. My only regret is that I’m only discovering this years after you did it but it’s all still relevant to most companies today. Best wishes from the UK Doug
Holy shit. Hype! I remember watching this series start last year, thinking it'd be absolutely awesome. And I still underestimated it. Thank you for sharing your journey so far, Doug!
Who dislike a video like this? This is a dream come true for anyone and most specially for a person who put a lot of effort on making his dream come true. Who dislike a video like this has nothing else but envy. Congratulations, dude. Great job, great channel.
Big congrats Doug! So nice to see the trailer finally done. Thanks for all the vids, been a pleasure following your progress, since the start. Well done sir! Looks awesome, love the finish and details. Big high five from Denmark. Looking forward to see some videos of the trailer at work.
Great series finished binge watching. Thanks for all your hard work and making the effort to share. Its something (OB van/trailer) I ponder doing often, and your videos have been inspiring.
Congratulations on an awesome project, Doug! Followed this project right from the beginning and I am inspired by your achievements. Good luck with DJP.
Just went back and watched all of your trailer construction series and I just want to let you know that you did a phenomenal job with this!! It looks dope and i'm sure it's sicker in person!
I used to work for a facilities house where they did a huge refit. It all work fine, except for the AC. Supposed to blow cooled air through the racks, but ended up blowing cold air over the operators! We used to work in duffles.
Absolutely fantastic job @doug Johnson not to sound like i am trying to pretend to be a prophet but when you did the first video I knew what your vision was and had a pretty good idea what the end result was gonna look like, probably because my design is very similar! no, the exact same but similar. Not that I have the $$$ to pull it off at this time. And you have solved some issues for routing and intercom, display layout, wiring and patching the data/ audio, video, and coms distribution is very complex and yet when you explained it, it made excellent sense
Looks fantastic Doug! Also the TF series of Yamaha mixers are awesome mixers. I use the TF5 at my school and its really capable. My favorite feature about it is all the Aux outputs. There are a lot of them which makes it great for video and they are easy to set.
Congratulations, the trailer looks really good! Thanks for your cool videos! Keep us up to date with the multiviewer issue, I really whant to know whats going on with that!
That trailer looks so sick. Would love to have built my own. Just wondering, do you think you would ever substitute ptz cameras in for a live cameraman? What situations would and wouldn’t you?
They each have their own pros and cons. Human operators can react to things going on and reposition the camera much faster than can be done with PTZs. A good PTZ, on the other hand, can be a lot more smooth in its movements, and can repeat the same movement over and over exactly. PTZs can go places that operators can't, whether that be due to space or safety issues, or to put a camera somewhere where it might be awkward to put a person (e.g. on stage at a concert). But you still have to hire someone to run a PTZ (sometimes they can do more than one at a time, though it is pretty tricky) so you might not be reducing the size of the crew. And the image quality on a PTZ compared to a comparably priced camcorder is generally quite poor. The Sony SRG-300SE that I use is about $2800, and for the same price one could get a PXW-Z90, which has image quality that is far superior -- and it shoots 4K. To get similar image quality in a PTZ you have to step up to the Sony BRC-X1000, which is about four times the price. I probably use my PTZs for about one out of three events. And mostly in situations where it is just impractical to put an operator somewhere, or for angles that I'm just not going to use very often so it doesn't make sense to hire someone to run a camera there. They're nice to have, but far from essential, and usually don't suitably replace a real operator.
Congratulations on completing the construction site.! I have a question: a mixer from blakmagic is a good choice for multi-camera shooting and on-line broadcasting? with Blackmagic Design UltraStudio Mini The recorder can be used for on-line broadcasting with the switcher blackmagic
The Blackmagic Design switchers are quite popular, and I've really liked the three models I've owned. The UltraStudio Mini can be used with some encoder software. With the right software you'll be able to stream online. Personally I prefer dedicated hardware encoders so I'm not tying up a computer, but both software-based and hardware-based encoders can work well.
A video on how you do all of the intercoms would be fantastic!! Looks good though!! I work on the super trucks in Australia for a global company but its good to see the smaller scale trailers!
Hey Doug! Congrats on finishing it! I'd love to see how you setup the network side of the trailer and also you mentioned you send it through the multimode fibre as well to a break out box. It would be awesome to see how you did that as I'm very interested on how you made that work! Cheers Jock
Have you seen these videos yet? djp.li/trailernetwork and djp.li/trailerfiber ? if those don't answer your questions please let me know and I'll consider doing something more in depth.
Doug, this looks like a great setup. Can you make a video at one of your jobs showing a BTS of your setup, cable rollout, show calling, etc.? Would like to know your distances from trailer to stage, weather protection, etc. Do you have clients sit with you during show? Thanks!!
The HDMI output of my ATEM switcher goes into the Teradek VidiU, which then encodes the video and uploads it to any of the online services like TH-cam, Facebook, or pretty much any other. It connects with either Ethernet (preferred) or WiFi. It's very easy to use -- much easier than using software on a computer. It supports resolutions and frame rates from Standard Definition up through 1080p60. djp.li/vidiu
I use the Teradek VidiU and VidiU Pro products. The Web Presenter doesn't work for me -- I need more than 720p resolution, and I don't want to tie up a computer doing just video encoding. So a hardware encoder is the best option in my situation.
have you taken in mind buying midas m32 .. there does exist a rack version, much better for live, audio quality also good, it has the the midas preamps ...
Thank you, I can not understand why it's fresh. z150 or z190? Just the quality of the picture varies greatly, z90 is better than z150-190. Or they were released later z 90
The Z90 and Z150 are very, very similar. The Z90 has a better autofocus system, and S-Log/S-Gamut, but the picture quality will otherwise be identical, as the use sensors that are more or less the same. I prefer the Z150 in most cases because it has dedicated controls for zoom, focus, and iris, where the Z90 only has a single ring that you toggle between focus and iris, but sometimes the smaller size of the Z90 is what I need. The Z190 is a different camera. Instead of a single sensor, it uses three separate sensors for red, green, and blue. This technically gives it slightly better resolution and color accuracy. But its sensors are about 1/8 the size of the sensor in the Z150/Z90, so it isn't going to be quite as good in low light conditions, and it won't be capable of giving you much background blur in any situation. But the Z190 has a variable electronic neutral density filter, can shoot 60 fps in 4K, and the zoom has more than twice the reach. They are different cameras meant for different applications, and can't be compared directly. Your best bet is to speak with a Sony sales representative to discuss your needs so they can help you choose the right camera for your situation.
For playback, one of several options: a HyperDeck Studio (Mini or Pro), a computer running Premiere Pro playing right off the timeline, CasparCG, or VLC. For CG, usually my own software. But it varies by the job.
Generally speaking, the Z150 is better in most ways. But it depends on your needs. The Z150 is 4K, the NX5 is 1080p. Optical zoom on the Z150 is 12X (extended out to 18X-24X with Clear Image Zoom), vs 20X (40X with Clear Image Zoom) on the NX5. The Z150 has a much larger sensor, at 1", whereas the NX5's is much smaller at 1/2.8". The Z150 uses a single sensor, and the NX5 uses three individual sensors. My gut tells me that the Z150 is better in low light, but it's really difficult to be sure without doing a real-world comparison. Even though they look similar, they're actually fairly different. The one you choose is going to depend on the application.
I should also mention that the NX5 has been discontinued. And the camera actually most similar to the NX5 is actually the PXW-Z190, not the Z150, so if the features of the NX5 sound appealing, I'd consider getting the Z190 instead.
Thank you, I can not understand why it's fresh. z150 or z190? Just the quality of the picture varies greatly, z90 is better than z150-190. Or they were released later z 90
It isn’t anything special... it’s just a 2012 Retina i7 model, connected to a Blackmagic Design UltraStudio 4K over Thunderbolt. It is playing back a video in Adobe Premiere here.
Its the the last video about the trailer. I have watched them all but this was the worse one shot and to view 1 took dark 2 moving around too quick 3 out of focus 4and you seem to be a little of focus yourself
Yep. It was produced hastily when I had the time to do so. I couldn't tell it was out of focus from the small LCD on the camera, and I didn't want to take the time to reshoot. The promotional videos which will be coming soon will give you a much better look.
It seems as though the PTZ Optics solutions don't offer the degree of control I need. The speed controls aren't quite as granular as what I'm looking for. My Sony cameras will operate at anywhere from 0.1 to 101 degrees per second in 128 increments (slow enough to do smooth pans at 30X+ zoom), whereas the PTZ Optics models are limited to 24 speeds, the slowest of which is 1.7 degrees per second, many times too fast for what I'm doing.
Hi Doug (from another Doug in the UK)
Just come to your channel and have been hooked on the original trailer build up to this point. You have created an amazing work platform from an empty shell and one which any production house would not only be proud of but might struggle to emulate in terms of quality and sophistication. Watching the series one after another showed the strain you appeared to be under building this and the sheer drive and determination you show to bring it all to fruition to a comparatively limited budget and (apart from you ever present friends), alone.
A massive project by most small company standards and easily matching the big players in terms of sophistication.
I’m going to be working through the rest of your videos to watch the companies development and your incredible knowledge. I may even be able to absorb some of the info into my ever more feeble brain. I wish you well and greater success as I work my way up to the present and hopefully the future as well. My only regret is that I’m only discovering this years after you did it but it’s all still relevant to most companies today.
Best wishes from the UK
Doug
Holy shit. Hype! I remember watching this series start last year, thinking it'd be absolutely awesome. And I still underestimated it. Thank you for sharing your journey so far, Doug!
Who dislike a video like this? This is a dream come true for anyone and most specially for a person who put a lot of effort on making his dream come true. Who dislike a video like this has nothing else but envy. Congratulations, dude. Great job, great channel.
Big congrats Doug! So nice to see the trailer finally done. Thanks for all the vids, been a pleasure following your progress, since the start. Well done sir! Looks awesome, love the finish and details. Big high five from Denmark. Looking forward to see some videos of the trailer at work.
Great series finished binge watching. Thanks for all your hard work and making the effort to share. Its something (OB van/trailer) I ponder doing often, and your videos have been inspiring.
Congratulations on an awesome project, Doug! Followed this project right from the beginning and I am inspired by your achievements. Good luck with DJP.
Just went back and watched all of your trailer construction series and I just want to let you know that you did a phenomenal job with this!! It looks dope and i'm sure it's sicker in person!
I used to work for a facilities house where they did a huge refit. It all work fine, except for the AC. Supposed to blow cooled air through the racks, but ended up blowing cold air over the operators! We used to work in duffles.
Congratulations! Turned out fantastic!
Absolutely fantastic job @doug Johnson not to sound like i am trying to pretend to be a prophet but when you did the first video I knew what your vision was and had a pretty good idea what the end result was gonna look like, probably because my design is very similar! no, the exact same but similar. Not that I have the $$$ to pull it off at this time. And you have solved some issues for routing and intercom, display layout, wiring and patching the data/ audio, video, and coms distribution is very complex and yet when you explained it, it made excellent sense
Looks fantastic Doug! Also the TF series of Yamaha mixers are awesome mixers. I use the TF5 at my school and its really capable. My favorite feature about it is all the Aux outputs. There are a lot of them which makes it great for video and they are easy to set.
Congrats on getting it finished
your trailer is just great, I`ve always dreamed of building one.
Congratulations, the trailer looks really good! Thanks for your cool videos!
Keep us up to date with the multiviewer issue, I really whant to know whats going on with that!
This is great! I'm a hobbyist who helps non-profits and community programs usually for live event recording and broadcast, this is simply great!
That trailer looks so sick. Would love to have built my own. Just wondering, do you think you would ever substitute ptz cameras in for a live cameraman? What situations would and wouldn’t you?
They each have their own pros and cons. Human operators can react to things going on and reposition the camera much faster than can be done with PTZs. A good PTZ, on the other hand, can be a lot more smooth in its movements, and can repeat the same movement over and over exactly. PTZs can go places that operators can't, whether that be due to space or safety issues, or to put a camera somewhere where it might be awkward to put a person (e.g. on stage at a concert). But you still have to hire someone to run a PTZ (sometimes they can do more than one at a time, though it is pretty tricky) so you might not be reducing the size of the crew. And the image quality on a PTZ compared to a comparably priced camcorder is generally quite poor. The Sony SRG-300SE that I use is about $2800, and for the same price one could get a PXW-Z90, which has image quality that is far superior -- and it shoots 4K. To get similar image quality in a PTZ you have to step up to the Sony BRC-X1000, which is about four times the price.
I probably use my PTZs for about one out of three events. And mostly in situations where it is just impractical to put an operator somewhere, or for angles that I'm just not going to use very often so it doesn't make sense to hire someone to run a camera there. They're nice to have, but far from essential, and usually don't suitably replace a real operator.
Congratulations on completing the construction site.! I have a question: a mixer from blakmagic is a good choice for multi-camera shooting and on-line broadcasting?
with Blackmagic Design UltraStudio Mini The recorder can be used for on-line broadcasting with the switcher blackmagic
The Blackmagic Design switchers are quite popular, and I've really liked the three models I've owned.
The UltraStudio Mini can be used with some encoder software. With the right software you'll be able to stream online. Personally I prefer dedicated hardware encoders so I'm not tying up a computer, but both software-based and hardware-based encoders can work well.
Congrats Doug! Awesome MPU! Can you share a behind the scenes production again but now with you in the trailer? Cheers from the Philippines!
I'll see what I can do.
A video on how you do all of the intercoms would be fantastic!! Looks good though!! I work on the super trucks in Australia for a global company but its good to see the smaller scale trailers!
I'll do that at some point. It's a pretty basic setup and it will be one of the first things to be upgraded, though.
I would be interested in the comms as well. Really impressive work you’ve done! Thanks for sharing!
Hey Doug! Congrats on finishing it! I'd love to see how you setup the network side of the trailer and also you mentioned you send it through the multimode fibre as well to a break out box. It would be awesome to see how you did that as I'm very interested on how you made that work! Cheers Jock
Have you seen these videos yet? djp.li/trailernetwork and djp.li/trailerfiber ? if those don't answer your questions please let me know and I'll consider doing something more in depth.
Doug Johnson Productions thanks mate! I hadn’t seen them but they are great!
Doug, this looks like a great setup. Can you make a video at one of your jobs showing a BTS of your setup, cable rollout, show calling, etc.? Would like to know your distances from trailer to stage, weather protection, etc. Do you have clients sit with you during show? Thanks!!
Nice trailer!! Greetings from Sweden!!
Congrats! Looks great!
clearly, but how does he work the teradek? without delay? reliable this teradek? just over 720p is afraid not pull. or not so?
The HDMI output of my ATEM switcher goes into the Teradek VidiU, which then encodes the video and uploads it to any of the online services like TH-cam, Facebook, or pretty much any other. It connects with either Ethernet (preferred) or WiFi. It's very easy to use -- much easier than using software on a computer. It supports resolutions and frame rates from Standard Definition up through 1080p60. djp.li/vidiu
thank you very much for the answer. and how do you broadcast to the Internet. Do you use web presenter from blackmagic?
I use the Teradek VidiU and VidiU Pro products.
The Web Presenter doesn't work for me -- I need more than 720p resolution, and I don't want to tie up a computer doing just video encoding. So a hardware encoder is the best option in my situation.
have you taken in mind buying midas m32 .. there does exist a rack version, much better for live, audio quality also good, it has the the midas preamps ...
If they supported Dante fully I’d consider it, but they don’t even have their own Dante stage box, so it really isn’t even an option for me.
There is a fairly cheap Dante-card available for the M32 / X32-series.
Another suggestion for mixer, Allen & Heath SQ-5, slightly cheaper, and more features, Dante option.
Amazing job Doug what are the dimensions of the trailer?
Internal dimensions are 16 by 7 by 7 feet
Thank you, I can not understand why it's fresh. z150 or z190? Just the quality of the picture varies greatly, z90 is better than z150-190. Or they were released later z 90
The Z90 and Z150 are very, very similar. The Z90 has a better autofocus system, and S-Log/S-Gamut, but the picture quality will otherwise be identical, as the use sensors that are more or less the same. I prefer the Z150 in most cases because it has dedicated controls for zoom, focus, and iris, where the Z90 only has a single ring that you toggle between focus and iris, but sometimes the smaller size of the Z90 is what I need.
The Z190 is a different camera. Instead of a single sensor, it uses three separate sensors for red, green, and blue. This technically gives it slightly better resolution and color accuracy. But its sensors are about 1/8 the size of the sensor in the Z150/Z90, so it isn't going to be quite as good in low light conditions, and it won't be capable of giving you much background blur in any situation. But the Z190 has a variable electronic neutral density filter, can shoot 60 fps in 4K, and the zoom has more than twice the reach. They are different cameras meant for different applications, and can't be compared directly.
Your best bet is to speak with a Sony sales representative to discuss your needs so they can help you choose the right camera for your situation.
What do you use for video playback and CGs?
For playback, one of several options: a HyperDeck Studio (Mini or Pro), a computer running Premiere Pro playing right off the timeline, CasparCG, or VLC.
For CG, usually my own software. But it varies by the job.
What’s the dimensions? I have 17x10 just for video and 8x10 audio
The trailer is 16x7x7 feet
Hi Doug. What is the weight of your trailer now that it's finished?
I haven’t had it weighed, but I’m going to guess it’s around 4000 pounds. Empty it was 2250.
@@djp_video Thanks. What do you pull it with? IIRC I think it may have been a Ridgeline in your first trailer vid?
I’m still using the Ridgeline.
"At least 1 gig a week for both months" - Must be nice, I remember those days. Now I'm lucky if my truck gets a single day without a gig a week.
Considering this is a part time job, a gig a week is a lot for me at the moment.
Hello, which camera is better than sony z150 or sony nx5?
Generally speaking, the Z150 is better in most ways. But it depends on your needs.
The Z150 is 4K, the NX5 is 1080p. Optical zoom on the Z150 is 12X (extended out to 18X-24X with Clear Image Zoom), vs 20X (40X with Clear Image Zoom) on the NX5. The Z150 has a much larger sensor, at 1", whereas the NX5's is much smaller at 1/2.8". The Z150 uses a single sensor, and the NX5 uses three individual sensors. My gut tells me that the Z150 is better in low light, but it's really difficult to be sure without doing a real-world comparison.
Even though they look similar, they're actually fairly different. The one you choose is going to depend on the application.
I should also mention that the NX5 has been discontinued. And the camera actually most similar to the NX5 is actually the PXW-Z190, not the Z150, so if the features of the NX5 sound appealing, I'd consider getting the Z190 instead.
Thank you, I can not understand why it's fresh. z150 or z190? Just the quality of the picture varies greatly, z90 is better than z150-190. Or they were released later z 90
We will shoot business trainings, and conduct multi-chamber on-line broadcasting using a video switcher.
So... what older gear are you thinking of selling?
Also, it really does look great!
I've got a couple old digital cameras and audio mixers, along with some gear for interfacing with analog video that I really don't ever use.
Did you get the BND/XLR wall plates custom made?
The panels themselves are from a company called Mystery... you can get them through djp.li/wallplate1 or djp.li/wallplate2.
Thanks! And congrats on finishing this project!
Are the Mystery connectors the same dimensions as the Middle Atlantic Universal rack? The site seems to imply they are "proprietary"
Hi Doug, Please tell me about that MacBook
It isn’t anything special... it’s just a 2012 Retina i7 model, connected to a Blackmagic Design UltraStudio 4K over Thunderbolt. It is playing back a video in Adobe Premiere here.
Doug Johnson Productions alright you finally got one i remember telling you to use mac for playback in PPro instead of a PC
Can you provide a link for the clock in your trailer?
It's the NTDS26 from MasterClock: www.masterclock.com/products/digital-clocks/ntp-digital-clocks/ntds/23-inch
Its the the last video about the trailer. I have watched them all but this was the worse one shot and to view 1 took dark 2 moving around too quick 3 out of focus 4and you seem to be a little of focus yourself
Yep. It was produced hastily when I had the time to do so. I couldn't tell it was out of focus from the small LCD on the camera, and I didn't want to take the time to reshoot. The promotional videos which will be coming soon will give you a much better look.
PTZoptics cameras
It seems as though the PTZ Optics solutions don't offer the degree of control I need. The speed controls aren't quite as granular as what I'm looking for. My Sony cameras will operate at anywhere from 0.1 to 101 degrees per second in 128 increments (slow enough to do smooth pans at 30X+ zoom), whereas the PTZ Optics models are limited to 24 speeds, the slowest of which is 1.7 degrees per second, many times too fast for what I'm doing.