5 THINGS: Simplifying Film, TV, and Media Technology Michael Kammes

1. Extending Your Desktop

2. Islands of Media

3. Virtualization and Extending: Media Composer | Cloud VM

4. Streaming Proxies: Media Composer | Cloud Remote

5. Computer, Storage, and Media in the Cloud: Avid | Edit On Demand

On this episode of 5 THINGS, we gonna get hiiiiiigh! In the clouds, with a primer on using the cloud for all things post-production.



1. Why use the cloud for Post Production?

2. Transfer and Storage

3. Rendering and Transcoding and VFX

4. Video and Audio Editing and Finishing

5. Review and Approve

On this episode of 5 THINGS, we’re checking out the 2018 Mac Mini from Apple, and the eGPU Pro offering from Blackmagic and …well, Apple. We’re also running benchmarks against your favorite (or least favorite) NLEs. Final Cut X, DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Avid Media Composer.



1. 2018 Apple Mac Mini

2. Blackmagic eGPU Pro

3. Apple FCP X and Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve

4. Adobe Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer

5. Conclusions

On this episode of 5 THINGS, I’ve got a few tricks that you may not know about the 'Tube. Little known upload tricks and workarounds, playback shortcuts, captioning hacks, audio compression workarounds, and voodoo that you may not even know that YouTube does.



1. Upload Tricks

2. Captioning Hacks

3. Playback Shortcuts

4. Audio Secrets

5. Advertising Tips

In this episode of 5 THINGS, Michael shows how to choose the correct parts, how to build, and how fast a Hackintosh is against other Apple Computers!



Tested: a $2500 Hackintosh vs a $13,000 Late 2017 iMac Pro and a Late 2013 Mac Pro!



Render and export benchmarks with Apple FCP X, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Avid Media Composer.



1. Why Build a Hackintosh?

2. Choosing the Right Parts

3. Building the Computer

4. Installing the OS

5. Performance and Conclusions

If you need to stream via Wi-Fi, 3G/4G cellular, or a hard Ethernet line while you're on the go, what's the best portable unit? Which unit has more features? Which is most reliable when live streaming? In this episode, we pit the LiveU Solo vs the Teradek VidiU Pro.



1. What do they do?

2. Setup and Connectivity

3. Flexibility and Usability

4. Streaming Quality

5. Conclusions