Technical Report for Cable TV Committee Meeting of 3/10/2021

1 NGTV Technical Report for Cable TV Committee Meeting of 3/10/2021 Equipment issues: 1. The last operational portable uninterruptible power supply (UPS) reported that its battery needed replacement. Since the manufacturer (APC) recommends replacing units that are more than 5 years old, which all of ours are, given that the price is not much more than replacement batteries and that the location of the UPS constrains the necessary shape, a APC UPS was purchased and installed. 2. The Aavelin video messaging system that displays the TV bulletin board has been repaired by the IT contractor, who replaced the power supply. The hard drive was also replaced by a solid state drive (SSD), which is less expensive and should outlast a hard drive. The Aavelin has performed reliably since the repair. 3. Richard continues to title and convert the videos for nearly all meetings that have been conducted and recorded via PCs and Zoom video conferencing for broadcast and upload to VieBit video-on-demand. 4. The editing room equipment remains in the meeting house, in the control room, rest room and meeting room. No action has been taken to move any of it to the locked Community building room or to acquire a tall equipment cabinet for the restroom. The camcorders, tripods, microphones, tubs, filing cabinet are in the control room. The editing PC, monitor and printer are housed in a computer cart (lent/donated by Richard) and are being cabled for operation using its keyboard, mouse and larger monitor for both the editor and control room computers, to eliminate one monitor. 5. With the Video Editor computer upgrade to Windows 10 , the Edius Neo editing program is unusable. The $300 upgrade probably requires upgrading the PC to the minimum requirements for Edius 9 or 10 (X) -- if that is even reasonable to do. As an editing software replacement, the open-source ShotCut program was tried but seems difficult to master. Another open-source editor, Kdenlive, is well regarded and is available for Windows, so is the next candidate for editing video. New purchases: None 1. APC Back-UPS 650 8 Outlet Surge Protector and Battery Backup (120V) - $76 2. USB 2.0 Type-A Extension Cable (6') - $4 3. VGA Cable with Audio (10') - $10 4. 2x4 USB 2.0 Peripheral Sharing Switch - $37 Extra activities: 1. Richard copies, edits, broadcasts and uploads nearly all of the Zoom-recorded meetings. 2. Patti recorded and Richard edited edited a 15-minute video of Library patrons reflecting on and congratulating the former Library director on her retirement. Anticipated purchases: 1. AudioTechnica U857QL RF-protected microphones (up to 11, $200 each) - postponed Anticipated activities: 1. Completing the integration of the editing equipment into the control room, adding new editing software. Weekend programming Friday, Saturday & Sunday at 7:00 am & pm: 1. Comprehensive Plan Update Committee Meetings 2 2. Music Festival: Shaker Song 3. Merriment at Plow Day 4. Plow Day 2018 5. Planning Board public hearing & meeting 6. Board of Appeals & Planning Board meetings re marijuana grow facility 7. Board of Appeals meeting 8. Board of Selectmen Budget Workshop with Budget Committee meeting 9. Board of Selectmen Budget Workshop 10. Ad hoc Marijuana Ordinance Committee meeting Weekend Meeting rebroadcast Friday, Saturday & Sunday at 5:00 pm.: Public Safety, Cable TV, Economic Development Committees; Water District Trustees.

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