Hello there! My name is Kalle and this is my first post here at bit-tech. I come from Sweden, so you'll have to excuse my english in some cases. My first build here will be: Background: I work as a broadcast technician and editor at MTG Broadcast Sweden, and one of my tasks is to come up with solutions for any emerging problems. The request in this case was: Build a 4ch switchable a/v -> USB-encoder and house it in a 19" rackcase... The codec used is h.264 @ 1,5 mbit. The purpose of the box is to quickly capture analog video to a USB-memory/drive and then be able to send the file using FTP. Nuff said, let's do it! Parts arrived from ELFA (Swedish electronics dealer) One of the two switches, moments before taken apart Rackcasing 19" x 1U x 137mm -||- Marking up the frontpanel Drilling... A broken drill doesn't work quite as good as an unbroken... Done drilling the front PWR + Videoswitch + Audioswitch VU-meter for input volume Mode + REC + earplug + USB out Nice fit Backplane: 230v + 6A fuse + 8xRCA in + 2x XLR in + 6 (became 4) composite in Mounted The front as a whole Filing some aluminium Overheadview Re-routing control-switches from the h264-PCB Pretty small powersupply huh? Isolating a powersupply with hot melt Mode, rec, power & usb - done Solderingtime! Re-routing the status-LEDs The small LED-panel Switch-solder Sound inputs soldered and bridged It's getting crowded As I said... First test, everything worked like a charm V1 + A1/A2 in highest quality (sm - med - hi) Straight to USB, ready for FTP-transfer. ---------------------------------------- Comments? Over and out // Kalle "Hexolutions"
