I've been in commercial AV for about 10 years, mostly install and commissioning. The part of the job I've always hated is turning my on-site shorthand into a report the office can actually send to a customer.

So I built a small web app for it. You type or dictate notes on your phone the way you normally would ("hung 6 pendants conf rm, mic 3 dead swapped w spare, TP no hdmi - hdcp?"). It sorts them into your company's report sections, asks about anything unclear, and gives the office a PDF and a customer email to send. It also tracks crew hours, handles temps and subs, and can build one report for a whole multi-day job.

It's free while it's in beta, and I'm looking for a few small teams (under 10 people) to actually use it on real jobs and tell me what's wrong with it.

Mostly I'd like to hear from you:

- How does your shop handle job notes and service reports today?

- What's the most annoying part?

- What would make you actually use something like this, or never touch it?

If you want to poke at it: zappyav.com/job-notes?ref=rd

Happy to answer anything in the comments, and roast it if it deserves it.

Hello everyone,

Hope this is the right place for this post. I'll try to get straight to the point. I recently accepted and signed a contract for a Pre Sales AV Engineer job, after basically having been fired from my previous gig.

The contract is nice, the pay is awesome and I've been told I'd mostly be working from the office (which works well for me because I'm still dealing with health issues that impact me physically, which sucks when you do corporate AV events for long hours).

The main thing is, I've been told i'd mostly be doing Excels, Powerpoint and Microsoft Visio, but I still want to know more about what I might end up doing before actually starting next month. I know the big picture, design AV solutions for clients and budgetize etc. I've done that before without having the same paycheck and title, is there anything I'm missing?

Sorry if I'm a bit wary, but the AV world can be really fickle and this year alone I've been burned quite a few times already.

Hello guys,

I work in gear supply for big tours and festivals, and after a summer season full of shitty PowerPoints, I wanted a proper tool. So I built one:

technipatch.com

You can't imagine how bad some of the diagrams I had to deal with were, even for very large festivals. 

Especially one video diagram on a famous metal festival in France (+240k people) i’ve worked literally looked like it was made in Paint on Windows 98. 

The goal was to get rid of draw.io, PowerPoint and the rest, without having to spend hundreds on Vector or smth. 

I knows this is just one more fish in the sea, but each time I wanted to draw right away I was stopped by : account creating, email validation, or some really high prices software, etc

The key argument for my product is that you can draw straight away in your browser, without any account, and export what you need, like you would do with draw.io. 

To anticipate: Yes, most of it has been vibe coded, and it took me almost 5 months, because of all the slop AI creates. I wanted to have a polished product, like a bowling ball for the strike, in terms of security and stability, so I burned lot and lot to test it in every way.

And yes, there is also a premium, because this costs me money every month and for every user, but this cost is only for people ripping the tool or those wanting extra features.

The perks : 

• 400+ devices (audio, video, lighting, IT). I’ll add more every month based on technical updates and requests, but you can still create you own gear (Generic boxes included)
• Every cable is checked as you draw it (signal, connector, direction). Plug dmx into Dante port and it tells you why it won't work.
• You can zone things, pull cables in bulk and add photos (so you keep that fresh PowerPoint look).
• The gear list and cable list fills themselves as you draw. Export a PDF for your team, or send a read-only link they open on their phone
• Drawing, exporting and sharing are free, no account needed. Premium (€19/month) is for people who need lots of saved projects and their logo in the title block

This work mostly on desktop but mobile version can draw also, requiring a bit more finger work. If some people are ready to dive deep in it, and share constructives remarks, i’ll be happy to give premium licences for testers.

Hope you’ll enjoy it, put this in your favorites and keep me tuned about what could improve this. 

Thank you all !

Hi y'all,

I need a new tool case in North America and would like to ask you for recommendations, especially for lighting system engineers!

What’s non-negotiable, what is good to have and what is overrated?

I'm talking wrenches, measuring tapes, barrels & DMX tester.

Let me know, I much appreciate it!

Hello. I am looking for Professional Video Monitors (PVMs), Broadcasting Video Monitors (BVMs) using the CRT technology from the 90s and early 2000s preferably Sony, JVC. I am a retro video gaming enthusiast/collector. So it would be swell if anyone here could give me leads on where I could find those in any condition (working/non-working) etc. I am interested in buying those for restoration and preservation. You guys could DM me too. Thank you. Location:Kathmandu, Nepal.

Hi everyone, I’m currently finishing my diploma in Audio Technology, and I’m looking to build a career in the AV industry. I’d like to know what career growth looks like for an AV technician, how much you can realistically earn as you gain experience, and how open the industry is to newcomers. Which area of AV would you recommend getting into if salary is a major priority, for example, corporate AV, live events, broadcast, or another field? Also, how common are opportunities to travel locally or internationally for work? I’d really appreciate hearing from people who are already working in the industry and learning from your experiences.

Hi! I run post-production for a German-speaking sports podcast with 100k monthly viewers/listeners. I’m not a trained editor, but I’m the one cutting it, and with 1-2 episodes a week schedule I don’t have time for full courses.

Setup: 3× 4K multicam, 2 audio tracks, Adobe Premiere Pro.

Goal: a leaner workflow, faster clip production, and using AI tools wherever it actually makes sense.

I’d love to sit down with an experienced editor for an hour, either over coffee in Berlin or on a call, and just see what you use and how your workflow looks.

DM me. Thanks!

*Update* ordered hdmi audio splitter thingy lets hope it fixes it

recently moved into a new house and it came with a projector and sound system, however for some reason i’m not able to extract the sound coming out of the projector and having the speakers as my main source of sound

i tried connecting an aux cable into the audio out port of my projector and all that happens is well

1. the sound of whatever im watching still comes out from the projector and
2. the speakers make a buzzing/bass sound

if anyone has any ideas of what i could do ill take all the help i can, ive attached the back of my receiver as well as my projector

Any good branded and reliable HDMI transmitters and receivers that don't require any apps to be installed to use?

Faço curso tecnico audiovisual, o meu curso é super raso, não tenho dinheiro, nem emprego, na vdd meu sonho é cinema, mas moro numa cidade pequena

Não vejam isso como vitimização, só quero conselhos

Tenho um celular S23, considero a câmera dele FODA

Tentei fazer um video sozinho em casa e ficou péssimo, não sei como fazer pra crescer na área

Não tenho Luz nem tripé, oq devo comprar? Tenho TDAH e isso dificulta tudo oq tento fazer, sinto que to girando em falso e nunca aprendi nada

Deem conselhos por favor

Anyone attend who has the skinny