Was looking at the price of comms gear and tally lights and wondering how I could do it for less...

Wouldn't it be technically possible to use a mobile phone connect via wifi to the vmix tally wabpage and use that as tally light?

I could then use a 99c Android app called Wifi Talkie to do high quality wireless group comms via bluetooth or wired phone headsets.

It'd then be trivial to use an iFrame in the browser to get a live video feed next to the tally light webpage.

I think I'll give this a try in the next few weeks.

Would this really work? I can't see why not?

Great. This option should be somewhere on the website... it's quite a valuable feature...

Do you mount your devices on the camera hotshoe? or handle? What's a good way?

Save ur 99c and download the zello app.
Vers. for iOS , android, phone, tablet, win PC Linux pc almost everything.

You can create talk groups with password access and switch the groups on or off at choice within the device to monitor or chat where/ when needed.

Great for comms. Use it all the time, even outside of production.

Re mounting..

we use these.. http://thumbs3.ebaystati...K9UpvJdS8dG4Eu1CQzkA.jpg

with hotshoe adptrs..
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Also liking the idea of a webpage serving program output.
Now... how to get NDI displayed in an iframe ??

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Not crazy at all...

We use the following setup on our 6 camera production at Church. We run a group google hangouts call across all 6 phones, and open the web browser to the tally page. Works amazingly!

" The only thing missing is an NDI-Monitor for a mobile device. You could then give the personell the opportunity to listen to the commentators"


Create a 2nd group in zello fed with program out / comentary audio to distribute to those that need it.
You can monitor multiple groups in zello at any one time. Balance volume levels between groups as needed, by clicking profile icon (looks like two heads) balance levels between each group or individual group members)
Also you can set moderation so those monitoring 'commentary audio' group are listen only.

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It has a vox setting.
ie PTT automatically on receipt of ur voice or sound.
With an adjustable threshold level.
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Yes it is, I havnt seen the vox function on the mobile app. I use zello with the PC, using vox and a headset to talk to camera ops. They then PTT on their mobiles when / if they need respond... But it's mostly for me calling shots, so works out fine for us :-)

We interviewed Zello a while back: https://www.vuc.me/2015/...37-zello-ceo-bill-moore/

Hi everyone,

I was curious to read through this topic and it kind of comfirms that it's certainly possible to do a low cost tally/intercom system. However, I would like to use good quality headsets with this, for example the Beyerdynamic DT109's. That way if I do get a "real" intercom some day, I can keep using the headsets. So does anyone know if you can connect those to an iOS device for use with mumble/zello? If not, what kind of headset do you guys use?



When I was in France I picked up a 99 euro 8" tablet complete with Windows 10, it was at an E.leclerc store. Maybe it's possible to find something like this in your region. Install your VOIP software and the NDI monitor on it and then you have it! Works great for me. Now to go back to France to buy more of them! (they are probably also on eBay)

Kind regards,

Davey.