We built up a remote camera rig with an AVIPAS AV-1081 camera. The goal was something that a non-techie could set up and point in the right general direction at which time the vMix operator could take over.

The picture quality is very good for being a lower end model. Low light performance surprised me as being above average. Auto focus works well and is pretty predictable, with options for zones and sensitivity.

PTZ is smooth and quiet, keeping in mind that movement doesn't softly accelerate / decelerate so slow speeds are required for on-air PTZ motions. vMix's built in VISCA over IP capability controls it with no issues.

The one we bought is HDMI, but we're using the built in encoder to send 1080p 30 FPS H.265 back to vMix over the internet. And there lies the Achilles heel (for our AV-1081 anyway) - the video encoder works as expected, but the audio encoder has issues. It passes audio, but the AAC encoder has a nasty grittyness to it that is definitely an encoding artifact and not overdrive/clipping (even though it somewhat resembles clipping). MP3 encoding has none of that grittyness, but sounds pretty swhishy for a 128K 44100 Hz 16 bit stream - it sounds more like 64k. If I had to guess, their audio encoding firmware may be a bit of a hack to avoid using third party sources, but whatever the reason, it's not pretty. I have the same identical audio issues on a uRayCoder box at another location which makes me think it's a particular Chinese encoding firmware and/or chipset.

How are you trying to connect it (stream or HDMI)?

The one I have is for remote hits, so it's set up to stream H.265 back to vMix.

It's all in the camera manual. https://e7aba150-670b-4b...48c3bc55a31c981660c3.pdf

Look for RTSP settings. (Don't turn on Multicast) You then ingest the RTSP stream into vMix by setting up a Stream (RTSP) input.

https://www.vmix.com/help23/index.htm?Stream.html

Setting up
AVIPAS AV-1281 (HDMI) Camera
AVIPAS AV-3104IP Controller

1. Controller documentation is really thin. Used the Setup button function to
a. Keep the the IP address mode to static Setup 02/08
b. The IP address of the controller to 192.168.1.100 so it's on my church's network. Also changed the Subnet mask to 255.255.255.0, gateway to 192.168.1.1 Setup 06/08
2. Connected the camera ethernet port to a laptop's ethernet port so I could change the subnet of the camera to match my church's subnet. Instructions in the camera manual aren't correct.
a. Set the laptop IP address to static/Use this IP address instead of dynamic (DHCP)/Obtain IP Address Automatically
b. Set the laptop IP Address to 192.168.5.160
c. Access the Web interface of the camera using http://192.168.5.163.
d. Login using the userid/password in the camera manual
e. You can then change the network parameters of the camera so you can change the DHCP (leave unchecked), IP address. subnet mask, default gateway parameters of the camera. then reboot the camera.
I found that things work better when both the controller and the camera have static IP addresses.

Once I had the controller and Camera on the same subnet, I was able to use the controller web interface to add the Camera to Camera1 position on the controller
Additional Controller settings:
Mode: IP VISCA 05/08

Then set up an input in vMix using
Input-->Stream/SRT-->RTPS Over TCP-->
URL: rtsp://192.168.1.101:554/live/av0

Additional Camera Configuration
Video Encode: (These are all the standard configs)
Compressed Format: H.264
Profile HP
Image Size: 1920*1080
Rate Control: CBR
Image Quality: Best
Bit Rate: 4096
Frame Rate: 25
Frame Interval: 75
Frame Min QP: 20
Stream Name: live/av0

Stream Publish
Enabled: Checked
Host Address 192.168.1.101

I have successfully conntected the camera to vMix using the RTSP connection. However, I can't get the vMix PZT controls for the input to properly connect. Has anyone had success with this?

Yes. Avipas AVI-1280 with SDI. Using Deltacast PCIe SDI adapter. Using camera at 1280x720 (720P) at 29.97, which is more than adequate for this particular installation.

PTZ in vMix is set to Sony VISCA over IP, simply using the camera's IP address, with the camera at its default VISCA port of 1259; this worked immediately. I was not asked for, nor did I need to use, the camera's login/password.

Still in testing before production deployment, but so far cameras come up right away in vMix, as long as cameras are on, and the SDI cables are connected when vMix is started.

Picture quality seems at least very good. PTZ functions seem smooth. I really like the feature in vMix where you can set the camera via PTZ and save these settings as a preset input. Very cool.

Everything else so far is hunky-dory. I have moderate and ongoing webcasting experience with vMix before working with these cameras; this is my first time using Avipas, PTZ, and SDI. Happy to say that overall, adding these has not been very taxing.

I built a new system for this; at the moment I just have a GT1030/2GB GDDR5 video card, and it's working fine under light load for testing (only the 2 SDI camera inputs). I am awaiting arrival of a GTX1060/6GB card to swap in for the production configuration. Dayum these are expensive due to shortages these days (alas, this is no surprise). Got a used one for moderate bucks (still around $300US).

I accessed this thread before buying the cameras. Helpful indeed. And the camera is still current production. AND the price point is very friendly, as these things go, especially since the device is so configurable, and the picture quality seems to be up there.

I'm not feeding audio from the camera at all, so that's of little concern, to me, anyway.

4 months is either a lot or a little, depending on how you look at it. So, I guess, I'm happy to bump the thread.