Random work video. Fitting a PRG Best Boy followspot conversion kit.

[@OvhanDevos]

I would love to see more of these, also that place is beautiful.

[@RIXRADvidz]

Clive I hope when the Robot Revolution comes they recognize you as one of the good guys, even though you take gadgets to their guts, you have a heart about what you're doing. something at 02:41, as all the technical readouts were blipping by and then just an ''OK'' it made me think that this working gadget was comfortable with you diddling around with it's bits enough to work right the first time, for you. even your work is a comfort video for some of us. thanks for always putting something good on the wwweb.

[@wilhobbs207]

Thank you Clive for a nitty gritty work video. I love these. And Godspeed to your brother. May the wings of the gods carry him across the salt safely. I'm enjoying a g,ass of Laphroig quarter cask right now.

[@wilhobbs207]

Oh...and who is handling the camera?

[@wilhobbs207]

+Wil Hobbs Duh...read the description.

[@wilhobbs207]

+Wil Hobbs Octopus beard in action! :-)

[@JerryEricsson]

WOW, brings back memories of when I served with The Old Guard in the DC Area back in 1976, our nations bicentennial celebration took place that year. I was with the Headquarters Communications and Electronics Section, we were charged with the setup and operation of the theatrical lighting and Stage Sound equipment, so we would be crawling around on catwalks and such setting devices sort of like the grandfathers of the ones you were working on in the video. When working on such things we were dressed in white coveralls instead of the traditional uniform of The Old Guard, the Dress Blue Uniform of the US Army. This many years before the rest of the Army received that uniform.

[@hansthoft0645]

At first i just thought this was an electronics channel, primary disassembling pcb's and stuff. But now moving lights once again! I freaking love this!! More of this please!

[@sparkyprojects]

'Follow spot' takes me back to school, (i did stage lighting as a pupil) old style Furse spotlight, metalwork teacher made a double tang bar, woodwork teacher made a couple of file handles, this was assembled and fitted on the screw on the back of the light that held the access door in place, looked like a headlamp with handlebars, so we called it 'the motorbike spot' :D

[@tartletboy]

Hey I think these videos would be really interesting as a fellow stage tech. I don't see a lot on youtube of guys like us doing installs like this and I think we all would enjoy seeing them! I really liked your VL teardown videos btw! Maybe get your hands on an LED video wall next time? I've been wanting to see how they operate for a long time and I think your viewers would get a real kick out of it!

[@bigclivedotcom]

The LED video walls aren't that exciting inside. Just identical densely packed PCBs smothered with LEDs on one side and with drivers on the other side.

[@tartletboy]

I'm mostly curious how that many drivers are handled as a whole. Like how do you deal with millions of LEDs like that?

[@tartletboy]

I will check that out! Thanks for letting me know!

[@bigclivedotcom]

You deal with them in lots of identical chunks of pixels. Keep in mind that a video wall is usually much lower resolution than the screen in front of you right now.

[@shukenten4191]

Im actually really interested in doing a job similar to this. Do you have any idea how one would go about doing so, and if you need any specific qualifications? Thanks in advance :)

[@iPelaaja1]

Its always amazing to see behing the scenes at places like this.. And nice to see Edinburgh too :) I live 1.5 miles walk from the castle :)

[@KOakaKO]

Last time I played around with something like that was some 'trackspots' about 16 years ago. It's amazing to see just how far the technology has advanced in that time. These 'Followspots' you're working on are obviously light-years ahead of the small bit I know about the older trackspot lights.

[@dragondude94]

I need more videos of Clive's beard flapping majestically in the wind

[@8bpspfreak2]

And the next day there will be a game on Google Play and Appstore called "Flappy Beard" where you have to guide Clive's magnificient beard through a jungle of....pipes? or whatever that stuff in Flappy Bird is :D

[@RCCentralmain]

+8bpspfreak2 I know what game I'm making next in unity.

[@taliakuznetsova7092]

do it

[@joshonthetube]

Give our thanks to Graham, this was very interesting. Quite the view from up there, too!

[@ppdan]

Configuring units with dip switches was so much more fun and you didn't need to power up the unit!

[@bigclivedotcom]

You don't need to power up these either. If you press a wake button the internal processor boots up on a battery pack and lets you adjust parameters and the address.

[@ppdan]

Nice feature.

[@mattvalcarc]

cool video! it's really interesting to both see the man behind the videos once in a while and to see a more profession side of things. not that I don't love teardowns of poundland eBay items

[@XeroVMK]

more of this would be fun. you have such a good voice to listen to and it is always fun to watch professionals in their work :)

[@Novalight2550]

Those 60 frames a second feel so smooth.

[@EastyUK]

THanks for the video mate. There is so much interesting tech around us we rarely get to see in detail. Great to see it and how it integrates into the larger setup.

[@comedyhunter]

Clive out in the real world! Strange seeing you away from your bench.

[@hizip123]

Please do more videos like this Clive. They are some of your best!

[@hene193]

I just love that beard! You look just like those wise electricians in the good old days. I mean those who fixed radios and television sets in the 60's...

[@GoldSoulTheory]

Graham did a great job with the long panning shots of the city :)

[@kevinhardisty6465]

Love these lighting set up vids. Always wonder how they work and are set up. I'd love to see more

[@AmusementLabs]

Your job is so cool! Keep up the great work mate! 👊👍

[@scottfirman]

I always figured you worked your way up in your job,thats quite a ways up. The weather still must raise hell with the electronics,humidity,cold,corrosion probably sets in on that suff eventually. I found this stuff called corrosion X that works great on delicate electronics like servos, circuit boards and all electronics. I use it on my RC boats,planes and anything electronic ( even my solar yard lights) and it works great. I even threw a rc brushless motor,esc and battery as well as servos treated with the stuff and everything worked even in the water. No puff of smoke,nothing. Can you imagine how great it would be on what you work with Clive? I bought it on line. I use it mainly on my RC boat,but I have one plane with pontoons and water gets up inside everything because of prop wash. No worrys and it dont eat foam ( I have an Apprentice) . Its a great lubricant also. I hosed a brushed motor down with it and ran that right after hosing it down with CorrosionX no shorts,its non conductive.

[@bigclivedotcom]

We can't put anything like that near these lights because of the optics. They're designed to deal with small amounts of rain splashing, but the bulk of the protection here is the strong angled canopy overhead.

[@templebrown7179]

Thanks go out to Graham Gaw from me and I'm sure all your fans, Clive. Very cool to see you at work!

[@markukblackmore]

Oh wow a video oot and aboot. Superb. Massive thumbs up. I always suspected Clive was the kid who fetched the overhead projector for teach!

[@Carnivorecorey]

Would love to see more of these sorts of videos. Specifically more with these sorts of lights. Love the videos big Clive!!!!

[@userPrehistoricman]

I hope that light can do warm white...

[@ElGatoLoco698]

That light is pretty cool. You need one for a teardown. Can you pick one up at Poundland for a few pence? hehe

[@tonysansom]

No, it would be a pound :-D

[@DasEtwas]

it would be 500 pounds xd

[@musiteufel]

For this lamp it would be something around 5000 pounds

[@afroninjadeluxe]

And its looks like a dozen of them on each side of the arena.

[@douro20]

I would thought more like 10k. This thing has a 1.5kW lamp in it. The lamp alone is almost 300 UKP.

[@mixolydian2010]

Amazing location! Thanks for the little window into your work life helps put into context your great YT videos. Take it easy.

[@chuckboyle8456]

Outstanding video Mate! The Edinburgh Tattoo venue is always a spectacular feast of lights and pipes, was there for the Trafalgar 200 celebration.

[@leonkernan]

Am I the only one shocked to see Clive has a cameraman now?

[@mudkiptyler]

He built a robot from Tesco parts.

[@leonkernan]

I'll bet there at least one Poundland thing in there.

[@iPelaaja1]

+Leon Kernan Yeah there is, on Nicolson street about a kilometer from where he is :)

[@aaronlindros6048]

+iPelaaja1 You seem to misunderstand. It was a comment about at least one part bought from Poundland being in the robot mentioned above. The comment was not asking if there were any Poundland stores in the vicinity.

[@iPelaaja1]

***** Oops, haha, so it is, I was tired when reading that! Of course you mean that there is a Poundland part in the robot ;) Maybe I missed the word "thing".. Haha, in any case, its pretty funny thought that he builds a robot from Tesco and Poundland parts ;)

[@F1nWarri0r]

I've now seen Clive's beard blowing in the wind in 60fps. My life is complete.

[@packratswhatif.3990]

Now that's the kind of lighting system I want on my vehicle - like Star Trek phaser canons.

[@hrxy1]

this is the best vid for agez more like this facinating very interesting and to see u in action rather than blah is very good too. more like this pls

[@jamesrbrindle]

Interesting bit of kit and didnt know you were in the A/V industry too. Will have to look up the PRG range.

[@bigclivedotcom]

PRG really just manufactures the lights for its own use, but I believe they may be selling them to other companies now. www.prg.com/

[@JacksonParodi]

I must say I rather like the juxtaposition of the beautiful panning view of the city being accompanied with the muffled frustrations of the bearded man in Bigclivedotcom

[@chrisryan3770]

That's a long way down to Princess Street gardens from up there! Think I'd want a parachute!

[@trillian-g]

on-site videos are my personal fav!

[@orionpryme]

I'm here thanks to the bit you did on ashens video and now I'm hooked.

[@poppypiesdad1]

Nice one Clive, Waves from a rooftop on Princess St repairing air con units .

[@bigclivedotcom]

You'll be getting lots of work in this weather.

[@cigarobsession]

Awesome vid! I was a follow spot op many moons ago for a couple years!

[@trailmix3185]

Nice to see you here Bryan! I love your content, Thumbs up! :D

[@ghostraider4312]

You should make more work videos! Interesting stuff

[@AlpakaWhacker]

I was confused where this was at first, you forget how close to the sea that part of Edinburgh is when you're at street/ground level but as soon as the camera panned round slightly to show the stands, I didnt even need to see the castle to know what/where it was :) It's pretty cool to see you working on this :)

[@sachk00]

Alpaka, you watch bigclive? Also why haven't you uploaded and what shaders do you use?

[@jameslaidler4259]

Was absolutely pouring rain summer of 2008 when I was there, so I didn't recognise a damn thing. Lol.

[@AlpakaWhacker]

Sacha Korban Of course I watch him :P I haven't uploaded (recently) because I haven't felt enthused.

[@davidworsley7969]

Summer is the rainy season in Scotland,as are spring and autumn,in winter it snows.

[@jameslaidler4259]

Lol.

[@BrunoPOWEEER]

Oh.. that reminds my previous AV job.. setting up and operating these super cool but sometimes "tricky" devices =]

[@putbinoot]

sparkin up the castle, doing lighting rigs looks interesting.

[@spamy6661]

My dad does the same thing you do, he works in the Shaftesbury theatre in london!

[@iN00bT00ber]

Damn Clive - 720p at 60fps? Beautiful.

[@digitalbroadcaster]

Well I'm glad it isn't just me who has issues with seemingly offset touchscreens. I ended up buying a cheap touchscreen stylus and my accuracy has improved. I use mine to set up various helicopter feature film cameras (I'm a camera tech) though so the touch areas are even smaller. Why don't manufacturers just adopt the Sony spin-press wheel method and save us all the trouble of multiple data input attempts!

[@oldmanhuppiedos]

A nice impression of your work. Hang in there quite a bit The Best Boy´s

[@alexw3686]

Cool to see where you work!

[@TheRobertSt]

Fun to see you at work Clive! That was nice weather, wonder if you don't get your fair deal of bad weather roo...

[@bigclivedotcom]

The weather can be very violent here.

[@azazel1667]

hey Clive is the beard a static risk. jokes aside love the vids

[@jayzo]

I wonder if he grounds it?

[@azazel1667]

+afxinfinitee idk it seems like a massive static "battery" that if he slips it could destroy an ic. but in all seriousness we are talking about an electricians beard. wtf

[@WaltonPete]

It doesn't appear in the slightest bit static - it was moving about all over the place, especially in that wind! 😜

[@jameslawrence8734]

it is a self charging capacitor

[@LWolf12]

Maybe he tucks it into one of them anti-static bags things like graphics cards come in.

[@davidnull5590]

The controller that was added appears to be attached to the light by a single metal rod? With the added handle, is there risk of bending or breaking the controller from the light? Would enthusiastic use of the forward-handle break it?

[@bigclivedotcom]

The light glides round on bearings. It's actually really light feeling for a followspot. Particularly given how bright the output is.

[@Alexandra-Rex]

Very stable footage, almost felt like a gimbal was used.

[@bigclivedotcom]

It was. I'll ask Graham to film some more stuff.

[@darkdaz]

i do like your videos and the ones of the random work videos lol :) and ur tips and so are really handy :) keep what the good work

[@Gnomesenpai]

You should do more of these!

[@bitteroldskunk]

Beautiful skyline

[@bigclivedotcom]

We're on top of a hill so there's a spectacular view all round. And equally spectacular weather like horizontal wind and rain as a result.

[@machmo2011]

Hey Clive! Got much experience working with desks? Im more of a Chamsys but currently running an OrbXF, just wondering your preference to desks? :)

[@bigclivedotcom]

I don't generally get involved in the programming and operation of the lighting. Just the maintenance and repair when it doesn't do what it's supposed to. This show uses a pair of Hogs.

[@machmo2011]

Awesome man! Im Scottish based to, Ayrshire however :D Love this kind of work on your channel!

[@dave1812]

Do the Pan/Tilt Motors get disabled as soon as you plug that little Controller in? I worked with that stupid Martin Track Pod or however the Thing was called, to control Moving Heads as Followspots, and it was pretty Buggy, as far as I remember, This seems like a pretty cool and straight forward solution

[@bigclivedotcom]

You choose the followspot function in the lights menu.

[@SiskinOnUTube]

Great view, up there in the gods.

[@honkamaster]

hehe funny thing. I'm following your channel from Finland and atm I'm on holiday in Edinburgh. Suprised that the view looked familiar. :D

[@twocvbloke]

Ah the Edinburgh tattoo time again, where I find the behind-the-scenes more fun most of the time cos I like techy stuff like this... :D

[@pirate6955]

super cool. great view of great stuff.

[@FailedSquare]

now i understand why you do so many lighting teardowns

[@jonnypanteloni]

What brand of case is the black pelican case at the end of the video? Where do you recommend I get cheap non name-brand ones to save a bit of money. Storing photographic and filmmaking equipment in a robust case for job to job transport.

[@bigclivedotcom]

The entertainment industry cases have to be really strong to withstand the rigours of touring. I'm not sure what cheaper options there are.

[@lwilton]

Clive, you need your own pocket RDM pendant so you can set addresses and parameters on the lights without having to deal with their own touch screens. :-)

[@maicod]

very cool to see you @ work Clive

[@jackking5567]

Great seeing what your work is Clive. Those light units blow me away with their features - technology has moved on so much. What is the actual light source in those lights??

[@gavin9038]

Hopefully there isn't near horizontal rain coming this way. Am I right to assume those connections aren't water tight?

[@bigclivedotcom]

The gantry has a cleverly angled and sized roof to deflect the majority of rain away from the lights. Any that does get on them is evaporated quickly by the heat when the show is running, and when the show is not running the lights are parked in an optimal position for avoiding water ingress. Any connector exposed directly to the weather is either water resilient or covered with a sleeve. The Haar sea fog is the biggest issue as it deposits moisture on every surface.

[@frollard]

The coolest feature would be if you could manually operate the bestboy and have it remotely control all the other spots with careful inverse kinematic trig to have ALL of them point at one spot.

[@frollard]

Was thinking the same -- only trouble is retroflective = visible to audience IR = blinded by the bajillion floods and spots gps cleverness = delay and probably not precise enough Either way, automatic or semi-automatic I think it would be neat...unless that one operator screws up and then all the spots are on the wrong spot.

[@BeerTower]

There are systems used in theatre that use radio-based TDOA multilateration (Stagetracker and TiMax) to automatically pan each performer's mic channel as they move around the stage. The same technology is also used for sport player position tracking (Chyron ZYX). They're pretty accurate, down to a few cm, but I'm not aware of anyone actually using them to control a moving head light, though.

[@AeroMad91]

+frollard +frollard I suggest looking up a fantastic system called BlackTrax which uses IR based tracking. Believe Eurovision and more recently Muse have used the system with no problems :)

[@onewheelnut]

good video, we need more like this,very interesting

[@thrillscience]

Nice, but where's the Vice of Knowledge? And what's inside that light? Maybe you can install an eBay color wheel light up there, too!

[@bigclivedotcom]

The Best Boy is amazing inside. Lots of PCBs and absolute encoded motors all round the light path. I do want to make a video about it, but need permission for this light first.

[@ThePrivateBanana]

what line of work is this? i work backstage at my high school putting up lights and set queues on the lightboard. since i recently graduated, i want to work on this outside of school.

[@1pcfred]

Man, listen to the wind whistle through that beard!

[@punksweeper4678]

Hey! The production company I have the distinct fortune to have a full time job with cross rents from PRG often!

[@XOIIOXOIIO]

Damn, a stadium in a castle that's fucking awesome. Also that magnificent beard jovially dancing in the wind lol

[@DarkySabertooth]

that is actually pretty neat, i know i been slowly getting into dmx controllers even orders a usb dmx lighting controller for around $20 ish off ebay to try some things.

[@TesserLink]

looks like a fun job.

[@hacknician5068]

Nice view of outside from that cat walk.

[@ElliotJackson26]

Hey Clive, Can you make more videos about industrial lighting, videos setting up for the Tattoo?

[@MARKE911]

What's the temperature there & where are you? Here in The Southern U.S. (Arkansas) we are at 35-39 degrees C with 58-75% Humidity. Its a killer being outdoors all day. I wanna go where I can wear long sleeve and not have to cut the air with a knife to take a breath.

[@craignehring]

Do these lights stay out all year around? Little weather related issues? Thanks for the view.

[@bigclivedotcom]

Just for this show then they return to PRGs hire stock. There's a roof over the lighting gantry.

[@chronicgaming3280]

hi Clive thanks for another great vid :)

[@azyfloof]

Seems weird seeing more of you than just your hands :P Kinda like seeing Ashens without his hideous brown sofa. By the way, your beard is looking magnificent :D

[@BadgerFall]

Should have done an Edinburg meetup! I can see my house in this video!

[@ABlack-wp6yq]

Hey Clive, were those touchscreens capacitive or membrane?

[@bigclivedotcom]

They appear to be resistive touchscreens which makes sense from a simplicity and rain perspective since these lights can handle light weather exposure.

[@TheSwampdoggydog]

My mother-in-law was at the tattoo did you see her anywhere abouts? A small English lady a bit stoutly with a bad knee

[@williamwoods8022]

Which Regiment was she in? :)

[@bigclivedotcom]

We typically have about quarter of a million audience members during each years run....

[@RockyBergen]

My girlfriend is being headhunted to do LED Display work. I will be sure to share this with her.

[@LWolf12]

That was pretty interesting to watch.

[@DanielLearmouth]

Is this set-up for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo? Always wanted to go to it but being a couple hundred miles south makes that a difficult thing to do.

[@ConorNoakes]

Clive, did you hot-connect that PowerCon?

[@4pThorpy]

For a brief second I thought i was a video about you firing an RPG :'(

[@rmd2387]

Beautiful view!

[@Buggerlugz]

Did you work on the Glasgow collage as well Clive

[@travisalan]

beautiful castle.

[@sonicdash3818]

now, if you were to personally choose which kind of moving light made by PRG, which model would you go with? a later best boy model, or an earlier one?

[@bigclivedotcom]

They're pretty well engineered. They do have their quirks, but they're evolving over time at a software and hardware level. This job will be the longest I've played with them in a continuous run, so I'll either love them or hate them by the time we de-rig them back into their flight cases.

[@soffingwhat]

PRG. Does that stand for Please Repair Gear?

[@IanScottJohnston]

What happened to good old PAR64 cans.......I guess things have moved on a bit 😀

[@Motorman2112]

At least those were a lot lighter, though the cabling wasn't. :)

[@bigclivedotcom]

The PAR cans are under those lights. We still use them for a wash of full spectrum white light. Particularly when the BBC are filming.

[@davidnull5590]

Will Clive be attending the filming of the revival of ROBOT WARS (2016 series) at a warehouse in Renfrew Scotland? What class will Clive's E-BAY robot creation be fighting in? It would be very interesting to watch the show live. Two sessions per day filmed near the Glasgow airport.

[@Remmes]

Oh I remember this from the tattoo videos :D awesome.