[quote="hosko"]Its probably a really stupid question but I can't work out what the Utility Bus 1 output is for on each ME. I know that the Utility 2 output is used as the background for DME wipes and also can be used as the background for keys which can be isoed back as a XPT but I haven't been able to work out what the Utility 1 output is for. I'm fairly new to the 8000 as you might have been able to work out for yourself. Thanks for your help.[/quote] Hosko Utility 1 can also be used to feed live video into the border of a key and it also enables you to use live video as a mask in the sub mask menu Phil

We are completely 16:9 so thats not much use. Is it possible to send the P/P Utility 1 bus output down an aux output. Essentially we do live crosses with a studio in another city and send them return vision. I would like to link the Main P/P bus with the Utility 1 bus and substitute the assign line (some might know it as a remote line) for Camera 4 (our wide shot). So when we take the assign line they will be seeing our wide shot not themselves. That way I wouldn't have to use up an ME, we only have a 3 ME switcher and one ME is usually used to feed our onset plasmas. We use clip animations to transition between different stills keyed over a DDR. Would have been nice if Utility 1 could also be used as backgrounds for PGM and K-PVW outputs.

If you have a A or G frame it is used for side flags for 4x3 sources menu 7331.7