Media Production Remote Control and Switching Systems, Methods, Devices, and Configurable User Interfaces

A system for processing video input, the system comprising:

• a media content switcher positioned at a first location and having a first connection to a public network;
• one or more video signal connections configured to provide one or more source video signals over the public network to the media content switcher, the one or more source video signals being from one or more cameras located at a second location remote from the first location;
• a media controller configured to be positioned at a third location remote from the first location and the second location, the media controller providing an interface to a user for controlling the selection of the one or more source video signals and the processing of the one or more source video signals with one or more media effects, the media controller connected to the media content switcher over the public network;
• a media controller server configured to communicate with the media content switcher and provide a user interface via the media controller for a user to interact with the media content switcher, wherein the media controller server includes a web server configured to provide a user interface via a web browser application of a client device, the web server in communication with the media content switcher via the public network and/or a private network for providing interaction between the media content switcher and the client device, wherein the interaction between the media content switcher and the client device includes an interaction selected from the group consisting of providing at least one video signal based on the one or more source video signals from the media content switcher to the user interface, providing a control signal based on an input from a user via the user interface to the media content switcher, providing a camera operator information signal based on information input from a user via the user interface to an operator device located at the second location via the media content switcher, enter text, for editing graphics, and any combinations thereof;
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• a latency monitoring element, the latency monitoring element configured to monitor the latency of a plurality of network paths between the second location and the first location and to direct each of the one or more source video signals over a chosen one or more of the plurality of network paths to minimize latency of the one or more source video signals wherein the latency monitoring element includes a memory device having machine executable instructions for comparing time codes and/or network path encodings associated with the one or more source video signals to determine a lower latency network path.