Don't Buy An ATEM Mini Before Watching This

don't buy an ATM switcher before watching this a lot of people go out and buy the cheapest live streaming switcher they can find and are quickly disappointed that the ATM switchers can function a certain way here's three things that you should think about before buying the ATM and if you stick around to the end I'll help you make the best decision when picking out an ATM mini live streaming switcher the first thing that you should consider with the ATM switchers is output and I don't just mean the fact that it outputs a 1080 HD signal but I'm talking about the amount of outputs and the amount of screens that you want to send the signal to I've seen time and time again people posting to Facebook groups asking how to get both the program feed meaning your live feed as well as the multi view feed meaning the view where you can see all of your camera inputs in the multi- view boxes as separate HDMI signals coming out of the A10 Mini Pro or A10 mini pro ISO news flash they only have one HDMI output and while this is something anyone could easily determine from looking at the product page It's Quickly overlooked because of the attractive sticker price here's the fix and there's a few with them so stick with me they're all going to cost you a little bit more since the A10 mini pro and mini pro ISO only has one HDMI output you have to start considering the other outputs and no you cannot just take an HDMI or USB splitter to it and get a second output the ATM can send program or multi view to the HDMI output the ATM will also send program to the USB output so that you can either record on a hard drive or send it into a computer as a USB webcam signal and finally the ATM can send the program feed using the built-in encoder out over the ethernet port so to recap the HDMI output is the only output on the at10 where you get an either or option between the multiv View and the program feed the USB connection and the ethernet connection offer program out only by default the only way that you can get multi view output from the ATM is through the HDMI output so you're stuck with that being your multi view output no matter what however there's still ways to get HDMI output of program feed you could use the Blackmagic streaming Bridge which connects to the ATM mini pro using ethernet using the ATMs built-in encoder you can en code the program feed to go out over the ethernet port into the streaming Bridge which then converts it back to HDMI and SDI outputs this leaves the HDMI output on the at1 free for multiv view additionally if you're not concerned with recording directly to a drive you can output the program feed directly to a computer to record with OBS and stream simultaneously or if you truly need HDMI output you can get a UVC to HDMI converter but it will have a slight lag two popular companies that make them include obsbot and RGB link and I'll be sure to link to those and the streaming Bridge down below this video if you want to check them out they'll cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $150 and the streaming bridge is about $250 with the added capability of both SDI and HDMI out simultaneously plus it still leaves your HDMI and USB ports free since it uses the ethernet port a bonus way that you could get a fake multi view out of your A10 mini pro is the method that I used when I originally bought the A10 mini pro before graduating to larger switchers and that is to grab yourself the atm1 156 monitor from ctec it's a 15-in monitor with four HDMI inputs and four HDMI Loop outputs so you can run your camera feeds through it before it hits the A10 the only downside is it's not going to show you your program output or any graphics just the four feeds that are running through it it was a great solution for me at the time since I could use the HDMI output of the ATM to run the program output into a recorder like the atos Shogun or adamos ninja this meant seeing a faux multi view of all four feeds retaining the ability to record and still having the ethernet and USB ports free I know that's a lot to take in but it's one of the biggest things to consider before buying a switcher and it's important to understand just how many inputs and outputs you truly have available before needing to buy additional equipment the second thing to think about with the ATM is being able to send feeds to external screens and projectors a lot of people miss this one and similar to the first consideration they just buy based on sticker price let's say you want to have your monitor for multi view but you also want to be able to send a video feed like some PowerPoint slides to a television or projector this means that you need two outputs the A10 mini pro and mini pro ISO only has one HD my output so again you run into a similar conundrum truth be told this typically means it's time for an upgrade and you probably need the A10 mini extreme or a 10 mini extreme ISO the big difference is whether or not you just need the program recordings or if you need to have ISO recordings of every camera input either way you're getting a second HDMI output that can be switched independently of the first this means HDMI output one can be your multi- view output to a monitor that you use while switching this also means that you get a second HDMI output available as an AUX or auxiliary output the second output can be fed any of your inputs so if you have PowerPoint slides coming in on input one you could send input one to HTMI output 2 very simply in the ATM software control and even better you now gain a macro keypad on the ATM so if you want to get some shortcuts for yourself to switch HDMI output 2 to slides and have a second shortcut to switch switch HDMI output 2 to be one of your camera feeds you can easily do that it's like having two switchers in one the third and final piece worth considering when buying is what I call the bundling issue and this is really the one where they get you just like if you go to a fast food place to order a burger it's pretty rare that you won't order fries and a drink with it when you buy the ATM there's a whole bunch of things that you kind of need with it to function well for starters you'll need a monitor so you can see your multi view and have a clue what you're actually doing second you'll need some method of recording your live stream whether it be directly to ssds or to a ninja or video assist recorder additionally you'll need plenty of cables which by the way if you weren't prepared for this HDMI cables aren't very useful Beyond 25 ft and you'll need to use either HDMI fiber or convert to an SDI signal and finally you'll eventually wind up needing an audio mixer or some way to get audio feeds into your switcher I realized that ATM has 2 3.5 inputs and you could run audio through your cameras but if you're juggling more than one microphone you really should consider an audio mixer I like using the zoom live track L8 because it has the right amount of inputs for me records to SD card if I need an audio backup and it could even run on batteries or USB power if needed just be sure that you know what you're getting into before diving in so if you ask me which switcher is right for you what would I say I think that the answer is to get as many features as you can afford because there's a good chance that once you use these switchers more you'll find the limitations in an Ideal World I'd always recommend someone get the extreme versions over the minis because they'll gain more inputs more outputs and it just leaves a lot of room for scaling up not to mention the aux output second USB output Super Source and macro keys if you're working in a space that will require longer cable runs the SDI model is going to be your friend with cable runs up to 100 m which is 32 28 ft you'll be in a much better position to run cabling to projector screens and TVs at the front of a ballroom than you will with HDMI models I hope this helps you with making your decision to use the ATM switchers until next time

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Length: 8min 14sec (494 seconds)

Published: Mon May 27 2024