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Wed Feb 26, 2020 8:35 pm
Hi everyone,
I'm working on an ultra-light, ultra-mobile solution for a two-camera live switching setup going into a mobile streaming encoder. Here's my problem: I need to be able to switch between two sources and something that works like the Media Player for stills in any ATEM switcher as a third source - and I need this to be very small, light weight and ideally power efficient (as it would be part of a handheld rig). It would be sufficient if the device could just output one still image (It would basically just be a slide saying "we'll be right back after a 5 minute break").
First idea was to use an ATEM mini, but my camera sources are SDI and even that little box is too bulky to be mounted on a handheld mobile setup.
I was considering an Atomos Shogun 7 or ConvergentDesign 7Q+/Apollo as a switcher, but they lack the media player - so I ended up with this question:
Does anyone know of a small device, ideally with an SDI output, but HDMI would be ok too, something like a HDMI-stick that is able to play a still image continuously? Ideally it could be loaded with a file (or switched to a different file) through an app from a phone and would support 720p50 and 1080p25/p50. It would be even better if it had an internal battery and could also be powered with an external battery (so that switching the external battery would not interrupt it). Does this exist? Maybe something from the digital signage world?
There is probably a way to make almost any android phone to do that, but I would prefer a dedicated device that would be hopefully a bit more reliable (I don't like the idea of having to use a micro-usb to HDMI adapter very much). I also considered using a Video Assist, but I'm not sure how stable that would be (and they are rather heavy and even with reduced brightness on the screen, would probably use quite a bit of power).
Any ideas and pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Daniel
I'm working on an ultra-light, ultra-mobile solution for a two-camera live switching setup going into a mobile streaming encoder. Here's my problem: I need to be able to switch between two sources and something that works like the Media Player for stills in any ATEM switcher as a third source - and I need this to be very small, light weight and ideally power efficient (as it would be part of a handheld rig). It would be sufficient if the device could just output one still image (It would basically just be a slide saying "we'll be right back after a 5 minute break").
First idea was to use an ATEM mini, but my camera sources are SDI and even that little box is too bulky to be mounted on a handheld mobile setup.
I was considering an Atomos Shogun 7 or ConvergentDesign 7Q+/Apollo as a switcher, but they lack the media player - so I ended up with this question:
Does anyone know of a small device, ideally with an SDI output, but HDMI would be ok too, something like a HDMI-stick that is able to play a still image continuously? Ideally it could be loaded with a file (or switched to a different file) through an app from a phone and would support 720p50 and 1080p25/p50. It would be even better if it had an internal battery and could also be powered with an external battery (so that switching the external battery would not interrupt it). Does this exist? Maybe something from the digital signage world?
There is probably a way to make almost any android phone to do that, but I would prefer a dedicated device that would be hopefully a bit more reliable (I don't like the idea of having to use a micro-usb to HDMI adapter very much). I also considered using a Video Assist, but I'm not sure how stable that would be (and they are rather heavy and even with reduced brightness on the screen, would probably use quite a bit of power).
Any ideas and pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Daniel