Morning all:
My company produces live video shows for sports events and I have been contemplating adding an ATEM 1 M/E system to the family for an annual event coming up in late March. This show drives video exclusively to a single SD jumbotron (giant screen) as well as several HDMI/Component TV monitors.
Up until lately I had decided against one due for the most part because of the numerous issues raised on this forum. With the recent release of 3.5 it sounds encouraging enough to revisit, so here is our rather simple setup (and its attendant problems relating to matched inputs on the ATEM):
- Input 1: Line cut from the ski race course, HD 1080i/60 (95% certain it's "i", can confirm)
- input 2: Keyable and fullscreen graphics from Ross Xpression via Matrox DVI converter, output format can be matched to input 1 (SDI, CV, 59.95/60 etc)
- input 3: Prerecorded commercials, features, and other content, usually preinstalled on an ipad (analog) but may also look at an Android tablet for HDMI-out
- input 4: spare, often used for last minute DVD's via analog player or other source
As you can see this is a pretty typical remote installation, with analog, digital, SD and HD formats all over the place. Up until now we have used a simple Datavideo HS500 Studio that has been great, but it's SD and I wouldn't mind delivering to the full capability of the HDMI monitors while perhaps dropping downconverted SD to the jumbotron.
With the audio-stripping problem of the HDMI-in on the ATEM, I can't simply connect an Android tablet filled with perfectly recorded commercials, I guess I'd have to route the tablet's HDMI & audio thru an analog breakout into the ATEM's analog-IN.
The numerous conversion issues that this scenario presents, forces me to consider that the ATEM may not be the right solution, in fact I may simply continue with the Datavideo and an HDMI upconversion to the monitors unless I am overcomplicating the above solution.
Any bright ideas?!
Cheers
Andrew
My company produces live video shows for sports events and I have been contemplating adding an ATEM 1 M/E system to the family for an annual event coming up in late March. This show drives video exclusively to a single SD jumbotron (giant screen) as well as several HDMI/Component TV monitors.
Up until lately I had decided against one due for the most part because of the numerous issues raised on this forum. With the recent release of 3.5 it sounds encouraging enough to revisit, so here is our rather simple setup (and its attendant problems relating to matched inputs on the ATEM):
- Input 1: Line cut from the ski race course, HD 1080i/60 (95% certain it's "i", can confirm)
- input 2: Keyable and fullscreen graphics from Ross Xpression via Matrox DVI converter, output format can be matched to input 1 (SDI, CV, 59.95/60 etc)
- input 3: Prerecorded commercials, features, and other content, usually preinstalled on an ipad (analog) but may also look at an Android tablet for HDMI-out
- input 4: spare, often used for last minute DVD's via analog player or other source
As you can see this is a pretty typical remote installation, with analog, digital, SD and HD formats all over the place. Up until now we have used a simple Datavideo HS500 Studio that has been great, but it's SD and I wouldn't mind delivering to the full capability of the HDMI monitors while perhaps dropping downconverted SD to the jumbotron.
With the audio-stripping problem of the HDMI-in on the ATEM, I can't simply connect an Android tablet filled with perfectly recorded commercials, I guess I'd have to route the tablet's HDMI & audio thru an analog breakout into the ATEM's analog-IN.
The numerous conversion issues that this scenario presents, forces me to consider that the ATEM may not be the right solution, in fact I may simply continue with the Datavideo and an HDMI upconversion to the monitors unless I am overcomplicating the above solution.
Any bright ideas?!
Cheers
Andrew
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Solutions for Broadcast Sports
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Alpha Sports Technologies
Solutions for Broadcast Sports
www.alphasports.tv