Mon Feb 05, 2018 8:59 pm
Tally is one of my biggest frustrations with the BMD universe.
We have leaned heavily into the BMD universe of equipment for our life setup. WE have an ATEM 2M/E Broadcast Studio, (1) 40x40 Smart Videohub, (1) 20x20 Smart Videohub, (2) Multiview 16s, and (1) Multiview 4. Why does tally data still feel so restricted and so dumb?
All of this equipment is connected over IP. Why do I still need to eat up SDI inputs and rely on SDI signal to transmit tally data? And why isn't it more flexible?
Here is a scenario that illustrates what I mean better.....We run a lot of corporate all hands meetings with 4 robo cams and 1 manned camera. We have a Multiview 4 connected to a 4K display for the robocam operator. Works brilliantly. It would be even better if he could have tally. But he can't, because these are fed from a Videohub, and we need all 4 inputs for cameras. Why can't I go into the software and somehow say "hey Multiview 4, talk to the ATEM at this IP address to get tally info, and even further, map inputs on the Multiview 4 to specific ATEM inputs that might or might not match. For example Input 1 on the MV4 is Input 3 on the ATEM, etc." In an IP world, it seems like this would be SO easy to program, and would be so incredibly useful across the Multiview 4 and the Multiview 16.
I'd love to know from someone at BMD if something like this has ever been considered and is even possible in the future?