killeryellow wrote:It's just strange not to have it, since even if I only had two inputs or fixed camera angles, I'd still want to see what was going on in each input before switching to it to avoid things like... I dunno, cutting to someone right when they're picking their nose or a technical issue that means the other input has gone dark or someone has bumped the tripod, etc etc. Just a really odd omission.
I was going to buy one to replace my Roland V1-HD since it looks like a slimmer form factor and I LOVE how they laid out the audio and PnP buttons, which the Roland does not have, but no multiview is a dealbreaker. Even if I wasn't doing pro AV, I wouldn't buy it! Who wants to switch to god knows what in a totally live situation without previewing it!
Again. The product is mainly targeted towards live game streamers!!
So the main layout would look a bit like this:
HDMI1: Game Console / Output of game pc
HDMI2: Front camera towards player
HDMI3: Side camera towards player
HDMI4: Overlay or some other cam.
HDMI out>> Monitor for the gameplay
USB OUT>> OBS or direct to twitch, FB, YT etc.
This is what BMD is targeting this product to.
Also BMD says if you need a multiviewer. Then buy the TVS HD.
If you think the Multiviewer is a big issue. Then this Atem is not for you!!
As i stated before in this topic. To get the product cheap like this! They needed to strip out a lot of options. The multiviewer is one of them as it requires another FPGA to do the multiviewer and other functions.
Then the device would have been twice as expensive and needed active cooling. Meaning the device would be much bigger.
All in All this is a decision that BMD did. Deal with it!! If you need a multiviewer then buy the TVS HD.