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- Real Name: Michael Schacht
Mon Nov 19, 2018 7:19 pm
I'm asking here because there seems to be a lot of conflicting information online. I produce a live 4 camera series with an ATEM. We originally took the program out into a web presenter, but later moved to an Elgato Camlink. That's the current workflow. I would like to be able to record each camera separately to repurpose the content later.
It seems like the best solution to this problem is to just buy an Apollo, but before leaving the BMD ecosystem I wanted to see if there was a workflow that made sense. There seem to be a lot of PCIE options, and I've got an 8 lane slot open, but I really don't understand the offerings. I think I've finally wrapped my head around the capabilities of 3G/6G/12G SdI.
For example, with a decklink quad 2, could i bring 4 cameras (1080p 24) into the decklink and then back out of the decklink into the ATEM while recording all 4 cameras straight to the computer? That seems like the most affordable option if it were to work. My understanding is that the SDI out for each camera on ATEM is not a passthrough of the signal. Would I be better off splitting the SDI at the HDMI to SDI converter and sending a unique line to the decklink and the ATEM? is there a signal loss when doing so?
Finally, and I realize this is a pipe dream, but is there a product that would allow me to send 4K out of the camera to the computer and back out in a 1080P signal that the ATEM could receive? I realize that if this were possible, the computer would become the bottleneck in the system. Creating/writing four 4K ISO's would put some strain on the system.
Thanks in advance. I'm open to alternative solutions as well. Working on Mojave on a Mac Pro if that influences your recommendation at all.
It seems like the best solution to this problem is to just buy an Apollo, but before leaving the BMD ecosystem I wanted to see if there was a workflow that made sense. There seem to be a lot of PCIE options, and I've got an 8 lane slot open, but I really don't understand the offerings. I think I've finally wrapped my head around the capabilities of 3G/6G/12G SdI.
For example, with a decklink quad 2, could i bring 4 cameras (1080p 24) into the decklink and then back out of the decklink into the ATEM while recording all 4 cameras straight to the computer? That seems like the most affordable option if it were to work. My understanding is that the SDI out for each camera on ATEM is not a passthrough of the signal. Would I be better off splitting the SDI at the HDMI to SDI converter and sending a unique line to the decklink and the ATEM? is there a signal loss when doing so?
Finally, and I realize this is a pipe dream, but is there a product that would allow me to send 4K out of the camera to the computer and back out in a 1080P signal that the ATEM could receive? I realize that if this were possible, the computer would become the bottleneck in the system. Creating/writing four 4K ISO's would put some strain on the system.
Thanks in advance. I'm open to alternative solutions as well. Working on Mojave on a Mac Pro if that influences your recommendation at all.
Michael Schacht
Currently using ATEM Television Studio HD to create awesome content
Currently using ATEM Television Studio HD to create awesome content
