ATEM mini HTTP interface?

Is there any way to communicate with the ATEM mini via HTTP? In particular I want to query (and maybe control) the mini via a web interface using Javascript. HTTP is the most natural protocol for Javascript, but raw IP might also be possible.

Background: We are using OBS with 3 PTZOptics cameras. We use the OBS custom browser dock feature to embed camera control panels into the OBS interface:



I would like a "tally" indicator on the camera control panel so it is clear to the operator which camera is currently "live". (We are using the physical buttons on the ATEM mini for switching). E.g. light up the title bar of a camera's dock in red when it is live - a caution signal to the operator that any camera movement will be seen in the live stream.

To do that, I need to get tally information from the ATEM mini into a browser running Javascript (each custom dock panel in OBS is a web browser page).

Is there any conceivable way to do this? The BM Switchers SDK is all C++ and hides the on-network protocol, not accessible from Javascript in any way.

Hey, the ATEM protocol is UDP, this is not widely accessible in browsers, and there is no HTTP interface for the ATEM API. There are some 3rd party libraries that have decoded the raw UDP communication from the API, you can use UDP sockets in chrome but that would require a bit of coding, to make the UDP library in chrome sockets friendly format.

Someone has done something close with nodejs here: http://nelsoj.uk/demonstration-of-a-web ... ch-source/

There are also some QT libraries for the ATEM series online as well.

There are also quite a few variations of abstraction layers others have made on github

https://github.com/topics/atem

All in all there are some options to do what you want but nothing accessible directly through HTTP as the system uses UDP and will always require at least a layer of abstraction, and some work to get it going. The work others have already done might be enough to get you going though.

Ah, there are several bits on github there that could be a basis for what I need, most Javascript tools are using nodejs and the dgram library. Not sure what level of Javascript is supported in the OBS browser docks so I may have some issues there. Other option is to run (in a separate process) an HTTP server that does the talking to the switcher and use plain 'ol ajax calls in the Javascript. Tempted to write my own HTTP server in Java which has good UDP support and runs everywhere, but would have to implement the ATEM protocol layer myself (using existing C# and JS as examples).

So, I have something to work on for a while Thanks for the pointers.

(Aside: I know there must already be a lot of code running in the switcher... but how hard is it to implement a simple HTTP server these days? It would open up so many possibilities for integrations, tools, and utilities that would be simple and reliable - and get them out of the protocol implementation business.)

API interface can be a great feature to be implemented in ATEM mini.
For me it could be used to develop a several resources like a phone camera switchers or indicator cameras usages to camera staff, using android apps connected in some server integrated locally with API.

Bitfocus Companion is open source and can be used to control the ATEM Mini along with many other things. You can use its web interface or use it with a Stream Deck to have physical buttons or you can control it by sending it HTTP commands which would thus allow you to control the ATEM (indirectly) using HTTP.

https://bitfocus.io/companion

After seeing a Facebook post today about someone complaining about not being able to use the control software due to screen resolution, I fired back that Black Magic should explore developing an official Web UI for their devices that adhere to accessibility options presented in responsive design methods

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsive_web_design

or should this project be expanded and put on Githubb into an open-source public project?

I'm already sifting through GitHub to see if there's not already a project like this I can join....


https://github.com/search?q=ATEM&type=Repositories

bitfocus companion is a nodejs project, you should look at the atem module.

I did make a start with help from a friend on a rewrite of the atem software as a webui. many bits work, but its hard to support every feature of every model without being able to test with them. https://github.com/LibAtem/AtemUI

there is also a python reimplementation of the software https://openswitcher.org/ which I havent tried. It looks like it might have a http proxy that could be useful here.

Companion is also an option, and would allow for controlling more than just the atem.
Or it would be pretty simple to write a small nodejs app combining express and https://www.npmjs.com/package/atem-connection to make a simple http api that does the things you need