cmallard@aristotle.net wrote:I am looking at purchasing VidBlaster and an ATEM Television Studio because I need to do Multi Camera AND Instant Replay for MMA fights. I stream Live to GoFightLive.TV as well as send a feed to the projectors in the arena.
I will be controlling the ATEM Television Studio with a MacBook Pro, and sending the feed from the Studio to another MacBook Pro through a Blackmagic Intensity to VidBlaster.
The way I would run VidBlaster and an Atem TVS, assuming five cameras or less, is to treat VidBlaster as an extra source into the Atem and take the final TX output from the Atem. That will give you minimum video delay on the feed that's going to the projectors, since the live switched camera feeds will only be going through the Atem, and not VidBlaster as well.
To set up VidBlaster for this purpose, you will need the Pro edition which has the Output module, which will need to feed either an Intensity or Decklink card for the feed into the Atem, or you can use a secondary HDMI graphics card output from the PC. You will also need one or more video input devices (Intensity, Decklink, or other brands) which would either take the Atem program out, or individual camera feeds (via DAs).
If you want to explore the functionality of VidBlaster's various Replay options, the free trial version will allow you to do so. It just adds a watermark on screen, but is otherwise fully functional, and you could use recorded video files rather than live inputs if you don't have any suitable input devices already.