ATEM Television Studio

[Luke Maslen]

Hi Richard,

You can also record to H.264 files in full resolution SD and HD using the included Blackmagic Design Media Express software.

The ATEM Television Studio doesn’t feature analog inputs but you could easily attach a Mini Converter Analog to SDI if you wanted to use an analog source with it.

The other two models of ATEM Production Switcher each have component analog, SDI and HDMI inputs.

Regards,

Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design

[Richard Cardonna]

Are these ATEM built with decklink of BM cards?

Ric

[Richard Cardonna]

What type of connection to laptop or computer?

Rcm

[Luke Maslen]

Hi Richard,

The ATEM Television Studio connects to the computer via USB. There is a software control panel which can be used on Mac or Windows to configure and control the ATEM Television Studio.

If you are using a supported Windows PC with USB 3.0, then you can capture the uncompressed video output of the ATEM Television Studio just as if you were capturing with a DeckLink card. Alternatively you can use the Blackmagic UltraScope software for realtime waveform monitoring of the uncompressed video output of the ATEM Television Studio. The video capture and waveform monitoring functions only work on Windows as isochronous USB 3.0 support only exists on Windows at this time.

Regards,

Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design

[Richard Cardonna]

Are the processor in atem, decklink or b/m cards?

rcm

[Luke Maslen]

Hi Richard,

I’m sorry but I made a mistake in my last post which I must correct.

The USB connection on ATEM Television Studio is USB 2.0. In addition to allowing a Mac or Windows PC to configure and control it with a software control panel, the USB connection can also be used to capture H.264 encoded video using the Blackmagic Media Express software. There is no DeckLink processor as DeckLink captures uncompressed video whereas the ATEM Television Studio provides H.264 encoded output via USB 2.0 to a computer.

The USB connection on the ATEM 1 M/E Production Switcher and the ATEM 2 M/E Production Switcher is USB 3.0. In addition to allowing a Mac or Windows PC to configure and control it with a software control panel, the USB 3.0 connection can also be used to capture uncompressed video to a supported Windows PC just like our UltraStudio Pro and UltraStudio SDI products. These UltraStudio products are essentially external DeckLink cards in a USB 3.0 enclosure. So from that perspective, I guess you could say that the ATEM Production Switchers contain a DeckLink processor.

Is that what you were asking?

Regards,

Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design

[Richard Cardonna]

So what are supported Windows PC?

thanks for your response

rcm

[Luke Maslen]

Hi Richard,

You can use any PC with USB 2.0 to configure and control the ATEM switchers.

However if you wish to use the USB 3.0 video capture or waveform monitoring functions, a supported PC is required. The short version is that a PC with an X58 based motherboard is required for these functions but more details are provided at this support note which was written for our existing USB 3.0 products. This note does not currently refer to the ATEM products with USB 3.0 but is still relevant to them.

Regards,

Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design

[Matt Penner]

I need to record output from a presenter’s laptop and mix it with live video and branding. The ATEM TV Studio seems like it would work out really well.

However, the presenter’s laptop output would be through VGA and not always hd resolution. Most likely 1280×1024. How might I capture this with the ATEM TV Studio? Would a VGA-hdmi converter work? I’m afraid the screen would be squashed or stretched. Would the ATEM TV Studio be able to compensate for that? Any suggestions on this?

When is this expected to be released for purchase in the USA?

Thanks!

[Chad Pearson]

On the product page it says “Broadcast H.264 files live” does that mean it can stream H.264 to a streaming server (RTMP/RTSP) or CDN? If not, and all you get is a file on your hard drive when you’re done, how is that considered “live”?

Having an HD switcher with built-in streaming encoder for less than $1,000 would completely change the live streaming industry.