How To Play Videos On ATEM Mini | OBS Setup + Tips 

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Hi Alex. I am an avid follower of your ATEM videos. How do I get to learn how to automatically start and stop the videos using OBS and ATEM? Thanks

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This is awesome Thomas! What raspberry pi are you using for it, a 4? And have you ever had any playback / frame rate issues using the Pi?

OMG a tutorial on this would be amazing!

@@AlexPettitt I’m using a Raspberry Pi 4 4 Gb I have used the install process below github.com/sosedoff/omxremote I use Companion, to send the commands to control playback, as well as switching input. I use Stream Deck as well. If I have a video with graphics and a green background, I can key it out with the ATEM. 1080P playback with 0 dropped frames 😀 You can send me an email for further details if you like thomas@fechtenburg.net

If you don't mind me asking, what is Companion?

@@kamenwaticlients It's free software that gives you hooks in to various software and hardware that allows you to control them with programmable buttons. You can then use these buttons on your phone or computer or with physical buttons on a Stream Deck. bitfocus.io/companion/

Hey Erich, so glad to hear this helped! Let me know if you still end up creating that Pi version...would love to know how you get on with it!

@@AlexPettitt hey Alex i am the creator of Playoutbee if you want i can send you a Copy of it to try yourself :)

@@erich93063 Companion is great! I used it to mostly automate a presentation where I also had to be on air (I'm not on air talent lol) and with Iris Countdown Timer added, it helped immensely. But, how does one port the buttons over to a[n] [Android] phone?

Sweet.

You can setup recording of the last x seconds and with one button it can start a new scene with that recorded replay. I used when I stream the field hockey match. When scored, I press record and then it keeps the last 10 secs since I pressed. The I pres replay and with a plugin I automatically after 10 sec switch to a different stream that plays out that short piece of video at 50% speed. Viewers love it.... 🙂

@@FrankMulderVideo you need to make a video tutorial with that :D

can you explain how it is setup up to have audio go through OBS first please.

@@djortiz I didn't personally set it up, our tech guy did, but there's probably RU-vid videos out there on how to do it. I do know that the start and stop of the live-stream is controlled in OBS, and nothing plays in the RU-vid streaming until we start there. Good luck, hope you can find answers, sorry I could not help more!

I would also!

"Streamdeck" in Software? Please more info on that one! Thank you!

M P he did mention it . He said use streamdeck or iPad . It would be great he does tutorial , but instead he is offering a guide if you email him . For a revenue I am guessing

Thanks so much for the very kind words! Glad to hear that the videos have been so useful for you. Feel free to reach out if you need that consulting, and have a great New Year! Alex

Hey Christian, my sound frome. Obs VT source wasn't playing on Zoom. any tips to help out? Thanks!

The solution was simple, I'm using a Mac and in the Mission control, the option 'Screen have seperate spaces shoud' be ON. And don't forgot to restart or Re-Log in.

Hey Enregistreur, Window Capture always seems to throw up some frame rate issues for some reason, try and give Desktop Capture instead (it seems to be a more stable method in OBS). And I totally agree with you, would love to see some of the features in ATEM Mini brought to their professional switchers.

Hey Jamie, glad my videos are proving helpful for you! Sounds cool about the boxing event, and I'd be more than happy to consult / supervise on that with you. I look forward to hearing from you soon :) Alex

Because you can’t get different tracks via the ATEM to OBS, essentially, the ATEM becomes a webcam. In effect, ATEM gets 3 inputs, mixes all of the tracks and goes to OBS.

when you have ISO you can record OBS output as isolated track directly from Atem Mini iso

same here, because I have a team when working on a stream, it becomes such a breeze if there's a lot of inputs like powerpoint slides, videos, or what not.

Actually I used that way... I think it is more easier... just using the ATEM for the camera switching.

I haven’t really played around with QLab, will have to give it a go. Thanks for the suggestion Jurgen

Thanks for the tip. Does Qlab support the Blackmagicdesign ATEM API?

please i would love to know, thank you

Streamdeck app for Trigger the controls.

I'm using Touch portal for iOS. Isn't the same as in the video but it works!

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Thanks again for the support Joe, massively appreciated. And yes agree with what you've said about the Hyperdecks...they like to have everything set to the same framerate etc to be able to be visible for playback. Glad to hear that using OBS as a playout system is working well for you :)

​@@AlexPettitt I tested the workflow you described on the ATEM Mini Pro ISO in my office that I use for Zooms to confirm the workflow and it works flawlessly, thanks to you, Alex. I'll repeat the steps with my studio setup using the Extreme ISO and then re-think using the Shuttle for clips because as I mentioned in another comment, it doesn't seem possible to use one Shuttle HD for both playback and recording and I really need to have a backup in case it freezes again. I picked up a new SanDisk Extreme Pro that claims to have 2000 MB/s read/write speeds and this time I'm going to use exFAT to see if that prevents the problem. Either way I'll also split my final output so I can capture the program on my Atomos. Lastly, I'm re-thinking my primary cameras so I can have even more backups for the individual cameras. I know my 90D can't record to SD while exporting clean HDMI, but my Lumix G85 should be able to do this, so perhaps I'll either get another one, or a BM Pocket 4K. You can never have too many backups. :)

Hey Brad, yep you’ve got it. Although I always say advocate hardware over software for broadcast, I wanted to record this video to show people that there are other options for playing videos into the ATEM than a Hyperdeck.

Depending on where you're at with a broadcast setup, I might recommend strongly considering the ATEM Mini (non-Pro) if your laptop is sufficiently powerful to stream/record. I have the Pro, but find that feeding audio and video into OBS or Wirecast from the Mini is a fine workflow that would save $300. And even with the newest firmware update, if you'll be streaming to a service that requires authentication, the Pro cannot be counted on to work.

Not 100% sure, but I think the ATEM has a lower thirds feature that could be used for banners. Any GFX with an alpha channel will overlay.

Hey Gadgetguydk, yep you absolutely use this with the ATEM keyers if you wanted. You would just need to set a green / black background depending on if you wanted to use chroma or luma key.

You might want to check out heretorecord.com/graphics/

Hi, on Lower 3rds check OBS plugin from NoeAL... He has a real nice plugin obsproject.com/forum/resources/animated-lower-thirds-with-control-panel.922/

@@AlexPettitt One great thing playing out like this is that you don't need to use an ATEM keyer. OBS reads the alpha channel.

Hows it working out for you on Zoom. Thats my use case too. I am a one man show, Can I do all this do all this from One PC for example setting up scenes in OBS, outputting to Atem, then bringig it all back into Zoom as a webcam? Or would I run the zoom meeting on one pc and do all the OBS stuff on a 2nd machine? Thanks

Hey J’Mel, it sounds to me like when you connected your ATEM Mini to your computer, your computer is in MIRROR mode, instead or EXTENDED DISPLAY. Try setting to extended display in widows display settings and all should work fine. Any trouble, just give me another shout here in the comments :)

@@AlexPettitt Thank you so much !! I did have my computer in mirror mode. There is no way I would have figured that out! I didn’t even know the atem mini can serve as an extended display. I’m not sure if this is the way you did it particularly in your example, but once I moved my full screen projector window over to the mini, I put OBS into studio mode, and I was able see how you can queue other videos to preview and then cut them to the program side smoothly. These are such powerful little tools with so many possibilities! I appreciate you taking the time to help me out and thank you for teaching!

@@jmelgraves Thanks, I had this question too. I'm still not sure I understand what you dragged the window over to and need to go back to where I work to try it.

​@@younken24films You're welcome! And I'll try my best to help you. I'll tell you my setup and hopefully that will help. I have my macbook pro on hdmi 4 of my atem mini (you can use hdmi 1-4). On my macbook, I have my airplay set to "use as a separate display". The hdmi out on my atem mini is going into a camlink 4k into the usb of my imac. When I'm using zoom or a quicktime movie recording.. and I press hdmi 4 on my atem mini, I'm viewing the extended display of my macbook. When I drag any window on my macbook to the far far right over to my extended screen, that is what I will see when I'm presenting in zoom (or quicktime) when I press hdmi 4. What I was sharing about OBS .. I open OBS on my macbook and I put it in "Studio Mode". I go to the program window (the right side), right-click, and select either "full screen projector (program) and select bmd hdmi" and that will automatically play whatever I'm playing in obs as the program. Or if I choose "Windowed Projector (program)" and if I move that to my extended display, whatever I play in OBS that is what will show when I'm on hdmi 4. There are multiple ways to achieve the same thing depending on your setup, but hopefully this helps you with the concept.

@@jmelgraves Thank you! Will try that today.

Hey Chris, the ATEM doesn’t have an internal video player, so this video gives you a way of using OBS to get videos into the ATEM Mini. It’s less to do with Macro’s :) Let me know if you need any more help on this or to do with Macro’s in general. I have another Macro video coming out real soon!