Have to admit as a Yolobox Pro user - I love the menus on this unit. Curious to see what the Ultra brings. Magewell did a solid job on this from the looks of it.
On paper it looks as if this has a reliable consistent video output frame rate, unlike the Yolo series which notorious for not posting any output details on their website and many complaints. I also like the remote control app which is perfect for a solo operator facing the camera. I see it also accepts 4K input so the ability to set the scene showing different camera angles from one inout is great. I was going to buy a Yolobox but I think this is a better option.
The Device is a great portable streaming tool, the major con for me is the 1 ndi out restriction. 1 ndi out with recoding enabled and another regular rtmp/srt destination would be perfect since it has two encoders. I hope it can be fixed via an update. a few things i wish can be added either as addon service would be some sort of bonding and may be replay option. but its a lot promising. Even Yolobox didn't start off this strong.
So far I haven't noticed any slow down, and if you watch my live demo from a week or two ago I had a ton of sources connected. but I'm going to try to push it harder to find the limit.
One great thing is that you can watch the CPU % in the web interface, so you can tell how much load each source takes. I was able to do 6+ inputs with overlays and never went over 60% CPU.
Great video. Does anybody know how the CPU/GPU in the Magewell Director Mini compares to the Qualcomm in Yololiv Ultra? I am really stuck on which to buy, and while I like the Magewell for scene customization, am also concerned about overloading it with scenes, 3 NDI sources, etc. Typically we stream with vMix in studio, and I can bomb that with inputs, angles, camera shots, but worried about either the Magewell or the Yololiv. Thanks!
Hey there Aaron, Thanks for the GREAT video! I am actually hunting a mobile encoder for use in Ukraine. I work there and leave again soon and am trying decide what is the BEST portable encoder to grab, learn and carry with me for Live Streaming from Ukraine. Any thoughts you can give me would be great! Love your stuff.
Thanks for the great review. I've got a specific use case and I'm wondering if I could accomplish it with this unit: I need to bring in a camera feed, shrunk and cropped as well as a laptop feed, shrunk over a still image. In essence, a double PIP. Can it be done with this unit?
Awesome! Thanks for the quick response. I might have to pick one up eventually. It's a shame you can't treat it like a traditional t-bar switcher via the web interface. The older I get, the smaller these screens seem to get...and the fatter my fingers behave. @@aaronpk
From someone who is using Mevo Multicam app this looks insane!! How dies it stream out wirelessly...needs a sim csrd.. can use a cell hotspot..? Does it use a HEVC codedc? Have you tested it's wireless streaming? What's the price? Up here in Canada this stuff is outrageously over priced
@@joelkrauska ah ok that's what I use, the GL SlateAx1800 with my cell hotspot...so that should work. But it's $2000 up here in Canada...that's insane and way out of what I'm willing to spend...these companies are ridiculous with their prices these days
It almost certainly can, although you might want to look for one of the simpler Magewell encoders that is just the encoder part, because there's less that can go wrong with those.
It's similar in price to the yolobox, but offers a much cleaner interface, more protocols and remote control capabilities. I wish it was cheaper too, but if you add up all the stuff it has, it's pretty cheap. (Atomos Ninja + ATEM Mini?)
I was told that the screen display is not very bright and it lacks an integrated SIM card, which are significant drawbacks for my work in outdoor environments!
The NDI limitation is the only serious con... for the time being. As for the power - there are quite a few 5V to 12V adapters for around 8-12 bucks. I got myself one and managed to run the DM for more then 10 hours on a 20000mAh USB backup battery. So that's not an issue at all. And... "too thick"? seriously Aaron? That's the first CON you managed to find? 🤣 You have a full featured all-in-one production beast smaller (and apparently even lighter, including batts) then a BlackMagic Pocket Cinema, and it bothers you that it's too thick? come on man. Nonetheless, thanks for your professional reviews 🙏
@@aaronpk It makes the two of us - Compact, portable, and multi-purpose things, indeed 🤩 The thing I love the most about the DM is that once you finished designing your show, You can parctically "throw it under the table" (even short-press the power button to lock it and blank it's screen) and run the whole show from your browser, connected wirelessly and sitting at the hot spot of the arena. (such workflow mainly suits freelance live streaming producers giving on-site services, like me, and less studio-based one person show content producers)
