Blackmagic ATEM Setup

Here are some examples how to setup your ATEM for various situations.

Example 01

Microphones are connected to the Cameras to reduce audio/video sync issues. In this case the ATEM is acting as a Web-Cam to the PC. For the ATEM Mini this is the only way to stream something to the internet. The ATEM Mini Pro, ATEM Mini Pro ISO, ATEM Mini Extreme or ATEM Mini Extrem ISO one may stream directly to services like YouTube, Facebook, Twitch et cetera. In case the service you would like to stream to is not supported one may use the USB Web-Cam feature as well. You may connect a second PC using the Ethernet socket if you wish to run the 'ATEM Setup' or 'ATEM Software Control' on a different computer.

Graph Source-Code: atem_example_01.dot

graph atem_example_01 {
    fontname="Helvetica" fontsize=8 rankdir="LR" splines=spline;  
    # Devices
    Mic01 [shape=Mrecord, label="{Mic01|<MicOut>Mic Out}"];
    Mic02 [shape=Mrecord, label="{Mic02|<MicOut>Mic Out}"];
    Cam01 [shape=Mrecord, label="{Cam01|{<MicIn>Mic In|<HdmiOut>HDMI Out}}"];
    Cam02 [shape=Mrecord, label="{Cam02|{<MicIn>Mic In|<HdmiOut>HDMI Out}}"];
    ATEM [shape=Mrecord, label="{{<Mic1>Mic 1|<Mic2>Mic 2|<HdmiIn1>HDMI In 1|<HdmiIn2>HDMI In 2|<HdmiIn3>HDMI In 3|<HdmiIn4>HDMI In 4}|{ATEM  Mini}|{<HdmiOut>HDMI Out|<USB>USB-C|<Net>Net}}"]; 
    Moni01 [shape=Mrecord, label="{<HdmiIn>HDMI In|Monitor}"];
    Pc01 [shape=Mrecord, label="{<USB>USB|PC|<Net>Net}"];
    InternetService [shape=octagon, label="Internet-Service"];
    # Connections
    Mic01:MicOut -- Cam01:MicIn 
    Mic02:MicOut -- Cam02:MicIn 
    Cam01:HdmiOut -- ATEM:HdmiIn1 
    Cam02:HdmiOut -- ATEM:HdmiIn2 
    ATEM:HdmiOut -- Moni01:HdmiIn
    ATEM:USB -- Pc01:USB 
    Pc01:Net -- InternetService 
}

Example 02

If one wishes to do a local recording one may use the USB-Port on the ATEM to attach a SSD-Drive and the Ethernet-Port to directly stream to an internet-service (such as YouTube, Twitch etc). Note that in this example the microphones are connected to the ATEM. In such a setup you will experience audio/video sync issues (due to HDMI delay). In this case you have to delay your audio using the 'ATEM Software Control'.

Graph Source-Code: atem_example_02.dot

graph atem_example_02 {
    fontname="Helvetica" fontsize=8 rankdir="LR" splines=spline;  
    # Devices
    Mic01 [shape=Mrecord, label="{Mic01|<MicOut>Mic Out}"];
    Mic02 [shape=Mrecord, label="{Mic02|<MicOut>Mic Out}"];
    Cam01 [shape=Mrecord, label="{Cam01|{<MicIn>Mic In|<HdmiOut>HDMI Out}}"];
    Cam02 [shape=Mrecord, label="{Cam02|{<MicIn>Mic In|<HdmiOut>HDMI Out}}"];
    ATEM [shape=Mrecord, label="{{<Mic1>Mic 1|<Mic2>Mic 2|<HdmiIn1>HDMI In 1|<HdmiIn2>HDMI In 2|<HdmiIn3>HDMI In 3|<HdmiIn4>HDMI In 4}|{ATEM  Mini Pro}|{<HdmiOut>HDMI Out|<USB>USB-C|<Net>Net}}"]; 
    Moni01 [shape=Mrecord, label="{<HdmiIn>HDMI In|Monitor}"];
    Ssd [shape=Mrecord, label="{<USB>USB|SSD-Drive}"];
    InternetService [shape=octagon, label="Internet-Service"];
    # Connections
    Mic01:MicOut -- ATEM:Mic1 
    Mic02:MicOut -- ATEM:Mic2 
    Cam01:HdmiOut -- ATEM:HdmiIn1 
    Cam02:HdmiOut -- ATEM:HdmiIn2 
    ATEM:HdmiOut -- Moni01:HdmiIn
    ATEM:USB -- Ssd:USB 
    ATEM:Net -- InternetService 
}