Responding to the ever-expanding needs of livestreaming over the internet, Blackmagic Design today announced their new ATEM Mini Extreme, which supports up to eight video inputs, 4 independent chroma keys, a 16-way multiview, and multiple media players that can be placed in both the foreground and background simultaneously. There’s also a new option to tether your mobile device when livestreaming from the field, making this the most powerful and extreme video switcher Blackmagic has ever made.
Based on the current ATEM Mini design and spec, the Extreme edition offers twice the inputs, more transition options, and multiview functions all with the mind of turning a home studio into a serious livestreaming broadcaster. And when coupled with Blackmagic’s ATEM software, users have the ability to switch between up to 16 multiview windows and create talking head style interviews with customizable windows that can be created and run from either of the Extreme’s dual media players.
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Other features include Gigabit Ethernet, up to eight HDMI inputs, two HDMI outputs, two USB-C connections, two mic inputs, and a single headphone output. Users can also record directly to an SD or flash drive via USB.
The ATEM Mini Extreme also comes with support for Blackmagic’s new Super Source, which lets you put four video sources in a live stack on-air with support for background and foreground graphics. So you can create a custom window for your interviews and power up to four independent chroma keys with virtual backgrounds.
Blackmagic also released an ISO edition of the Extreme, which provides livestreaming in ultra HD, editing and color correction on the fly, and the simultaneous recording of up to nine separate streams. Once recorded, it’s a simple matter of plugging in the hard drive to a laptop, where DaVinci can automatically sync each via timecode for editing.
The price of the ATEM Mini Extreme is $995, and it’s available now.
The ISO Edition will be $1,295 and will be available for order next week.
Additionally, Blackmagic has released a firmware update for the entire ATEM line, which supports streaming over any mobile device while on location or out in the field. The update also brings automatic data rate switching, so that the stream stays online during fluctuating connections. The version 8.6 update is available now.
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In the web presenter software, users can monitor the last six seconds of audio and video as well as the data rate of the last 60 seconds so you can see what the codec is generating and the quality of the stream.
The Web Presenter HD is $495 and is available now.
