While the ATEM model has been around for years in the broadcast industry it wasn’t that accessible to smaller or home productions due to size and cost. Live music events from village halls, product launches, lectures and all manner of creative broadcasts with multi-angle video have all been made possible by the compact video switcher. After the initial madness of ropey single-camera Zoom conference calls, video streaming has evolved and the art of switching has grown in popularity. The sudden ramp-up in the popularity of streaming can probably be put down to the covid pandemic, but gamers have been doing it for years and it was slowly growing in popularity anyway.Īll the pandemic has done is make more of us aware of streaming technology and what it can do. This means that you can mix and match cameras, and the ATEM Mini Extreme will ensure all feeds are in the same format ready for streaming.Įach ATEM Mini model builds on the previous features, and over the last year, new ATEM Mini models seem to have been popping up on an almost monthly basis. This in itself is clever, but the hidden gem of technology, and one that you don’t even realise is in play, is that the ATEM Mini Extreme standardises the video stream formats. You then tap the button for the camera that you want the viewers to see and the video feed switches. You’re shooting live so you can’t edit after filming so instead, you have a box with buttons showing Cam 1, Cam 2 and Cam 3.

Imagine a simple three-camera setup – presenter on camera one, wide studio shot on camera 2 and guest on camera 3. All switching means is that you can have several cameras feeding into one box, ATEM Mini, and then one video stream coming out for the viewers to see. The Blackmagic ATEM Mini Extreme is the largest of the ATEM Mini range of video switchers.

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