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Portable ATEM Live Streaming / Switching Kit

ATEM Pelicase with monitor on C-stand

Live Streaming has been gaining traction over the last few years just in time to be widely available during the COVID-19 pandemic. Going forward, not having to be on location but still collaborating in real-time will be a great change for filmmakers mentally and also economically.

During the pandemic, Nino and I, just like many of you, had to host a few live streams. At one point Caleb Pike from DSLR Video Shooter released a video tutorial about his latest project, a Custom Blackmagic Atem Mini Case. We decided that it was a great idea to have a portable live streaming setup around our Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini Pro ISO (a closer look) so we followed Caleb’s instructions and built one case ourselves.

What’s great about this case is that setup time is so quick – you just have to open the case, connect power and HDMI cables, and you are set. You could potentially even work like this without the need for a Laptop (but we always use one with the ATEM Software running).

The best feature of this solution is that we can be mobile with this setup. We attached a cheese plate to the bottom of our live streaming case which allows us to quickly mount the case on a light stand. And because the whole case is powered by ONE single power connector, we can easily attach a V-Mount battery to the stand and run a P-Tap power cable from the battery to the case (as long as your monitor can be powered with 14V battery power). This allows us to do multi-cam live streaming productions outdoors, as long as we have an internet signal.