Vision mixing basics: ATEM and vMix
ATEM is a hardware vision mixer and vMix is software on a Windows PC. What each does, how to choose, how to use both and how to run your first show.
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Film and stream events
Guides for organisers and crews filming or streaming live events and conferences. They cover vision mixing with ATEM and vMix, NDI against SDI and HDMI, streaming bitrate, free software, lighting for a filmed show, run sheets and cue sheets, speaker releases and conference deliverables.
11 items: 6 guides · 1 tool · 4 templates
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Streaming bitrate and bandwidth calculator
How to work out the bitrate and the upload speed a live stream needs, with the upload figures to check, a worked example and the bits and bytes mistake.
Calculator · free, no sign-up
NDI, SDI or HDMI: which to use and when
How NDI, SDI and HDMI move video, what HD-SDI and NDI bandwidth figures mean, and which connection suits which live job.
2 min read
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For event organisers
Filming your first event
Decide what the recording should deliver, understand the kit and bandwidth, then plan the day on paper.
- 1GuideWhat you get from a filmed conference: a deliverables menu
- 2Long readVision mixing basics: ATEM and vMix
- 3GuideNDI, SDI or HDMI: which to use and when
- 4ToolStreaming bitrate and bandwidth calculator
- 5TemplateLive event run sheet template, and how to fill it
- 6ChecklistFilming and streaming a conference: the organiser's checklist
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Filmed events and conferences 4
- GuideHeritage venues for filmed corporate events
3 min read
Why heritage venues with built-in filming infrastructure are growing for corporate off-sites, and how to choose one within two hours of London for an away-day you can film and reuse.
- GuideLighting a show that's being filmed: what to tell your lighting designer
4 min read
Lighting designer Mike Stevens on the five things to send before anything else, the decisions to make early, and why a filmed show needs lighting for camera.
- GuideWhat you get from a filmed conference: a deliverables menu
3 min read
The files a filmed conference can produce, item by item, with what each one is for and the questions to settle before the event starts.
- ChecklistFilming and streaming a conference: the organiser's checklist
PDF, 2 pages · free preview
A checklist for organisers filming and streaming a conference: outputs, speaker agreements, audio feeds, stream tests, backups and who owns the run of show.
Vision mixing and kit 3
- GuideFree software for live production: OBS, Companion, CasparCG
5 min read
A short, honest list of free and open source tools for live production: OBS, Companion, CasparCG, Ontime, QPrompt and Wireshark, and what each is for.
- GuideNDI, SDI or HDMI: which to use and when
2 min read
How NDI, SDI and HDMI move video, what HD-SDI and NDI bandwidth figures mean, and which connection suits which live job.
- Long readVision mixing basics: ATEM and vMix
7 min read
ATEM is a hardware vision mixer and vMix is software on a Windows PC. What each does, how to choose, how to use both and how to run your first show.
Live streaming 1
- ToolStreaming bitrate and bandwidth calculator
Calculator · free, no sign-up
How to work out the bitrate and the upload speed a live stream needs, with the upload figures to check, a worked example and the bits and bytes mistake.
Run sheets and paperwork 3
- TemplateLive event run sheet template, and how to fill it
Excel or Google Sheets · free preview
A run sheet template for live events and streams: the columns, how to time each cue, who owns it, a worked example and the mistakes that cost a show.
- TemplateRunning order and cue sheet for a filmed event
Excel or Google Sheets · free preview
How to fill in a running order and cue sheet for a filmed or streamed event: timings, speakers, cues, camera, audio and a named contact for each item.
- TemplateSpeaker release and recording consent form
Word or Google Docs · free preview
A template for a speaker release that records permission to be filmed, where the recording will appear and how a speaker can ask for changes. With a worked example.
Also useful here 1
- Long readHybrid events: presenting to a room and a camera
Filed under Be good on camera and on stage
How to present at a hybrid event: where to look, how to rehearse for a venue that is also a TV studio, how to involve both audiences, and how to keep to time.
Filming or streaming an event? Our crew cuts the show live, drives the screens and records it. Find out more →
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