Atem Software Control

The tool installed by the Blackmagic ATEM Switchers executable is the ATEM Software Control. This is an app with a simple interface and few, yet on-point commands. When establishing a connection. ATEM Mini Pro model also has live streaming direct via its Ethernet connection. If you want to use the USB connection to record to a disk you can use the Ethernet connection for streaming. You can even use the Ethernet for external control using ATEM Software Control. Please refer to the ‘additional features on ATEM Mini Pro’. If you are running ATEM software v8.3 or up then you can now set the ATEM Timecode to your computer time. The ATEM Mini range support this through the software control panel but the older ATEM's only allow you to manually enter or reset the current time code.Setting the ATEM Timecode can make it easier to. But the ATEM control software keeps crashing on the newest dedicated PC. The other two we tested were Core2Duo Dell Optiplexes and the PC with the issue is a Dimension PIV. All 3 PCs are running the 32 bit version of Windows 7. If you have an ATEM Mini or ATEM Mini Pro, Blackmagic has released on a firmware update both for ATEM software (8.2.1) and Pocket Cameras (6.9.1). This free update allows you to control most of your Pocket settings remotely through the HDMI connexion.

Atem Software Control Panel Via Ethernet

It would appear ( tested on v8.1 ) that the atem control panel software does not respond correctly to non default scaling settings in windows 10.
SoftwareScenario - I have a Windows 10 Pro based Lenovo Thinkpad 10 ( touchpad ).

Atem Software Control Multiview


The default windows factory fresh install sets the scaling to 150%.

Atem Software Control Tutorial


This is fine for most apps and allows the 1920x1200 10 inch display to show reasonable size text very clearly.

Atem Software Control Ipad

However atem panel is too big ( beyond the size of the screen ) and is unusable.

Atem Software Control Mac


Atem Software Control App

Setting scaling to a lower value ( 100% ) allows atem to be normal. Obviously with the consequence of tiny text in everything else.

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