Aaron Parecki

🔴 Live Q&A! Answering your questions about livestreaming! ATEM mini, YoloBox, Director Mini and more

February 18, 2024

Questions

(7:02) Hi from San Diego, California

(7:06) hows it going eh? Alberta Canada here

(7:12) I’m the only Canadian 🤓

(7:15) Hey Elaine from Toronto, Canada!

(7:47) Long Beach, CA

(7:49) Hi from Los Angeles

(8:15) Looks like the Director Mini has much more options for customization of screens, PIP and green screens overlays is much more complicated to make and do on the Yolobox. Hope they fix it.

(9:15) Q: Can you make a companion button flash. For example I made a REC button for the hyperdeck and have feedback set to color but it would be cool if it flashed to let me know it was recording.

(11:34) Q: Do you know if YouTube is handling VBR from ATEMs differently now? I've had viewers experience buffering when slides are showing.

(12:52) Q: So it a know bug that recorded video on the Yolo Ultra 1.7 you get no audio right?

(13:10) Q Aaron - is it the Behringer X you use for sound, if so how much can Companion be used to control it - could companion mute a channel and change the output channel a mic is going to?

(15:54) Ahh i have a x-air 18 and its a great workhourse

(18:11) @TechnoBuz 👏👏👏👏

(18:16) Isn't messing up these weekly livestreams part of the fun? lol

(18:31) @Aaron Parecki No buffering but stats for nerds showed red in network activity. Thanks for trying it for me.

(18:44) q: if you had to build a portable rig to do conference livestreaming and recordings today, what equipment would you pick to use?

(19:37) that's correct, csv,conf!

(20:37) q: if you had to build a portable rig to do conference livestreaming and recordings today, what equipment would you pick to use?

(21:17) the first question should always be the budget.

(22:10) Q: For Conferences it is really nice to have at least two AUX outs so you can do the projector

(24:26) Q: Your live stream looks great! What bitrate do you stream at? What camera do you use? Can the same quality be had with the Yolobox Mini?

(25:26) Q: how is the streaming stability of the Osee switcher compared to the Atem mini pro.

(27:06) Q: Hi, have you come across the software Chataigne? Seems like a really powerful open source production control software for both control logic and timeline playback.

(27:24) and yes was thinking with staffing it with volunteers again. lol.

(29:30) Hello from snowed in Kingston Ontario.

(29:41) @elthenerd That why I use ATEM iso Pro so I get iso recording.

(30:09) 😂 don't touch, look, or breathe on anything. stare at this button and make sure it stays red

(30:16) If volunteeers are involved, I often use Ecamm Live. I set everything up and then give a quickie 5 min tutorial. It's generally pretty intuitive for Mac users.

(30:44) What would you recommend for a one man band live streaming with 2 cameras, between ITEM Extreme ISO and Yolo Box Ultra?

(33:35) when I setup vMix I found giving them a stream deck with only the buttons that matter and simple names

(33:48) I also close the windows they don't need

(33:54) In my experience treating volunteers like they can't be trusted with anything causes the volunteers to behave in this way. I always prefer some trust and training

(34:18) @Gwen Park I prefer hardmare to software (I'm 64 been burned by software to many times)

(34:24) I always think of a scene in Forrest Gump. Forrest began to talk at the National Mall in Wash DC & a random Officer pulled every cord from the sound board. I always thought "who leaves that unmanned?"

(34:46) @elthenerd - I designed a small rig for the breakout (panel discussion) we Went with a Rodecaster Pro 2 for audio and audio recording and the video was a ATEM MiniPro ISO with no livestream (Vol run)

(34:57) Gotta run the UPS test again soon

(35:27) @Aaron Parecki Just got back from Daytona You should see the FoxSport Control truck, They wouldn't let me take pictures.

(35:36) CHANGE EVERYTHING!

(36:47) what is that head?!?!

(36:49) oh, it's helga

(42:10) Have to add a second floor

(42:33) @ART Audio There is a second floor, and it was a studio set for a while, but now it's cat territory.

(42:53) I guess it’s time for a basement then.

(43:18) how important is having access to the back of the desk?

(43:46) key question. real or fake plants? my ivy does well in my garage studio. my lily not so much

(44:10) Where does the pull down green screen go?

(44:34) How different a setup do you need for your work meetings?

(45:39) @Aaron Parecki: Sorry for my 5cents, but the chairs in the corner seem to be too crammed together for a good looking podcast setup. You may want to consider some distance from the wall and foot room.

(46:37) Maybe get smaller chairs? ;)

(46:52) Q: For your training streams how much gear do you need to control (i.e. slides or code windows)?

(47:34) On the plus side you can play footsies with the person you sit with.

(47:41) @Aaron Parecki can't help it I know the disease I have it to I keep changing everything

(47:47) Q: what size is the screen in the background?

(47:58) Hallo everyone from Zürich, Switzerland

(48:01) wheels on the chairs to move them away from the wall easily when recording, against wall when not?

(51:48) my lights are on 6.5" baby pins on the ceiling. I love that I nearly have nothing on my floors.

(52:36) my lights are on 6.5" baby pins on the ceiling. I love that I nearly have nothing on my floors.

(52:43) You should definitely install a lighting grid on your ceiling!

(52:57) Q: One of the reasons I deployed PTZs in my studio is so I can change stuff without having to remount the cameras

(53:08) Q: I stepped away but saw you answered the cmpn flash button, Thx. Is there a way to show a counter up from 0 on the button by chance?

(54:00) The ceiling rail is the best @aaronparecki

(54:05) I know seeing MotherBee's lighting grid in New Zealand made me jealous.

(54:10) Q: Have you considered adding a second curtain track and putting a sliding green screen on that? Works well for my wife in her office/studio.

(54:29) It would be a shame not to have the rack in the background of your shot

(55:01) Q: @Aaron Parecki what audio interface do you use in your portable setup? If you are on a tripod with multiple microphones.

(55:27) Green screen + Unreal to put the rack back in the shot

(55:38) Sp after you finish the house you build a whole new office...simple....$$$$$

(55:56) I also livestream hockey and looking for a scoreboard solution for YBU with powerplay clock and remote control

(56:34) @Aaron Parecki Q: Have you considered going all in on greenscreen for everything apart from this live show and perhaps the chair podcast thing? (I mean of course you have)

(1:01:29) I have an idea called "Basketball 2" that is like basketball but there are 2 balls in play... maybe you could livestream it as practice with sports.

(1:01:43) Imagine your current background aside from the TV being a photo on a green screen!!

(1:01:49) Decorating a virtual studio is just as much work a decorating a real studio in many cases.

(1:02:05) So confusing with so many Aarons in the same frame :)

(1:02:12) Having tested/used both - Osee green screen functionality not as good as Atem. I found it often struggles if background is even slightly variable in the green tone.

(1:02:46) @Daron Green .. so it seems logic to use a ATEM just for Greenscreen and fill in the result in the Osee

(1:05:58) q if you use a regular atem mini just for greenscreen, can you get the out in alpha channel?

(1:06:27) Does it have a media pool like the Atem?

(1:08:44) Q - would the add a "Flip-Cap" over the on/ off Button??

(1:08:55) Q: is Osee picky about video formats? like BMD products?

(1:09:36) The osee documentation is very sparse/poor.

(1:11:23) Q: sorry, i meant pre-recorded videos in media pool

(1:12:34) If I were to start a livestream when my neighbor was doing a livestream, would we collectively break the internet? I think we might! j/K, of course. Cheers, Aaron!

(1:12:47) I'm using the YOLOLIV INSTREAM with my Apollo Interface going into the Line in on the INTSTREAM but i cant hear my guest when i bring them on to my TIKTOK or INSTAGRAM how can i get this to work?

(1:15:04) Q: Do you notice the Osee getting a bit warm? How long have you had it on today?

(1:16:44) Definitely needs some cooling?

(1:17:11) Osee media pool accesses its SD card so there is no real limit on number of files - similarly for video files. The problem is accessing through the small window on the multiview and the scroll wheel.

(1:19:51) The whole bottom plate is the heat sink for the main chip. But I've streamed with it for ten hours straight without a hitch.

(1:20:02) I think the osee only has passive cooling or am I mistaken?

(1:20:28) Not sure if you accidentally hit something or if it's a bug, but aux blinked to black a few times while you scrolled through stills

(1:20:58) Any chance they will make a bigger unit, like a 12 channel with SDI and HDMi combined and Auxes as well? The 8 on the Atem mini line are not enough.

(1:21:34) Drop down ceiling shelving? 😂🤣

(1:21:40) Adding ceiling shelving to the list of ideas 😂

(1:21:45) Q: What is the biggest feature you are missing on the YoloBox that would prevent you from using it? Feature that you wish it had the most.

(1:22:40) Drop down couch 😂 so many ideas

(1:22:45) My yolobox started behaving weird on my last livestream. The stream dropped and the screen froze, and locked up. Could not power it down until I disconnected everything. Any advice.bought 3 mon ago

(1:23:12) thank you Aaron so the streamer X is the solution?

(1:23:42) Would getting it off the table be a good idea?

(1:24:06) It just is inefficient to have to always go through the list - they added groups for vid and image folders but no documentation on how to navigate

(1:24:27) I’ve had problems with the atem mini encoders continous full buffers. What are some alternatives that you recommend?

(1:25:51) I like the idea of a couch descending dramatically from the ceiling. Maybe with smoke and lights and sound effetcs.

(1:26:01) Q - a Osee PK Stand soon .. ??

(1:26:09) The recent update broke all the old macros and renamed folders which made a lot of things break.

(1:26:35) M-m-m-m-m-m-m-ultiball!

(1:27:16) @Aaron… Good day , can you recommend great encoders that are reliable, for outdoor livestreams

(1:28:16) Q sO HOW DO YOU LIKE THE osee?

(1:30:55) Thanks Aaron and community. 😊

(1:31:03) Heading out to start shoveling. Have a great start to your week.

(1:32:22) smash the like button!!

(1:32:26) Have a good week Aaron!

(1:32:28) Hi there from Benidorm, Sunny Spain. Long time no see

(1:42:55) Have a nice week everyone... see you next week!