Blackmagic ATEM 4 M/E Constellation IP

Blackmagic ATEM 4 M/E Constellation IP

The ATEM 4 M/E Constellation IP features a redesigned chassis to meet the demands of high-end broadcasters. The switcher is equipped with front-to-back cooling using four extremely quiet fans. All connections are fully redundant with SMPTE-2022-7 on all video ports, with additional redundancy on the control and PTP Ethernet ports.

A built-in LCD screen displays all standard ATEM Constellation status information and provides access to the settings menus. The front panel even features a headphone jack and a built-in speaker for local programme monitoring. A USB-C connector on the front panel lets you update software or connect the ATEM Software Control app.

This standard 4 M/E model features 32 standard-converted SMPTE-2022-7 inputs with four sets of dual, redundant 100G Ethernet connections. There are also 24 SMPTE-2110 outputs, 16 ATEM Advanced Keys, four multiviews and two SuperSource, for a total of 12 DVEs.

The ATEM 4 M/E Constellation IP features multiple SMPTE-2110 connections via 100G Ethernet, each supporting eight input and eight output video channels. The switcher then distributes the inputs and outputs across the multiple 100G Ethernet connections. Each 100G Ethernet connection has two separate connectors that support SMPTE-2110 redundancy, allowing you to connect each port to a separate network switch.

SMPTE 2022-7 Seamless Protection Switching transmits two identical copies of video and audio across the connections. On the receiving end, it compares the incoming RTP packets based on their sequence number and reconstructs a perfect video image from the first pixel packet to arrive.