Blackmagic ATEM 4 M/E Constellation IP Switcher

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Blackmagic ATEM 4 M/E Constellation IP Switcher

Blackmagic ATEM 4 M/E Constellation IP is an advanced live production switcher with a powerful design that’s fully SMPTE-2110 native and uses high speed 100G Ethernet connections! This makes it easy to add a converter for a mix of traditional 12G-SDI or modern SMPTE-2110 IP video connections. Plus, all IP video connections are fully redundant and SMPTE-2022-7 compliant. You get 32 inputs and 28 outputs, 16 ATEM Advanced Keyers, 4 multi-views and 2 SuperSource processors for a total of 12 DVEs.

New Advanced Design for Professional Broadcast

The ATEM 4 M/E Constellation IP has a dramatically different design to other models because it is designed for high end broadcasters. The new design features front to back cooling with 4 fans that are extremely quiet. All connections feature full redundancy with SMPTE-2022-7 on all video ports, plus additional redundancy on the control and PTP Ethernet ports. A built in LCD displays all standard ATEM Constellation status information and provides access to settings menus. The front panel even includes a headphone connection and built-in speaker for local program monitoring! A USB-C connection on the front panel lets you update software or even connect the ATEM Software Control app!

Chose from 2 Native SMPTE 2110 Switcher Models!

ATEM 4 M/E Constellation IP

The standard 4 M/E model has 32 standards converted SMPTE-2022-7 inputs using 4 sets of dual redundant 100G Ethernet connections. You also get 24 SMPTE-2110 outputs, 16 ATEM Advanced Keys, 4 multi-views and 2 SuperSource for a total of 12 DVEs.

ATEM 4 M/E Constellation IP Plus

The massive 4 M/E Plus model has 64 standards converted SMPTE-2022-7 inputs using 8 sets of dual redundant 100G Ethernet connections. You also get 48 SMPTE-2022-7 outputs, 16 ATEM Advanced Keys, 4 multi-views and 2 SuperSource for a total of 12 DVEs.

Add 12G-SDI

To connect to SDI equipment, simply add a Blackmagic SDI Expander 8x12G. It’s bi-directional, with 8 x 12G‑SDI inputs and 8 x 12G‑SDI outputs, for both capture and playback. With multiple Ethernet ports, you can connect a mix of IP and SDI video!

Add 10G IP Video

Connect to SMPTE-2110 equipment using low-cost 10G Ethernet by adding a Blackmagic StudioBridge 10G PWR. It breaks out a single ATEM Ethernet port to 8 x 10G Ethernet 2110 IP video connections. Plus it has 90W of PoE++ power per 10G Ethernet port!

Add 100G Ethernet Switch

You can use any of the ATEM 100G Ethernet 2110 IP video ports to connect 8 switcher input and output channels on a single connection! Just connect to a Blackmagic Ethernet Switch 820. Then you can route to a mix of IP and SDI gear!

Dual 100G Ethernet Connectionsfor Redundant SMPTE‑2110!

ATEM 4 M/E Constellation IP features multiple SMPTE-2110 connections using 100G Ethernet, supporting 8 input and 8 output video channels on each connection! The switcher then maps inputs and outputs across its multiple 100G Ethernet connections. Each 100G Ethernet connection has two separate connectors, supporting SMPTE-2110 redundancy, so you can connect each port to a separate network switch. SMPTE 2022-7 Seamless Protection Switching sends two identical video and audio copies across connections, then on the receive side, it compares incoming RTP packets by sequence number and reconstructs a perfect video frame from the first arriving packet of pixels. The switcher is totally seamless!

Specifications

Connections

100G 2110 IP Networks

8 x 100G QSFP28 connections.

Supports ST 2022-7 redundant delivery of IP streams over two 2110 networks.

Senders and Receivers per 100G Pair

8 x Ultra HD

10G Control Network

2 x 10G RJ45 Ethernet for NMOS control plus loading media, saving and loading presets.

Reference Network

2 x RJ45 Ethernet for 2110 PTP clock.

1G Management

1 x RJ45 Ethernet. Supports 10/100/1000 BASE-T. For ATEM Setup utility and software updates.

Analog Audio Outputs

1 x 6.35 mm headphone jack.

Total Video Inputs

Total Video Outputs

Total Aux Outputs

Total Audio Outputs

1 x 6.35 mm headphone jack.

1 x Speaker

Frame Rate and Format Converters

On all 32 inputs

Extra Audio Outputs

1 x 6.35 mm headphone jack. (the audio will be the mix of PGM plus engineering, production and side tone.)

1 x built-in speaker.

SDI Program Outputs

Any of the 24 outputs.

SDI Preview Outputs

Any of the 24 outputs.

Webcam Output

Rear USB-C supports 720p or 1080p at PGM frame.

Control Panel Connection

2 x 10G RJ45 Ethernet for panel connection, NMOS control plus loading media, saving and loading presets.

Internal Timecode Generator

Yes

Computer Interface

Rear USB-C supports USB 3.0 for external USB audio (Fairlight Live), webcam out, ATEM Setup utility and software updates.

Front USB-C supports USB 2.0 for updates and setup only.

Power

2 x IEC C14 power inputs.

ATEM 4 M/E Constellation IP

Standards

HD Video Standards

720p50, 720p59.94, 720p60
1080i50, 1080i59.94, 1080i60
1080p23.98, 1080p24, 1080p25, 1080p29.97, 1080p30, 1080p47.95, 1080p48, 1080p50, 1080p59.94, 1080p60

Ultra HD Video Standards

2160p23.98, 2160p24, 2160p25, 2160p29.97, 2160p30, 2160p50, 2160p59.94, 2160p60.

SMPTE Compliance

SMPTE 2110‑20, SMPTE 2110‑21, SMPTE 2110‑30, SMPTE 2110‑40, SMPTE 2022‑7

Video Sampling

4:2:2

Color Precision

10-bit.

IP Video Compliance

SMPTE 2110-20 (Uncompressed Video)

IGMP v2

SMPTE 2110-21 (Traffic Shaping)

Sender: Narrow

Receiver: Narrow, Wide Synchronous, Asynchronous

SMPTE 2110-30 (PCM)

Audio Conformance level: Level C

SMPTE 2110-40 (Ancillary Data)

Full access to entire SMPTE ancillary data stream. Includes RP 188/SMPTE 12M-2, closed captioning and HDR static metadata.

Codec

Blackmagic IP10 codec optional for 2160p59.94 and 2160p60 as 2110 IP video.

Precision Time Protocol

IEEE 1588-2008 (PTP v2)

ST 2059-1

ST 2059-2

NMOS IS-04 Discovery and Registration

v1.3.2

Peer-to-peer via mDNS/DNS-SD

NMOS IS-05 Connection Management

v1.1.2

NMOS BCP-002-01

Natural Grouping

NMOS BCP-004-01

Receiver capabilities

Product Specifics

Upstream Keyers

Downstream Keyers

Advanced Chroma Keyers

SuperSource

Talkback Support

Yes

Mix Minus Support

Yes

Linear/Luma Keyers

Transition Keyer (Stinger/DVE)

4 Stinger, 4 DVE.

Total Number of Layers

Pattern Generators

Color Generators

DVEs

Control

2 x 10G RJ45 Ethernet for panel connection, NMOS control plus loading media, saving and loading presets.

Routable Windows

Tally

Red for program and green for preview indication.

Windows Source Labels

Yes

Multi View Monitoring

4 x 16 Multi View pattern options for up to 64 total views.

Multi View Video Standard

Select HD or Ultra HD.

Media Player

Media Players

Channels

Fill and key for each media player.

Media Pool Still Image Capacity

Media Pool Clip Capacity

Media Player Clip Length in 720 HD

3200 frames

Media Player Clip Length in 1080 HD

1600 frames

Media Player Clip Length in Ultra HD

400 frames

Media Pool Still Image Format

PNG, TGA, BMP, GIF, JPEG and TIFF.

Media Pool Video File Format

TGA Sequence.

Media Pool Audio File Format

WAV, MP3 and AIFF.

Display

Interface

Minimum monitor resolution of 1366 x 768.

Front panel

Built in HD LCD monitor for video, front USB-C connection for updates, setup and control, front speaker and headphone connection, menu control knob and set button, front panel lock button.

Processing

Processing Delay

TBC

Audio Mixer

68 Channel mixer.

Selectable On/Off/Audio-Follow-Video.

Level and Peak metering.

Master gain control.

6 band parametric EQ, Dynamics including Expander, Gate, Compressor and Limiter.

Down Conversion

None

Control

Front panel

Built in HD LCD monitor for video, front USB-C connection for updates, setup and control, front speaker and headphone connection, menu control knob and set button, front panel lock button.