Blackmagic Media Express
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What is Media Express?
Blackmagic Media Express is a sophisticated software application which enables ATEM Television Studio
users to capture video and audio to industry standard MP4 files. It automatically detects whether the
switcher's Program Output is HD1080i, HD720p, NTSC or PAL and also automatically detects the frame rate.
Captured files are stored in a progressive format for maximum compatibility with media player software on
Mac OS X, Windows and portable video players.
Blackmagic Media Express 3 is a great tool when you don’t need the complexity of NLE software but simply
want to capture the live video of your switcher's Program Output into the same file format used on the web,
iPad
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, iPod
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, iPhone
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, Apple TV
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, YouTube
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and more.
The User Interface
Media Express can easily be scaled for different sizes of monitors or even small notebook screens. When
you open Media Express, you'll notice the log and capture, playback and edit to tape views are color-coded
so you will know at a glance which mode is being used. The edit to tape view is not used by ATEM Television
Studio but may be used with other Blackmagic Design capture and playback products.
Media List
The left "media list" always displays the scratch, any bins you have created and also any media you have
imported or captured. Media can be displayed in Timecode List view or Thumbnail view and you can even
filter media by favorites. The Search field makes it easy to find media by name or by attributes captured
in the media metadata. The project name and format are shown in the bottom-left corner of the Media
Express window.
The top-right pane always displays the video preview. Timecode is displayed at the top of the video preview
pane.
Log and Capture
Click on the red Log and Capture tab. The video preview pane shows the source video from your ATEM
Television Studio. Here you can enter metadata for the clips you will capture including name, description,
favorite and more. Double-clicking a captured clip in the media list will automatically switch Media Express
to Playback view.
Playback
In the green Playback view, the video preview pane shows the video of the clip being played. Click the
favorites button to add to your favorites in the media list.
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