Church Livestream using ATEM Mini Pro and AVIPAS PTZ HDMI cameras

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Intro - 0:00
Demonstrate PTZ Cameras and views - 3:39
Canon Camcorder - 5:37
Closeup of Setup - 6:16
Using ATEM Mini - 6:31
Joystick control of PTZ cameras - 11:00
Multiview and ATEM - 13:24
"secret mic" for Church Sounds - 14:40

In order to allow us to Livestream our services every Sunday, and edit the video down to come up with 1/2 hour of audio for play over the radio, we have come up with this Audio and video booth setup. This is an outreach tool for our church so quality was important as well as the ability to improve as we went. It also became important during the pandemic to maintain our current members concerned or unable to attend in person.

Our desires for the perfect setup for our needs included:
1. small footprint to fit on our AV counter on one side of our church. Most videos I watched on YouTube were from large churches with lots of room and much larger budget than what we had.
2. incorporate the audio from the service including that coming from the audio panel and the ambient sounds of the congregation coming in as a second, separate input.
3. make it easy enough to operate so that volunteers with a minimal amount of training could handle the task. Not using streaming software like OBS or V-mix became important for this need.
4. Start out with 1 Camcorder and eventually increase to 2 permanently mounted PTZ cameras, and be able to incorporate additional cameras, laptops and inputs like DVD players into the livestream or recording as we grow and they become available. The camcorder is being tested with wireless HDMI extender to be a portable camera in the setup. And seems to be working well.
5. simultaneously record the service as a backup if the live stream goes down.

I think we accomplished this but are still improving all the time.

Primary Hardware we used (we are not being compensated for anything said or used in this video. I went looking to fulfill the above and do it as economically as I could and these are the products I found through a lot of experimenting.)

ATEM Mini Pro - HDMI Switcher. Allows us to have up to 4 HDMI inputs coming from pretty much any source, control using the ATEM software on a network connected laptop, and see what is happening on the built in multi-viewer. Also allows us to record directly from ATEM mini, and after setting it up allow streaming directly from the ATEM mini to YouTube or other platform with the push of a button. Inputs can be any quality coming through the HDMI cables and converted so all video coming out of the ATEM Mini Pro are the same up to 1080P. If used as a webcam on the laptop this acts as your video capture so no extra card is needed and it is treated as a simple webcam by any software looking for it.

MSI I7 10th gen laptop for monitoring and controlling the ATEM as well as viewing the YouTube livestream.

2 AVIPAS AV 1281 HDMI cameras mounted to the wall on each side of the church. They are both connected to the church network for control by a joystick. Although they are POE capable we already had power in the camera locations so we are locally powering each one.

AVIPAS AV-3104IP 4D Joystick PTZ Controller for controlling both cameras. This is not required since they come with a remote that was capable of doing the same from across the church. It is however infinitely easier and allows for smoother controls of the pan-tilt-zoom features of the cameras. The remote is used to set up the preset views and Joystick controller uses what was set.

HDMI to Cat6 range extender for the camera on the other side of the church. Also allows for audio to come through if we want to use a microphone on that side of the church and input through the camera input on the ATEM Mini.

Use the best HDMI cables you can find. Standard or skinny cables tend to cause problems and I have been replacing them.

Audio Panel is the Mackie ProFX22 V1 but pretty much any audio panel would do. Audio cables need to be downsized to 1/8" plugs from what ever you are using to connect to the ATEM Mini. Requires you to switch the input on the ATEM Mini to Line level in the software.

Microphones are all Shure. Handhelds are BLX14/SM58 receiver/transmitters and a BLX14 with P31 wireless headset, although we are using a 3rd party headset that is thinner.

For the ambient sound we are using a Shure CVO-B/C Overhead Condenser Microphone with 25 Feet Cable, Cardioid -white. this also requires phantom power and comes into the ATEM through the second audio in which it is set to Microphone not line level.

1080P monitor for the ATEM mini out multi-view over HDMI and a second monitor connected to the laptop for viewing the livestream.

Hope that helps. Leave comments and questions and I will return them as I can.