Blackmagic ATEM C# Library

Introduction

This library is a collection of tools for working with Blackmagic ATEM video switchers. It is intended to be used as part of automation solutions.

MediaUpload.exe allows you to upload images to specific slots in a BlackMagic ATEM switcher's media pool. MediaPool.exe lists all the media in the switcher's media pool.

Usage

Media Upload

MediaUpload.exe [options] <hostname> <slot> <filename>

Arguments:

 hostname            - The hostname or IP address of the switcher
 slot                - The slot to upload to
 filename            - The filename of the image to upload

Options:

 -h, --help          - Help information
 -d, --debug         - Enable debug output
 -v, --version       - View version information
 -n, --name          - Set the name of the image in the media pool

Example:

To upload myfile.png to Slot 1 on a switcher at 192.168.0.254:

MediaUpload.exe 192.168.0.254 1 myfile.png

Media Pool

MediaPool.exe [options] <hostname>

Arguments:

 hostname        - The hostname or IP of the ATEM switcher

Options:

 -h, --help      - This help message
 -d, --debug     - Debug output
 -v, --version   - Version information
 -f, --format    - The output format. Either xml, csv, json or text

Example:

To see what's in the media pool for a switcher at 192.168.0.254:

MediaPool.exe 192.168.0.254

To view the output in JSON format:

MediaPool.exe -f json 192.168.0.254

Requirements

• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5
• Blackmagic ATEM Switchers Update 7.3 or later

Supported Image Formats

The Windows GD+ library is used for image manipulation. This currently supports:

• PNG
• BMP
• JPEG
• GIF
• TIFF

Alpha channels are supported and will be included in the images sent to the switcher.

Images will need to be the same resolution as the switcher. Running in debug mode you can see the detected resolution on the switcher.

Notes

This has been tested with a Blackmagic Design ATEM Production Studio 4K. I do not have access to any other switchers to test with, but if they use version 6.2 or greater of the SDK, then they should work.

Contact Details

If you're using this for anything interesting, I'd love to hear about it.

• Web: http://www.mintopia.net

• Email: [email protected]

• Twitter: @MintopiaUK

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ChangeLog

Version 2.0.2 - 2018-02-02:

• Add support for NTSC SD

Version 2.0.1 - 2018-02-01:

• Built against Blackmagic Switcher SDK 7.3

Version 2.0.0 - 2014-12-24:

• Rebuilt from decompiled source of original binary
• Added enumerating of the media pool

Version 1.0.1 - 2014-09-22:

• Moved switcher functions into a separate library to allow development of more tools
• Slight change to arguments
• Add support for specifying the name of the image when uploading it

Version 1.0.0 - 2014-09-21:

• Initial version

MIT License

Copyright (C) 2016 by Jessica Smith

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