Have to admit as a Yolobox Pro user - I love the menus on this unit. Curious to see what the Ultra brings. Magewell did a solid job on this from the looks of it.
On paper it looks as if this has a reliable consistent video output frame rate, unlike the Yolo series which notorious for not posting any output details on their website and many complaints. I also like the remote control app which is perfect for a solo operator facing the camera. I see it also accepts 4K input so the ability to set the scene showing different camera angles from one inout is great. I was going to buy a Yolobox but I think this is a better option.
So far I haven't noticed any slow down, and if you watch my live demo from a week or two ago I had a ton of sources connected. but I'm going to try to push it harder to find the limit.
One great thing is that you can watch the CPU % in the web interface, so you can tell how much load each source takes. I was able to do 6+ inputs with overlays and never went over 60% CPU.
The Device is a great portable streaming tool, the major con for me is the 1 ndi out restriction. 1 ndi out with recoding enabled and another regular rtmp/srt destination would be perfect since it has two encoders. I hope it can be fixed via an update. a few things i wish can be added either as addon service would be some sort of bonding and may be replay option. but its a lot promising. Even Yolobox didn't start off this strong.
Thanks for the great review. I've got a specific use case and I'm wondering if I could accomplish it with this unit: I need to bring in a camera feed, shrunk and cropped as well as a laptop feed, shrunk over a still image. In essence, a double PIP. Can it be done with this unit?
Awesome! Thanks for the quick response. I might have to pick one up eventually. It's a shame you can't treat it like a traditional t-bar switcher via the web interface. The older I get, the smaller these screens seem to get...and the fatter my fingers behave. @@aaronpk
Great video. Does anybody know how the CPU/GPU in the Magewell Director Mini compares to the Qualcomm in Yololiv Ultra? I am really stuck on which to buy, and while I like the Magewell for scene customization, am also concerned about overloading it with scenes, 3 NDI sources, etc. Typically we stream with vMix in studio, and I can bomb that with inputs, angles, camera shots, but worried about either the Magewell or the Yololiv. Thanks!
From someone who is using Mevo Multicam app this looks insane!! How dies it stream out wirelessly...needs a sim csrd.. can use a cell hotspot..? Does it use a HEVC codedc? Have you tested it's wireless streaming? What's the price? Up here in Canada this stuff is outrageously over priced
@@joelkrauska ah ok that's what I use, the GL SlateAx1800 with my cell hotspot...so that should work. But it's $2000 up here in Canada...that's insane and way out of what I'm willing to spend...these companies are ridiculous with their prices these days
Hey there Aaron, Thanks for the GREAT video! I am actually hunting a mobile encoder for use in Ukraine. I work there and leave again soon and am trying decide what is the BEST portable encoder to grab, learn and carry with me for Live Streaming from Ukraine. Any thoughts you can give me would be great! Love your stuff.
It almost certainly can, although you might want to look for one of the simpler Magewell encoders that is just the encoder part, because there's less that can go wrong with those.
I was told that the screen display is not very bright and it lacks an integrated SIM card, which are significant drawbacks for my work in outdoor environments!
It's similar in price to the yolobox, but offers a much cleaner interface, more protocols and remote control capabilities. I wish it was cheaper too, but if you add up all the stuff it has, it's pretty cheap. (Atomos Ninja + ATEM Mini?)
The NDI limitation is the only serious con... for the time being. As for the power - there are quite a few 5V to 12V adapters for around 8-12 bucks. I got myself one and managed to run the DM for more then 10 hours on a 20000mAh USB backup battery. So that's not an issue at all. And... "too thick"? seriously Aaron? That's the first CON you managed to find? 🤣 You have a full featured all-in-one production beast smaller (and apparently even lighter, including batts) then a BlackMagic Pocket Cinema, and it bothers you that it's too thick? come on man. Nonetheless, thanks for your professional reviews 🙏
@@aaronpk It makes the two of us - Compact, portable, and multi-purpose things, indeed 🤩 The thing I love the most about the DM is that once you finished designing your show, You can parctically "throw it under the table" (even short-press the power button to lock it and blank it's screen) and run the whole show from your browser, connected wirelessly and sitting at the hot spot of the arena. (such workflow mainly suits freelance live streaming producers giving on-site services, like me, and less studio-based one person show content producers)
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Have to admit as a Yolobox Pro user - I love the menus on this unit. Curious to see what the Ultra brings. Magewell did a solid job on this from the looks of it.
Keep an eye out here, I've got a video about the Ultra coming out shortly! 👀
This device is on a whole other level😳
What processor does it have, and how does its processing power stack up against the YoloBox Ultra?
Great into video Aaron!
On paper it looks as if this has a reliable consistent video output frame rate, unlike the Yolo series which notorious for not posting any output details on their website and many complaints. I also like the remote control app which is perfect for a solo operator facing the camera. I see it also accepts 4K input so the ability to set the scene showing different camera angles from one inout is great. I was going to buy a Yolobox but I think this is a better option.
Love seeing new entries into this space! Do you notice any bottlenecking when it comes to performance when you have "too many sources"?
So far I haven't noticed any slow down, and if you watch my live demo from a week or two ago I had a ton of sources connected. but I'm going to try to push it harder to find the limit.
One great thing is that you can watch the CPU % in the web interface, so you can tell how much load each source takes. I was able to do 6+ inputs with overlays and never went over 60% CPU.
The Device is a great portable streaming tool, the major con for me is the 1 ndi out restriction. 1 ndi out with recoding enabled and another regular rtmp/srt destination would be perfect since it has two encoders. I hope it can be fixed via an update. a few things i wish can be added either as addon service would be some sort of bonding and may be replay option. but its a lot promising. Even Yolobox didn't start off this strong.
Hi AAron! Nice review! Can I do a triple composition ( 2 HDMI plus NDI cam ) on a scene? or scenes have a 2 input limitation? Thanks!
Wow! This looks SUPER interesting as a filmmaker with an Atomos Connect and Atem Mini ISO!
Thanks for the great review. I've got a specific use case and I'm wondering if I could accomplish it with this unit: I need to bring in a camera feed, shrunk and cropped as well as a laptop feed, shrunk over a still image. In essence, a double PIP. Can it be done with this unit?
Yes it can! You can crop and resize multiple video sources in a scene. Definitely one of the great features of this device.
Awesome! Thanks for the quick response. I might have to pick one up eventually. It's a shame you can't treat it like a traditional t-bar switcher via the web interface. The older I get, the smaller these screens seem to get...and the fatter my fingers behave.
@@aaronpk
Yeah the screen is definitely small. But you can also connect a large touch screen monitor to use with it!
Still need my sausage fingers to interact with the UI though, by the looks of it.@@aaronpk
This is a great video. K am enjoying your reviews.
Great video. Does anybody know how the CPU/GPU in the Magewell Director Mini compares to the Qualcomm in Yololiv Ultra? I am really stuck on which to buy, and while I like the Magewell for scene customization, am also concerned about overloading it with scenes, 3 NDI sources, etc. Typically we stream with vMix in studio, and I can bomb that with inputs, angles, camera shots, but worried about either the Magewell or the Yololiv. Thanks!
Great video Aaron. Is the Magewell Director Mini able to output two concurrent LinkedIn Live streams via two separate accounts?
If you can get the RTMP address for each account you could definitely do that as two separate RTMP destinations
@@aaronpk Thank you Aaron. We will test this out when it arrives and let you know if it was successful or not.
Is the stearm output switchable. 480 ,,720,,1080p
Thanks for you review, but what about the output side on the device, is the PRG OUT via USB-C reliable for another seperate encoder?
From someone who is using Mevo Multicam app this looks insane!!
How dies it stream out wirelessly...needs a sim csrd.. can use a cell hotspot..? Does it use a HEVC codedc? Have you tested it's wireless streaming?
What's the price? Up here in Canada this stuff is outrageously over priced
$1300 USD on B&H in US. No internal SIM/Radio. I pair it with a GL.iNet and SmoothWan/Speedify. Currently H.264 only.
@@joelkrauska ah ok that's what I use, the GL SlateAx1800 with my cell hotspot...so that should work.
But it's $2000 up here in Canada...that's insane and way out of what I'm willing to spend...these companies are ridiculous with their prices these days
This unit seems more similar to OBS on PC with its scenes. Where as Yolobox is more a “Apple” version where what you see is what you get.
Hey there Aaron, Thanks for the GREAT video! I am actually hunting a mobile encoder for use in Ukraine. I work there and leave again soon and am trying decide what is the BEST portable encoder to grab, learn and carry with me for Live Streaming from Ukraine. Any thoughts you can give me would be great! Love your stuff.
Does it offer a replay feature like the Yolobox? according to the website it does have a scoreboard feature.
Great video!
Am curious if this device could stream SRT output in 24/7 operations
It almost certainly can, although you might want to look for one of the simpler Magewell encoders that is just the encoder part, because there's less that can go wrong with those.
Are you able to use a Streamdeck to control it?
There's a beta version of a Companion module for it now!
possible to get speedify apk running on this device?
How many NDI cameras can you add?
Awesome & Thanks :)
Hi again Aaron, was my previous comment automatically hidden or it's your choise ? (If I say something wrong, I need to know ;) )
I was told that the screen display is not very bright and it lacks an integrated SIM card, which are significant drawbacks for my work in outdoor environments!
you can connect one or more 4G/5G USB dongles to the USB ports on it
Is that truely the response time of the Director? That seems awefully low latency for such a device.
I guess price is also on the cons side, however, the pros are really really good.
I agree. The price tag is quite steep. I want to get one soon.
It's similar in price to the yolobox, but offers a much cleaner interface, more protocols and remote control capabilities. I wish it was cheaper too, but if you add up all the stuff it has, it's pretty cheap. (Atomos Ninja + ATEM Mini?)
Can this device stream on Facebook ?
Yes
NDI is output , problem is same with Ninja V witht module Connect NDI
and Director no output Hdmi ..
This or a yolo liv ?
This, because it has way too many additional features as well as the external batteries are really useful.
The NDI limitation is the only serious con... for the time being.
As for the power - there are quite a few 5V to 12V adapters for around 8-12 bucks.
I got myself one and managed to run the DM for more then 10 hours on a 20000mAh USB backup battery.
So that's not an issue at all.
And... "too thick"? seriously Aaron? That's the first CON you managed to find? 🤣
You have a full featured all-in-one production beast smaller (and apparently even lighter, including batts) then a BlackMagic Pocket Cinema,
and it bothers you that it's too thick? come on man.
Nonetheless, thanks for your professional reviews 🙏
I just really like tiny things! But yes the 5V to 12V is a good plan!
@@aaronpk
It makes the two of us - Compact, portable, and multi-purpose things, indeed 🤩
The thing I love the most about the DM is that once you finished designing your show,
You can parctically "throw it under the table" (even short-press the power button to lock it and blank it's screen)
and run the whole show from your browser, connected wirelessly and sitting at the hot spot of the arena.
(such workflow mainly suits freelance live streaming producers giving on-site services, like me, and less studio-based one person show content producers)
@@aaronpk you can get a trigger cable for USB-C to 12V barrel connector which is essentially the same size and weight of a normal USB cable.
Does this device have green screen capability?
Yes. www.magewell.com/files/documents/User_Manual/Director_Mini_User_Manual_en_US.pdf Page 58 "Keyer"
Yes
$1,299.00
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