Any On-Camera HDMI monitor users?

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Howdy! Do any peeps here use those small on-camera HDMI monitors? If so, any likes/dislikes/tips?

Seems handy and compact for monitoring r_e_c_u_r output on stage with my live music setup. I think one of these on-camera monitors with HDMI passthrough would be nifty.

Thanks!

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…i am using a Yolobox Pro - a little bit more expensive, but a lot more functionality (and i had it laying around in a drawer as i have an Ultra and an Extreme too for my livestreams) - for such tasks…

…they should be available pretty cheap (compared to what i paid, at least) second hand as everyone is upgrading to the newer models…

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I’ve just bought this. Pretty nice for the price. No MIDI trigger, no hdmi passthrough.

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Whoa. That’s high tech! Can you play back recorded video straight from the touchscreen? Also… does it get hot? :smile:

That does look handy for a simple HDMI monitor. Whenever I’m using a RPi or similar I always awkwardly connect it to my TV or a projector. And, my initial post was unclear; I meant that I’d be using recur’s MIDI triggering :innocent:

Thanks!!

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…yes, sure you can play back the recorded video - but usually you would move it to your computer and cut it there…

…then you could move the file back to the unit, add it as a ‘source’ and play it - several different modes as ‘loop’, ‘start every time from the beginning’ or ‘start where you left of last time’ are available - inbetween your live-stuff…

…i never realized the ‘Pro’ to get too hot, but i had the ‘Ultra’ shut down on me due to overheating in the middle of a livestream; i have since then provided the ‘Ultra’ and the ‘Extreme’ with an overkill-cooling-solution and an external touchscreen for my livestreams, so i can shut down or dim the display…

…i use the Pro only at home with HDMI-inputs, while i use the others almost exclusively with NDI cameras (three on the Ultra or six on the Extreme) with the odd HDMI-input here and there…

…the latest iteration of the setup is the addition of a dedicated MacBook Pro M1 which has eight NDI-sources attached to it - running OBS (to bundle the NDI-streams into one) and ‘Just in Mac Lite NDI’ (to record up to eight NDI-streams simultaneously) - which then presents one NDI-stream to the Yoloboxes, which pushes the possible camera-count to thirteen (or even more) cameras on the ‘Extreme’, or ten cameras (again not counting the additional HDMI-inputs) on the ‘Ultra’ - working with the older ‘Pro’ this would allow for eight cameras from OBS via HDMI (not NDI) plus two more HDMI-inputs…

…as i am diverting anyway i’ll add a link to the last livestream i made using six cameras:

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