Using with an ATEM

In this tutorial, you'll find out how to use the downloaded files from H2R Stingers with your Blackmagic ATEM.

Full ATEM tutorial

1. Export from the ATEM

Open the ATEM Software Control and use the File and Save As... menu option to export an XML file from your ATEM.

When prompted, only choose the Media Pool and Macros sections from the export window.

2. Open the exported file

Open the file that you just exported in a text editor, or better yet a code editors like Visual Studio Code. You can also open up the downloaded XML files too.

3. Copy/Paste time

Copy and paste the code from the macro.xml file into your main ATEM XML file.

The code from the macro.xml file should be pasted between the opening <MacroPool> and closing </MacroPool> tags. Best to put it in the right place based on the index.

Then, copy and paste the code from the mediaPool.xml file also.

Replace the opening <MediaPool> and closing </MediaPool> tags when you paste in the code from the downloaded file.

Feel free to skip the code in the mediaPool.xml file - Alternate method mentioned later.

4. Move the ATEM Media Pool folder

In order for the next step to work, be sure to move the ATEM Media Pool folder into the same directory that the main XML file is saved.

5. Save and Restore

Save the XML file and open the ATEM Software Control again.

Use the File and Restore option, and choose the XML file we've been working on.

When restored, you will see a new macro, and a Media Pool with 10 images.

6. (Optional) Drag and drop images into the Media Pool

If you skipped the mediaPool.xml from before, just drag and drop all 10 of the images in the ATEM Media Pool folder you downloaded into media slots on your ATEM. These will go in slot 1 to 10 unless you specified otherwise on H2R Stingers.

7. Test and go

The only thing left is to run the stinger a few times from the Macro window to make sure it all works as expected.