[0:00] Hello everybody. Thank you for joining
[0:01] us for another episode of Video Guys
[0:03] Live. It is Tuesday. It is about three
[0:05] o'clock Eastern. Uh today we are really
[0:08] excited to be joined in studio by Chris
[0:11] Bergos from Elgato,
[0:14] no longer at VizT. Uh Chris, how are you
[0:17] doing today?
[0:17] >> Uh I'm doing really well. We have a lot
[0:19] of cool things we're going to be going
[0:20] over, but thank you for having me in
[0:22] studio. It's uh always a unique
[0:24] experience to be working with and
[0:26] talking with people about what Elgato is
[0:28] doing, especially in the world of Stream
[0:29] Deck.
[0:30] >> Absolutely. So, Chris, why don't you
[0:33] tell us a little bit about Elgato
[0:35] because this is a first time that we're
[0:37] talking about Elgato on video guys.
[0:40] >> Yeah, so uh Elgato's origins really come
[0:42] out of the streamer and YouTuber space.
[0:44] Um these people were looking for a way
[0:47] to better control their live events,
[0:49] control their chat, add some graphics.
[0:51] So the stream deck was this really easy
[0:53] to deploy desktop ccentric panel of
[0:57] buttons just an ability to hit some keys
[0:59] and just control some stuff that you
[1:00] might traditionally do in your stream
[1:02] making it less difficult to admin
[1:06] moderate or in some instances just add a
[1:08] little flare to it. So that's where we
[1:09] sort of started that creator built but
[1:11] also really intuitive to use ideology
[1:15] and that grew into this entire line. Um,
[1:19] >> yeah,
[1:19] >> you know, we have products that are, uh,
[1:23] able to be used in racks. We recently,
[1:26] uh, released a module, so if anyone
[1:27] wants to make a custom build, uh, for a
[1:29] desktop table, uh, the Stream Deck Plus
[1:32] and some of the Stream Decks we're going
[1:33] to go over, the whole core ideology was
[1:35] always that they can all function easily
[1:38] and they all can be very powerful. So,
[1:39] despite whatever form factor they may be
[1:41] in, they all have that same DNA.
[1:44] >> Oh, 100%. and we've been using them
[1:46] throughout not just our studio but in
[1:48] our office and they are super easy to
[1:51] configure and like you said very
[1:52] powerful and you know just shaving as uh
[1:56] Brian said earlier shaving minutes off
[1:58] of workloads. So that is fantastic. So
[2:00] let's let's go one at a time and start
[2:03] about start with the Stream Deck Mark 2.
[2:06] >> The Mark 2 for me is the standard
[2:08] bearer. It was our first stream deck.
[2:10] It's a re a revision on it. says it's
[2:12] the Mark 2, but that same functionality
[2:14] with a little bit of updates to it. And
[2:16] it's really core 15 customizable keys,
[2:20] simple USB connection. We have these
[2:22] interchangeable face plates for people
[2:24] who want to really add a little bit of
[2:25] flare, personality to their setups, and
[2:27] easy to use software. And again, this is
[2:30] sort of like where the streamer started
[2:32] to get these multiple command setups. I
[2:34] want to be able to do something more
[2:36] sophisticated than what I might be able
[2:37] to with a mouse and keyboard. So the
[2:39] Mark I is the starter for Stream Deck
[2:42] >> 100%. And we will get into some of those
[2:44] software features at uh towards the end
[2:47] of the show.
[2:48] >> Yeah.
[2:48] >> So if we are starting with the Stream
[2:51] Deck Mark II, what's the next step up?
[2:53] >> So the XL is the powerhouse. We see
[2:55] these a lot in productions. We see these
[2:57] a lot in people who are using really
[2:59] sophisticated setups. I had an XL before
[3:01] joining Elgato on my computer setup
[3:04] because I wanted to be able to interact
[3:06] with all kinds of things. But at 32
[3:08] keys, you have a lot more actions at
[3:10] your fingertips. Still using that USBC
[3:12] connection. Something that isn't
[3:14] promoted here, but I do want to talk
[3:15] about the base. The XL sits on is
[3:18] actually a little bit more unique
[3:20] because of its size. You can fit in a
[3:22] different product called the network
[3:23] dock. And now you can network enable
[3:25] your XL. So that's a little cool piece
[3:27] that we don't talk about. But again,
[3:29] premium build with this heavy duty
[3:31] stand. And then same easy to use
[3:33] software. And we look at this again,
[3:35] especially in live events, guys. Doing
[3:36] live events, uh, houses of worship. You
[3:38] want something that's got all your
[3:39] buttons available, controlling multiple
[3:41] things, XL is your choice.
[3:43] >> You're talking about live events, and we
[3:45] do this live show every Tuesday at 3:00
[3:47] Eastern. So, thanks for watching. And
[3:49] actually over at our Tririccaster TC1
[3:52] Pro, we have a Stream Deck XL and Adam
[3:55] is able to change uh various things.
[3:58] Pull up our memes, pull up comps, uh
[4:01] switch inputs, be able to pull up our
[4:03] graphics. All of this is being run off
[4:05] of the Stream Deck XL.
[4:07] >> It's such a powerful tool to have and I
[4:09] think the beauty of it is you get those
[4:11] extra buttons. Again, it's it's for the
[4:13] power users, but it's just so cool to
[4:15] say, "Hey, I have a custom button. does
[4:16] like six things for me and I have the
[4:18] icon set and it's all ready to go.
[4:20] >> Perfect. And next up would be the Stream
[4:23] Deck Plus.
[4:24] >> So very different DNA on the Stream Deck
[4:28] Plus. So we looked at some of our people
[4:30] who are in the more creative space. So
[4:33] think of like your video editors, people
[4:35] using Photoshop and we took a different
[4:38] approach. So we have less keys here with
[4:39] only eight keys, but we have these four
[4:41] dials that can do multiple functions.
[4:44] Right above those dials is a touch strip
[4:45] that you can actually swipe through and
[4:47] change what those dials are doing. It's
[4:49] got the built-in stand so ready to stand
[4:51] up for your desktop. And same software,
[4:55] but something unique it does in this
[4:57] sort of world is the prompters. You can
[5:00] actually control the prompter speed with
[5:02] the Stream Deck Plus. And I think I we
[5:04] see a lot of people using the plus in
[5:06] way more different ways than we see our
[5:08] traditional production guys, but it's so
[5:10] intuitive that they get right behind it
[5:12] and they're doing something that they
[5:14] really needed to. And then one last
[5:15] little feature here is uh in the image
[5:17] itself is showing control over
[5:19] microphones and headsets. So you're sort
[5:21] of, you know, where your thoughts go is
[5:23] the limitation. Like how much can you
[5:24] do? Well, there's a lot that you can
[5:25] customize.
[5:26] >> Oh, 100%. And just because we were
[5:29] talking about how we use our Stream Deck
[5:31] XL, we actually have a Stream Deck Plus
[5:34] in our editing room and we have the
[5:37] Adobe Premiere plugin. And my favorite
[5:40] feature on that is being able to use
[5:42] those knobs to scrub through the
[5:44] timeline and be able to go frame by
[5:46] frame. You know, when I'm using the
[5:47] mouse, sometimes I I skip three or four
[5:50] frames on accident. So being able to,
[5:52] you know, really go fine-tune with those
[5:54] knobs and not even have to think about
[5:56] it. It becomes second nature at the end
[5:57] of the day.
[5:58] >> You're going to notice a lot and and
[6:00] different people are going to notice
[6:01] that once they start to use their stream
[6:02] deck, it just becomes an extension of
[6:03] making their life a little bit easier.
[6:05] And that's what I've always preached
[6:06] when I'm getting behind it. It's like,
[6:08] yes, I have my full knowledge and
[6:09] capability to do this stuff, but having
[6:11] more buttons easy. Also, if I need to
[6:13] like take a vacation, I have all the
[6:15] buttons here. Here's everything you need
[6:17] to know. This will get you 99% of the
[6:19] way there and that's all I care about.
[6:21] >> That's great. And we mentioned earlier
[6:24] at the top of the show that there is
[6:25] some software involved to be able to get
[6:28] these things up and running, right?
[6:30] >> Yes. So, Stream Deck software is free.
[6:32] Uh it's got a really simple to use UI.
[6:34] The goal is to allow for multiple
[6:36] actions on a single button press and we
[6:39] have a growing marketplace with all
[6:40] kinds of uh deep integrations. you
[6:42] talked about using it with Adobe, you
[6:45] know, um on our marketplace, you can
[6:47] probably find a plugin for free for just
[6:49] about anything. Um some of the software
[6:51] switchers out there have some some PTZ
[6:53] manufacturers, some devices, some uh
[6:56] meeting applications. It's really unique
[6:58] the kinds of things you can do. Social
[6:59] media apps you want to get out to Tik
[7:00] Tok, there's an application to use your
[7:02] Stream Deck to work with Tik Tok. So, I
[7:05] I very much say if you're going to get
[7:07] into Stream Deck, visit the marketplace,
[7:09] look at some stuff, and you'll be like,
[7:11] man, I could control that. And then
[7:12] start to sort of look and say, well, you
[7:15] know what? I'm doing something on a Zoom
[7:16] meeting pretty consistently, but I also
[7:18] need to update this file while I'm
[7:20] working. Uh maybe I'm controlling my
[7:23] camera specifically. Now I can use that
[7:25] stream deck to do all those things and
[7:26] I'm not like in the middle of the
[7:27] meeting like okay I gotta hit the share
[7:29] button and oh I have to share my second
[7:31] screen or like I have to do this window.
[7:33] Stream deck give you a single button to
[7:35] just make that all happen
[7:36] >> and because you have the ability to
[7:39] customize these things. You have not
[7:41] only multiple pages but you can say oh I
[7:43] only need these three features from
[7:45] Adobe and these five from teams and
[7:48] these three from you know the
[7:50] tririccaster or whatever. You can have
[7:52] just the buttons that you need from
[7:54] various programs on one page or you can
[7:56] have multiple pages and one page be set
[7:59] for a certain program.
[8:01] >> The other thing I'm going to notice and
[8:03] I think the video will play here is it's
[8:05] super easy to use the marketplace.
[8:06] You're going to find the app you want.
[8:08] You'll click get and it actually just
[8:10] pops open the Stream Deck software. So
[8:12] there's no sort of guessing. There's no
[8:14] understanding, hey, where did this
[8:15] install or do I have to go through this
[8:17] different file? the integrations are
[8:18] really tight and I do love that for
[8:21] people who are approaching stream deck
[8:22] and saying well is it for me if there's
[8:24] something on the marketplace it's for
[8:25] you because it's just going to make your
[8:27] life a little bit easier and we
[8:29] typically talk about production setups
[8:30] but I do think there's opportunities
[8:32] beyond that where you know its origins
[8:34] were not in a traditional production and
[8:36] there's just so much you can do with it.
[8:38] >> No absolutely.
[8:40] Next thing that I want to talk about is
[8:42] this thing uh over my left shoulder here
[8:45] and that is the Prompter XL which is
[8:48] shipping now. As you can see we have one
[8:50] here. Um can you tell us a little bit
[8:52] about the Prompter XL?
[8:53] >> Prompter XL is part of our new ideology
[8:57] because we're working with more
[8:58] professional setups. We know that there
[9:01] are things like podcasts, there are
[9:02] things like corporate events where
[9:03] someone needs to be able to read
[9:04] something particularly right. Maybe it's
[9:06] an ad read. Maybe there's something new
[9:08] that's happening at the uh
[9:10] infrastructure level. Maybe we have a
[9:12] new process we're going through. Well,
[9:13] the Prompter XL is at 15.6 inches. It's
[9:16] got that nice big full HD display. It's
[9:19] also got something that's a little
[9:20] interesting in that that monitor that
[9:22] gets reflected. It's actually magnetic.
[9:24] So, setup for this thing is painless.
[9:26] You put it together, pop the monitor on,
[9:28] and off of one USBC cable, you get
[9:31] power, you get image, and that control.
[9:34] So despite it looking like something
[9:36] that would cost significantly more, it's
[9:38] giving you a lot of what we do at
[9:40] Elgato, simplicity, ease of use, and
[9:42] that price point puts it in a really
[9:44] specific environment to say, man, maybe
[9:47] prompter wasn't something the thing I
[9:48] thought of before, but now I can get one
[9:50] and start to leverage it in any kind of
[9:52] setup I want to do.
[9:53] >> 100%. And just again, because we are
[9:56] using the products that we now carry,
[9:58] um, you know, a lot of these shows are
[10:00] live, but we do our product spotlights.
[10:02] We try to do one a month. Uh those are
[10:04] more scripted and this thing is already
[10:07] saving me time and effort. And on our
[10:10] next product spotlight, I will be
[10:11] looking right at the camera, not
[10:13] slightly to the left of the camera.
[10:15] >> It's so slick to use it. And one thing
[10:16] that is kind of really special with
[10:18] this, and this kind of goes to Elgato at
[10:21] a greater level, if you have a very
[10:22] powerful PC, you can enable AI voicing.
[10:26] So as you're talking, it will scroll to
[10:29] just follow along with you. You could
[10:30] also, like I said, use a stream deck
[10:32] plus and change the scroll as you want
[10:35] to. Uh, you can even mess with the
[10:36] opacity, which sometimes people will
[10:38] say, well, why would I do that? You can
[10:39] use the prompter to actually act as just
[10:41] another monitor. And so, we see people
[10:44] using this in meetings where they're
[10:45] actually have the teams or Zoom meeting
[10:47] up. So, they're maintaining that ey line
[10:49] like you would do in the read. And so, a
[10:50] lot of flexibility. And I think again,
[10:53] you put it in the right hands, you start
[10:54] to see like, oh man, there's all these
[10:55] cool things that you can do.
[10:56] >> 100%. And then the last thing that we
[10:59] want to talk about is one of the newer
[11:02] uh products to the Elgato line and that
[11:04] is the Stream Deck Studio. Can you tell
[11:06] us a little bit about the Stream Deck
[11:07] Studio?
[11:08] >> So we noticed that a lot of productions
[11:10] were using Stream Decks. Um and
[11:13] naturally we went back and said, well,
[11:15] we designed the Stream Decks for
[11:17] streamers. We probably want to go back
[11:19] and redesign our product for or make a
[11:22] new product for these broadcasters,
[11:24] these live events. And so the Stream
[11:26] Deck Studio is that sort of product that
[11:28] covers that. It's easy to set up. It's
[11:31] got the responsiveness you need and it's
[11:33] got that enterprisegrade reliability.
[11:34] And one of the pre-shows we were
[11:36] actually as you guys were operating the
[11:38] switcher, it was just popping along with
[11:40] you guys that you could then hit the
[11:41] buttons on the stream deck studio and
[11:42] then control the switcher. It's it's
[11:44] just super easy to leverage. So you
[11:46] know, uh let's just you know, we talked
[11:48] about some of the stuff where it's
[11:49] versatility. It's also IP first. So it's
[11:53] PoE. Yep.
[11:54] >> So set up for this is a breeze. I mean
[11:56] over here on our setup in front of us,
[11:57] one cable.
[11:58] >> One cable. That's it.
[11:59] >> Uh we can streamline the workflows a
[12:01] little bit differently than what we do
[12:02] on the XL's and the MK is. But I think
[12:05] the coolest part is how scalable this
[12:06] guy is.
[12:07] >> I can get a bunch of Stream Deck studios
[12:09] operating different elements of my
[12:11] environment, have them at different
[12:12] stations and all contributing to this
[12:14] greater production. Or I could have them
[12:16] doing really unique things like I could
[12:18] have one behind the corporate boardroom,
[12:20] punch in a couple of things, change
[12:22] what's on the displays, reset the pretz
[12:24] cameras. So there's a lot of cool things
[12:26] that I think studio starts to enable.
[12:29] And because it's rack mountable, things
[12:31] get a little bit interesting. I do think
[12:32] people who are looking at it from
[12:34] broadcasting, looking at it from a live
[12:35] events or corporate AV space, this is
[12:37] actually the stream deck that may be
[12:39] powering their productions.
[12:41] >> Absolutely. As you can see, we have one
[12:43] here and we're going to be continuing to
[12:45] play with that as well.
[12:47] >> So, rack mount form factor, beautiful
[12:50] setup, easy to get in there. The 19inch
[12:52] rack mount,
[12:53] >> 32 keys, so customization. Uh, in this
[12:56] instance, we're showcasing uh something
[12:59] more like a router panel might look
[13:00] like. So, again, starting to think
[13:02] differently from where we're coming from
[13:03] in our origins.
[13:05] These two dual multi-function encoders
[13:08] are very specific to expanding
[13:12] workloads. Y
[13:13] >> so first and foremost you can dial them
[13:15] in swift go up and uh back and forward.
[13:18] You can do something like setting up
[13:19] multiple profiles or so a given stream
[13:21] deck studio you can go through and say
[13:23] hey I'm going for my morning show to my
[13:24] afternoon show. Twist the knob afternoon
[13:27] show is ready. You can actually push the
[13:29] buttons in to get access to different
[13:31] layers. So, if I wanted to, let's just
[13:33] say have PTZ cameras one to two and then
[13:35] push in have three and four, do
[13:37] something like that. Um, and it's
[13:39] interesting how much you can tweak.
[13:41] >> There's a whole color range on just the
[13:43] dial. So, just, you know, we give you
[13:46] that really deep level of customization.
[13:49] This one's probably going to be a little
[13:50] weird, but it's actually one of the cool
[13:52] reasons that when I joined Elgato, I was
[13:54] like, "Yeah, this is different." So, we
[13:56] have an NFC reader on the studio. And
[13:59] you might be thinking, well, Chris, why
[14:01] do I need NFC reader?
[14:03] If you're thinking about a larger scale
[14:05] organization or something where we're
[14:06] going to have multiple setups and maybe
[14:08] have different operators, well, my
[14:10] engineer could go in, tap the Stream
[14:12] Deck Studio with his NFC card, open up
[14:14] his configuration, make his changes.
[14:17] Okay, now we're ready for the next
[14:18] operator, tap the NFC card again, and
[14:20] now that's locked, and the operator
[14:22] can't interfere with anyone else's show.
[14:24] Alternatively, it could have different
[14:26] people at different positions tap into
[14:28] the studio and gain access. Let's just
[14:30] say I'm at a live event, right? I have
[14:31] an engineering station. Maybe I have a
[14:33] TD using one. Maybe my lighting director
[14:36] might be incorporating one because they
[14:37] maybe want to trigger different setups
[14:39] of the lighting. Or maybe someone in the
[14:40] back at the processor doing the LED
[14:42] work. All of these guys could have their
[14:44] positions, tap in, and now they're ready
[14:46] to go. And I didn't have to pre-program
[14:48] a bunch. I sent the the studios to
[14:51] different locations and everyone's ready
[14:52] to go. It's uh it's interesting because
[14:54] our designers were like why don't they
[14:56] do more of this and I think the idea is
[14:59] from our professional spaces is well we
[15:01] just teach the guys not to do that but
[15:03] now you get access to a whole different
[15:04] group of operators at different skill
[15:06] levels.
[15:06] >> No absolutely the the first thing that
[15:08] comes to my mind is specifically like a
[15:10] house of worship. You know you mentioned
[15:12] your engineers come in and then you
[15:14] don't want your volunteers to
[15:16] accidentally change something. So being
[15:19] able to lock out certain functionality I
[15:21] think is is is great. There the there
[15:24] are other products that do uh similar
[15:27] things with like PTZ controllers so you
[15:29] can't accidentally change the exposure
[15:31] but you can still move the camera.
[15:33] >> And the beautiful part of what we do
[15:34] with Stream Deck is that you can control
[15:36] all that stuff.
[15:36] >> And so you could pop in and tag like you
[15:38] said or maybe I tag for the easy
[15:40] profile.
[15:40] >> Hey, I'm not in. We're going to give
[15:42] them the four buttons and the stream
[15:43] button.
[15:44] >> Yep.
[15:45] Last but not least, we talk about
[15:47] expanding and interacting with different
[15:48] elements. It has a USBC port right on
[15:51] the front of it, which if you have any
[15:53] of the other stream decks, you could
[15:54] actually plug in, get power, and now be
[15:56] able to run that stream deck as well as
[15:58] part of your setup. So, you know, we're
[16:00] even thinking about people who are
[16:02] coming from our traditional space. Well,
[16:03] how would they want to incorporate it? I
[16:05] still love my stream deck. Still love my
[16:06] XL. Cool. I can also get the studio and
[16:08] sort of interact with it.
[16:10] >> That's great.
[16:12] Well, Chris, thank you so much for
[16:14] coming on to the show. As you can tell,
[16:16] there is a lot of great things that you
[16:18] can do with the stream decks, and there
[16:20] really is a stream deck for every kind
[16:22] of workflow out there. Uh, Chris, as
[16:24] always, whenever we have a guest on our
[16:26] show, especially when it's Chris Bergos,
[16:28] I mean, come on. Um, we like to give
[16:30] them the final word. Is there anything
[16:31] that you'd like to say to our viewers?
[16:34] Stream Deck and Elgato are in a unique
[16:36] space where we're going to be doing more
[16:39] than ever before. And I think it's
[16:40] important that we state this very
[16:42] firmly. We are making commitments to the
[16:44] professional market and still sticking
[16:46] with our streamer core. So you're going
[16:48] to be seeing a lot of different products
[16:50] coming at us coming from us that you
[16:52] might say, "Oh, cool. I'll need this or
[16:53] I might have thought about that." And
[16:55] just remember that ease of functionality
[16:56] out of the box is always going to be
[16:58] with us. So, I hope that sort of
[17:01] instills that I or you will be looking
[17:03] at the next stream deck that's coming
[17:05] out or getting involved with something
[17:06] we currently have.
[17:07] >> All right, Chris, thank you so much for
[17:09] joining us today. Um, if you haven't
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