NEW Atomos Zato Connect Review : Ship Now Fix Later
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In this video we check out the NEW Atomos Zato Connect. Is it the all in one streaming package that is advertised to us? Big shoutout to Luke Stein and Kagan Yochim for the tips and tricks. Check out Luke's video on the Zato unboxing here ➡️ • Atomos Zato Connect un...
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00:00 Atomos Zato Connect
00:17 Ship Now Fix Later
00:58 Zato Firmware
01:24 Powering Up the Zato
01:59 Going Live with the Zato
03:07 Who Is The Zato For?
03:55 Zato Menu System
04:20 H.264 Recording Capabilities
05:14 Graphic Overlays
05:59 Zato Build Quality
06:29 What You Should Probably Get
07:12 Some Atomos Love
07:37 Do You Have a Zato?
In my testing it appears to not like 5GHz wifi very much. The auto connect on 5GHz is shotty at best. 2.4GHz has been working flawlessly, I was able to do a live stream 2 floors away from the access point no problem. The Zato has potential but needs a massive firmware update!
Oh nice! Thank you for the tip Kane! Going to give that a shot, great to hear it IS user error over here on some things lol. Looking forward to this update as well 👍 Have a good weekend and thanks again for letting us all know the wifi can work, woohoo! Take care!
First and foremost great video I’m Ryan who left the review on B&H, I wanted to like this the zato , but it is too whacky at the moment I hope they fix the all of the issues by the September monthly subscription launch date. @atomos please take note .
RYAN!!! Thank you man, really appreciate you finding this and digging it. Awesome comment on B&H lol, saw your review on there and just had to put it in, felt the same way. Fingers crossed the Zato evolves into a nice reliable device someday, like you mentioned, it has potential 👍 Subscribing to Hip Hop Tours of Atlanta now, good luck with your channel and thanks again for the comment!
Great video. 😀
Quick question, can the zato be used as a camera monitor / recorder using HDMI.
Thanks
Hit every nail on the head! Amazing and fun review while being completely honest. Mine has been a great screen and portable recorder but I really want that PiP support so I can game on the road without a yolobox / obs machine.
Atomos Cloud was also late to launch, they pushed back the countdown timer on the site by 12 hours even when I had the device in hand and was anxious to try it out. I'm not a previous Atomos owner so I'll take your word for it that they can update their products to live up to their potential, it's just crazy that the marketing seems so polished and ready to ship.
Hey there Taylor, oh man that must have been torture waiting for the launch when it got pushed back 🤦♂ My fingers are crossed Atomos steps it up soon. I have been using it as a HDMI recording passthrough for easy screencaptures, works fine for that but just wish they hadn't advertised it as something else. Feels like they were between a rock and hard place with this release, something must be going on over there. Anyhoo, good luck with yours and thanks for the great comment and letting us know! Have a good rest of the weekend 🤜🤛
This is the most exciting live stream product I've seen in years. The possibilities with Atomos Cloud Studio live production (launching in October supposedly) are pretty astounding. This coming from someone who has owned over half a dozen live stream encoders (LiveU, Teradek, and others). Atomos has a tendency to not have things sorted out when it ships (I was an early adopter of Atomos X). But it's an awesome monitor in the meantime also and a pretty good price for just that. Personally, I'm hoping they eventually add HEVC and SRT capabilities in the Cloud Studio. Hopefully Atomos lives up to the promise this product has.
Hey there Brett, I felt the same way when I saw this and preordered, very exciting list of capabilities . For 400, you are right, it’s a great little package already. These added features will just be the cherry on top if Atomos can nail it. I haven’t lost hope yet and will be patiently waiting for the big update coming soon. Thanks so much for watching and the great comment!
As I have bought it, I can only say that it is not finished yet from a software perspectve. Bugs over bugs. I ordered a yolobox-pro - even it is more expensive - it is very promising and much more what I would have expected.
@@TheFloodLightShow It's 9 months later, have they fixed the issues?
Is this the same screen as the ninja/shinobi? Also is the firmware all ironed out now?
Can you see the live feed on your phone?
Very nice video, and right on with the assessment of the flaws at release. Tbh kind of wishing I’d bought a YoloBox 😢
Thank you Luke and big shoutout for all the help figuring out this little gizmo. Really appreciated your unboxing vid on the Zato, good luck with your channel over there 📈. Hope your day is going well!
Hi guys. My atomos connect isn't working. The record button is greyed out, is anyone experiencing this at all? I use it with an Fx3 and a ninja v
Hey there, sorry for the late reply, hope you got it figured out. I don't have much experience with the connect unfortunately. The only way I get lucky with Atomos when something starts acting funny is to update it all, which is also kind of a pain with all the ssd transferring process. Good luck man!
@@TheFloodLightShow yes i fixed the issue. Solve NINJA V/V+ & Sony FX3 greyed out record button and Frame Rate Issue in 2 Minutes
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Made a short video here
@@oluakinode nice man, there is always something that needs to be clicked on lol. feels like man vs machine a lot of the time. Glad you found it and it's working for you now. Keep up the vids, subscribed✌
@@TheFloodLightShow indeed! Thank you man. Subbed as well!
Are you able to record audio and video in sync with your ZATO? The unit I purchased had the audio drift out of sync quite quickly. Support was responsive and asked me to ship them the unit for repair or replacement, so I shipped it back and received a replacement a couple weeks later. The replacement has the same problem. Wondering if you are having better success with recording.
uugghhh that is frustrating, was reading your comment hoping for a good outcome at the end. I think all of us are having your same issue, you can see in Kevin Le's livestream here, same thing I was getting: th-cam.com/video/UX0PNzRSiM8/w-d-xo.html . Hoping they add an audio latency parameter in the new update as well. Sorry you got the run around returning and doing all that leg work. Thank for watching Wes and will be doing an update when Atomos gets their act together. Hopefully in October is what the rumor seems to be. Take care and thanks for the comment letting us all know 🤜🤛
@@TheFloodLightShow The clips I record might start out in sync, but within about 20 seconds something has happened in the audio, like a dropout, and after that video is behind. Over more time the sync gets worse and worse. In this test recording (and whoa, the audio, not sure what's up with that) the sync drifts to be about 1.5 seconds off over three minutes: th-cam.com/video/Z3wQkngEop4/w-d-xo.html
Oh dang, yeah that gets bad. I hope Atomos is taking note of us all doing free testing for them. Thanks for posting another example for us to check out, hoping we can save some time and frustration for others. Going to binge some more of your vids now Wes! Have a good night over there✌️
Wow 😯 so good!!! Great job 👏 I didn’t even know these things existed! Very informative 🙂
Thank you Rick!! This was the device I mentioned a while back, unfortunately it fell a bit short 🤷♂️ Hope your week is going well and thanks for checking out the vid and the comment 🤜🤛 we will get this live stream up and running one day. Talk to you soon
can I use Zato as transmitter monitor , to send signal for directors monitor? if use this monitor on my BMPCC6k will I be able to see playback wirelessly on other monitor ?
I used as monitor and is the worst decision that you will take in your life
@@MarceloGuerrero-ly7uc oh damn ! Really ? Sheesh, ok thanks for heads up ! Gotta look for alternative option then ✌🏼
Great video mate!! Any update !?I was really keen to find something to streaming using my phone as hotspot!! But apparently this is not the case
The YoloBox Mini is like the 2-years-later version of Atomos Zato.
Lol, sounds like it. Do you have one over there? Thanks for watching and the comment Feng 👍
Thanks video how is latency in zato connect ?
Hey there Chris, there is a new update that I have not had time to install. The audio latency was pretty bad when live-streaming with it originally. We should have some tools to fix that from Atomos Studio now, I will let you know when I get to play with it. Check out Kevin Le's video for the update here, looks like its working a little better: th-cam.com/video/83nUCZpm6mw/w-d-xo.html
lol, just saw your comments on Kevin's vid, glad you found him already. Good luck man!
Same problems with the Shogun connect, poor connectivity via wireless, something to mention I tried to connect my camera rig setup with a ninja V output hdmi to the ZATO and it says not compatible audio. C'mon guys you are the same company your products should be compatible ecosystem.
Uggghh sorry to hear that Eternu. Hopefully these few months will give atomos the time to work out the bugs 🤞 i have been using it at its most basic form for hdmi screencaps, had to take a break on trying to get it streaming, definitely hit a wall with it. Thanks for watching and letting us know what was going on with yours, will do an update when the supposed October fix drops. Take care 👍
Can't see any updates from you about this device, is that means rubbish? Thanks
Hey sorry JTR for the delay. I tried another crack at streaming on the Zato with its new update, and still got flustered. Not recommended for a streaming solution but a great little screencapture device that lets you record on SD cards. I have been using it for that 🤷♂️ it's a bummer though, will keep messing with it and get this update uploaded soon. Thanks for checking out the vid!
Hey any update on this divice?
Hey Guysofly! Great name lol. I have the new firmware uploaded and tried another test the other week, pip is there but still was having troubles streaming to yt. Sorry for lagging on this, will take another crack at it this week and try to get you guys something. Its still weird though unfortunately. I do like using it for screencaptures, thats about it :( thanks for watching and have a good weekend!
Hello again, Just another comment on this one: It is not working with my device, whatever I do. Their support sent me some default links to their setup manuals, I factory reset my device, I always have to login to my account to deactivate and activate my stream, otherwise ZATO will not find it and I can see no data leaving my router at all. To be honest, this is the greatest disappointment I had with all video devices I own especially from support side. Waiting days and getting links to default setup. That is poor
I know what you mean Holger, I feel the same way. Atomos is usually so solid, was very surprised at this poor release. I spent 2 weeks messing with this thing also, a lot of wasted time. Hope they make it up to us all somehow. Good luck with yours over there!
hello, and today what situation ?
Hey there Emmanuel, atomos has a new update, pip should be available now. Haven’t had time to test it out yet unfortunately. Will be making an update vid by the end of the year, thanks for watching ✌️
Also not worked for me, using WIFI
Thank you for letting us know Holger! Glad to hear its not just me running into all these problems. Thanks for watching and the comment, take care 👍
Interesting and frustrating you’ve both run into this. I’m my limited testing, I streamed to TH-cam over wifi without incident. I wonder if the recording quality also affects the streaming bitrate-this is how the ATEM Minis work-since there’s only one encoder, and if lowering quality might help accommodate wifi network speed/packet loss/etc issues?
Thanks for the tip Luke! Going to try that out today and see if it gives any success. Did you ever get it to work using your phone as a hotspot out in the field? Thank you!
Its rubbish the sync is out no matter what format you use. I would not trust it at all as a recorder for any content, totally useless really. All it is good for a is a cheap(ish) monitor with HDMi thoughput. I have updated to the latest firmware and it is exactly the same - very poor!!
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Thank you Eugene!
This is big mistake from Atomos.
hey there JTR, been meaning to an update on this little guy. I have actually been using it a lot for live streaming, it's an easy way to get hdmi into OBS, and also using it to record easy screencaptures, does good as a simple HDMI passthrough to a projector. looks like they have dropped the price and if you use it for the basics, its solid. all that streaming and wifi nonsense is where it gets tricky. Good luck and thanks for checking out the vid!
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