Hey, great question. Back in the day, it was not so good. That is a thing of the past, however. I find it to be consistently reliable and a nice copy. It will copy the audio and video exactly the same way the encoder sends it. So if you don't notice that your audio is out of sync, then you will be surprised when you look at the recording. That would be a user error and not a device error. It simply records what it sends. So, make sure your audio is properly synced before you start. I don't ever have a problem with audio. The problem people encounter is that the recording is at the same bitrate as the stream. Some people try to stream at a higher bitrate and encoding setting than their network can support. So, that will cause dropped frames, out of sync audio, and others. It's no fun, and again, that's a user error. With YoloBox, streaming is so easy people don't actually know what they are doing. When problems occur, they don't know how to diagnose or fix them. To avoid all of this., Test your network before you start streaming three times, thanks the average upload as your normal rate, and then choose an encoding upload rate of about 50-75% of the upload rate. So, if your average testing shows you have a stable 10Mbps upload connection, then you could safely choose an encoding bitrate of 5Mbps-7.5Mbps. YoloBox won't let you choose 7.5Mbps, so you would choose 6 ot 8 Mbps. Choose a high enough rate for your streaming to look good. TH-cam says 3Mbps for 1080p 6Mbps for 1080p@60fps and 1Mbps for 720p. So, stream as high of a bitrate as you can for the network. Remember that your internal recording will be the exact same bitrate. Generally I don't like to stream 1080 less than 5Mbps. But, if you really want to have the best recording, just kit record on your camera. That will be much higher, and you will be glad you did it you ever want to use it for post production. I use a 32Mb card and have no issues.
@@RobertHamm Robert, truthfully, streaming is secondary to me. Recording to sd card is muchore important. How many minutes of video might I expect to be able to record at lets say 1080. 3000 kbps?
I'm looking at the yolo box for my worship service. We use a powerpoint presentation in our service. Can the powerpoint be saved to the sd card and then used in the service along with three cameras?
YoloBox and YoloBox Pro don't support PowerPoint presentations loaded onto the SD card for access as a video source during streaming. Both do, however, support PDF files as additional video sources. So you could export your PowerPoint as a PDF and load it on YoloBox that way. As for three cameras, this depends. YoloBox supports two HDMI and 1 USB input. So you could get three cameras that way. But I would suggest the YoloBox Pro. It has three HDMI inputs and a USB input, an updated processor, and a longer battery life (plus more). So that would probably be more helpful in the long run.
@@RobertHamm Thank you so much. Your comments are so valuable as I continue to learn about this world of live stream. Not something one learns about in seminary. LOL
That depends on what you mean. If you want to make overlays or have SD card video, then your best bet is to consider your stream but rate and make a video that is lower than your bit rate. For example, if you are live streaming at 8mbps and make a video that is exported at 30mbps, then you will choke the encoder out. Your best bet would be to export the video in a lower bitrate than your stream rate. This can also change based on your internet connection and encoder type. Good luck.
thank you very much for this.my problem with my yolobox is its SD card recording. it was my first time to try its recording,when the event was finished i checked the recorded video and discovered that the video was divided into several sub parts.i did try to combine these however the audio became out of sync.can you help me?
@@RobertHamm I mean, is it possible to have an “intro video” from the SD Card to play in loop? For example, a video saying “Please wait, the event is about to begin.”
@@RobertHamm So just to be clear, if I stayed on the SD Card Video Input, it would just keep playing the video in loop (back to the beginning) by default? And hey, thanks a lot for the replies! I really appreciate them!
You have to set the SD card video to one of three options, continuous play, pause while switching, and start from the beginning when switching. Loop would be continuous play. I use it this way with the waiting room videos for my wedding live streams. I have a 2 minute video that will loop all the time.
Robert, how solid is the sd recording? Does audio stay in sync? How does it look? How much video does each 128 card hold?
Hey, great question. Back in the day, it was not so good. That is a thing of the past, however. I find it to be consistently reliable and a nice copy. It will copy the audio and video exactly the same way the encoder sends it. So if you don't notice that your audio is out of sync, then you will be surprised when you look at the recording. That would be a user error and not a device error. It simply records what it sends. So, make sure your audio is properly synced before you start. I don't ever have a problem with audio.
The problem people encounter is that the recording is at the same bitrate as the stream. Some people try to stream at a higher bitrate and encoding setting than their network can support. So, that will cause dropped frames, out of sync audio, and others. It's no fun, and again, that's a user error. With YoloBox, streaming is so easy people don't actually know what they are doing. When problems occur, they don't know how to diagnose or fix them. To avoid all of this., Test your network before you start streaming three times, thanks the average upload as your normal rate, and then choose an encoding upload rate of about 50-75% of the upload rate. So, if your average testing shows you have a stable 10Mbps upload connection, then you could safely choose an encoding bitrate of 5Mbps-7.5Mbps. YoloBox won't let you choose 7.5Mbps, so you would choose 6 ot 8 Mbps.
Choose a high enough rate for your streaming to look good. TH-cam says 3Mbps for 1080p 6Mbps for 1080p@60fps and 1Mbps for 720p. So, stream as high of a bitrate as you can for the network. Remember that your internal recording will be the exact same bitrate. Generally I don't like to stream 1080 less than 5Mbps.
But, if you really want to have the best recording, just kit record on your camera. That will be much higher, and you will be glad you did it you ever want to use it for post production.
I use a 32Mb card and have no issues.
@@RobertHamm Robert, truthfully, streaming is secondary to me. Recording to sd card is muchore important. How many minutes of video might I expect to be able to record at lets say 1080. 3000 kbps?
hours. a lot.
I'm looking at the yolo box for my worship service. We use a powerpoint presentation in our service. Can the powerpoint be saved to the sd card and then used in the service along with three cameras?
YoloBox and YoloBox Pro don't support PowerPoint presentations loaded onto the SD card for access as a video source during streaming. Both do, however, support PDF files as additional video sources. So you could export your PowerPoint as a PDF and load it on YoloBox that way.
As for three cameras, this depends. YoloBox supports two HDMI and 1 USB input. So you could get three cameras that way. But I would suggest the YoloBox Pro. It has three HDMI inputs and a USB input, an updated processor, and a longer battery life (plus more). So that would probably be more helpful in the long run.
@@RobertHamm Thank you so much. Your comments are so valuable as I continue to learn about this world of live stream. Not something one learns about in seminary. LOL
I'm happy to help.
What are good settings for putting video on the SD card? I want to make a droplet for Mac Compressor.
That depends on what you mean. If you want to make overlays or have SD card video, then your best bet is to consider your stream but rate and make a video that is lower than your bit rate.
For example, if you are live streaming at 8mbps and make a video that is exported at 30mbps, then you will choke the encoder out. Your best bet would be to export the video in a lower bitrate than your stream rate.
This can also change based on your internet connection and encoder type. Good luck.
thank you very much for this.my problem with my yolobox is its SD card recording. it was my first time to try its recording,when the event was finished i checked the recorded video and discovered that the video was divided into several sub parts.i did try to combine these however the audio became out of sync.can you help me?
What type of SD card is advised? (V30, V60, V90?) Size?
Use a v30 and youll be good.
@@RobertHamm Thank you. UHS I?
Hi, is it possible to loop the videos?
Yes. There is an HDMI in and out and you can choose to have a clean HDMI out if you want.
@@RobertHamm I mean, is it possible to have an “intro video” from the SD Card to play in loop? For example, a video saying “Please wait, the event is about to begin.”
Yes.
@@RobertHamm So just to be clear, if I stayed on the SD Card Video Input, it would just keep playing the video in loop (back to the beginning) by default?
And hey, thanks a lot for the replies! I really appreciate them!
You have to set the SD card video to one of three options, continuous play, pause while switching, and start from the beginning when switching. Loop would be continuous play. I use it this way with the waiting room videos for my wedding live streams. I have a 2 minute video that will loop all the time.
Why does this stupid Yolobox not record the layers when you save to SD Card?!