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- Page 1 4CH HDMI LIVE STREAM SHARK S4M VIDEO SWITCHER ALL-IN-ONE 4-CH SDI/HDMI AUDIO & VIDEO SWITCHER...
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Page 2: Using The Unit Safely
4CH HDMI LIVE STREAM SHARK S4M VIDEO SWITCHER USING THE UNIT SAFELY Before using this unit, please read below warning and precautions which provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit. Besides, to assure that you have gained a good grasp of every feature of your new unit, read below manual. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 CONTENTS 1. Introduction ..............................1 1.1. Overview ..............................1 1.2. Main Features .............................1 2. Interface ................................2 2.1. Interface Overview ............................. 2 2.2 Tally PIN ............................... 3 3.Specification ..............................3 4. Front Panel ..............................6 4.1. Overview ..............................6 4.2.Front Control Panel .............................7... - Page 4 SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 12.2 Multiview Out ............................29 12.3 PGM Out ..............................29 12.4 USB Out ..............................29 12.5.FTB ................................30 13.Audio Setting ...............................31 13.1.Master Audio ............................31 13.2.Audio On ..............................31 13.3.AFV(Audio-Follow-Video) ........................32 13.4.Audio Delay ..............................32 13.5 Audio Keyboard Configuration ......................32 13.5.3.Mute ............................... 33 14.Media Library ..............................
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Page 5: Introduction
1.1. Overview The SHARK S4M is a professional video switcher and audio mixer, designed to meet the demands of fast-paced and complex production needs. The SHARK S4M can switch signal sources in real-time while live streaming, supporting a variety of transition effects, chroma key, DSK, USB/SD card recording, USB Type-C capture, RTMP/SRT streaming, and more. -
Page 6: Interface
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 2. Interface 2.1. Interface Overview SD card slot ( for recording) Mic IN × 1 HDMI IN× 2，SDI IN× 2 PGM(AUX）OUT × 2 Multiview (AUX) OUT × 1 for recording ) USB REC ( USB OUT × 1 (UVC capture) LAN Port（for PC control;... -
Page 7: Tally Pin
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 48V Phantom Power Switch/ PEAK Indicator Press this switch to turn on the 48V phantom power indicator, and DC 48V phantom power will be supplied to the XLR connector for condenser microphones. Caution: Before pressing this switch, ensure that the volume knob of the microphone input channel is set to the minimum position. - Page 8 SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 Video Out HDMI type-A Multiview Output ×1 USB Capture: USB type-C × 1 LAN Port LAN ×1 (web control, video streaming, firmware upgrade) USB type-A ×1( import/export configuration, images and LOGO; firmware Media Library upgrade) Tally Port DB-15 ×1...
- Page 9 SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 Media Format format support: png, bmp, jpg, gif, jpeg, ppm, pbm, tif, jps, tga Logo size support: 10× 10 pixel to 600×600 pixel AUDIO Connection Mono (MIC/LINE) ×6 Audio Input Channel Stereo (LINE) ×2 USB Player/Bluetooth ×1 MAIN L/R OUT ×2...
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Page 10: Front Panel
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 Power 12V 2A Operating power ≤18W Dimension (LWD) 287.7 × 286.7 × 83.2mm Weight Net: 2500g; Gross:3140g Temperature Working: -20℃~60℃, Storage: -30℃~70℃ Warranty 2 Year 4. Front Panel 4.1. Overview Gain control&Low cut filter 2-band tones for the audio input channels... -
Page 11: Front Control Panel
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 Effect send volume knob & switch button Volume knob for the microphone input channel Volume adjustment for audio input channels 7-8 and 9-10 and PGM(The PGM knob is the volume knob that sends the mixer audio + video audio mix to the main outputs) Bluetooth Audio Receiver Pairing Button&Volume adjustment for Bluetooth audio... - Page 12 SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 3.Effect send volume knob & switch button Effect send volume knob： Adjusts the volume of this channel sent to the digital effects processor. switch button：Press this button to enter the mono mode, and the signals of the two adjacent MIC channels are sent to the L/R main mix evenly. Pop...
- Page 13 SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 When the Bluetooth receiver is playing or paused, short press the button to turn off the Bluetooth receiver, the button does not light up, long press the button to clear the current connection and re-enter the search state, Bluetooth receiver name: Video Switcher.
- Page 14 SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 MIC: 3.5mm microphone channel on the back of the switcher IN1-IN4: Video input 1-4 embedded audio channels AUDIO ON: Mixing output function button, the light is on to indicate that the currently selected channel participates in mixing to PGM AFV: The audio follow button lights up to indicate that the audio follow function is enabled for the currently selected channel.
- Page 15 SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 13.MV & Transition effect & Stream&REC REC：Recording switch button, press it to start recording. Press it again during recording to stop recording and store the video. STREAM ： Streaming switch button, press the flashing light to start connecting to the server, the light stays on to start streaming, press it again to turn off the light during streaming to stop streaming.
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Page 16: Mp3 Player/Recorder/Usb Sound Card Operating Instructions
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 16.T-Bar Switch the PVW and PGM through T-Bar 17.SPEED SPEED1-2: Preset transition rate, default 0.5 sec and 1 sec. Pressing will light up and user can choose auto key to switch the rate of transition automatically. The value can be changed in the menu from 0.1 to 8 seconds. -
Page 17: Use Of Mp3 Player Functions
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 5.2.Use of MP3 Player Functions A:Insert a USB disk into the USB interface, the playback function will be enabled automatically, and the display will be shown as follows.Short press the button to select the track to be played forward or backward, and short press to pause and play;... -
Page 18: Usb Sound Card Function
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 USB Sound Card Function PC mode, after connecting to the computer with the USB cable, enter the USB sound card working mode, as shown below。Set “USBAudio2.0” as the current device in your computer's recording and playback software to record and playback. -
Page 19: Status Page
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 7.1 Status Page In the status page, there are status information of FTB (Fade to Black), P-PVW (Pattern in PVW row), P-PGM (Pattern in PGM row), Logo, Still, Audio, Transition Effect, Transition Speed, USK (Upstream Key), DSK (Downstream Key),streaming time, recording time, USB disk / SD card status, encoding format and System Time. -
Page 20: Layouts
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 7.2 Layouts There are two Multiview layouts that can be switched from the horizontal layout to the vertical layout from the menu, as shown in the images below.- - Horizontal layout: - Vertical Layout:... -
Page 21: Audio Meter
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 7.3.Audio Meter There are audio meters in each windows of Multiview, including IN1-IN4, MIC, MIXER to show the audio status of each audio. The audio meter of the MIXER is displayed on the right side of the preview window. Users can open/close all or each audio meter through the menu. -
Page 22: Input Information
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 Playback Audio Level Meter: This meter indicates the current volume level of the video. Ideally, the volume should be maintained around the yellow region. Prolonged exposure to the red region should be avoided to prevent audio clipping. -
Page 23: Umd Setting
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 7.5.UMD Setting The UMD of the four input ports is default to IN1, IN2, IN3, IN4. Users can turn on/off UMD in each window. In addition, users can set the opacity (50%, 75%, 100%), size (small/medium/large), X and Y positions (1-100), foreground color, and background color of the overlay. -
Page 24: Pgm Pvw Switching
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 8.PGM PVW Switching 8.1PGM PVW Channel Selection On the front panel, choose PGM and PVW sources from PGM, PVW row, and PATTERN (different patterns can be configured on the menu; see Part 13.1). The selected button for PGM will light up red, and the selected button for PVW will light up green. -
Page 25: Transition Effect
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 depends on the speed of the manual switch. 9.Transition Effect The video switcher provides various transition effects and types for user’s choice, including WIPE, DIP, MIX. 9.1 WIPE Press the WIPE button to perform the wipe transition effect. User can choose different styles of WIPE through menu;... -
Page 26: Transition Speed Setting
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 9.4Transition Speed Setting The user can set two transition speeds on the menu, and the defined speed values will be saved and correspond to the Speed 1 and Speed 2 buttons. The higher the value, the slower the transition speed. A total of 0.1s-8.0s are available to choose from. -
Page 27: Chroma Key
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 LUMA button ON: Luma key shows on PVW ON AIR button ON: Luma Key available on PGM LUMA and ON AIR button both ON: Luma Key available on both PVW and PGM. Corresponding status in menu is <KEY & ON AIR>... - Page 28 SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 Clip: Adjust the threshold at which the key cuts its hole. When decrease the clip degree, more of the background will appear. If the background video is completely black then the clip value is too low. Gain: Adjusts the performance of the chroma key in light or white areas. Apply more Key Gain if the light areas are becoming too transparent.
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Page 29: Pip & Pop
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 Fetch Color Green Key Color Type Red/Green/Blue/Custom Similarity 0-1000 Smoothness 0-1000 Brightness 0%-100% Contrast 0%-100% Saturation 0%-100% Default Off/Reset Default Mask Enable On/Off 0%-100% Mask Left Mask Top 0%-100% Mask Right 0%-100% Mask Bottom 0%-100% 10.3 PIP & POP The video switcher supports two groups PIP or one POP. -
Page 30: Downstream Key
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 OFF/ KEY (PVW)/ ON AIR (PGM)/ PIP1 Status KEY & ON AIR Black/ Color Bar/ Color 1/ Color 2/ PIP1 Source IN 1 / Image IN 1/ IN 2/ IN 3/ IN 4 PIP1 Size 1/2 1/4 1/8... -
Page 31: Logo
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 Downstream key is ideal for bringing animated bugs or logos on screen. User can set the source (Fill Source, Key Source), Clip, Gain and mask (Mask Enable, Mask Left, Mask Top, Mask Right, Mask Bottom) of DSK can be set from menu. Parameters as below. Press the ON AIR button next to the DSK button to enable the KEY on PGM. -
Page 32: Output Setting
12.Output Setting 12.1 Output Interfaces SHARK S4M has 4 outputs. There are default as 1 Multiview out,2 PGM out and 1 USB out. All outputs also can be defined as an AUX OUT from IN 1,IN 2, IN 3, IN 4, , PGM, Clean PGM, Color Bar 和... -
Page 33: Multiview Out
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 12.2 Multiview Out The defaulted output of multiview port is the Multiview, the LED indicator of MV button in the front panel is green. User can connect it to an additional LCD display to monitor the SDI and HDMI inputs, PVW, PGM and status interface clearly. -
Page 34: Ftb
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 • Under Imaging Devices: USB Capture Video • Under Audio inputs and outputs: USB Capture Audio The video source of USB out defaults to PGM output.User can also configure it as IN 1、IN 2、 IN 3、 IN 4、... -
Page 35: Audio Setting
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 button flashing. (1) Set the FTB and Mute speed The speed of FTB and MUTE can also be adjusted from 0 to 3 seconds in the menu. The speed setting controls the duration of the entire FTB and MUTE transition. For example, if the speed is set to 2.5s, the PGM video will fade to black and the audio will MUTE gradually over 2.5 seconds. -
Page 36: Afv(Audio-Follow-Video)
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 Mixer ). 13.3.AFV(Audio-Follow-Video) Each channel of the 4 HDMI embedded audios can be set to AFV (Audio-Follow-Video). When one IN audio is set to AFV mode, then the audio will be turned on only when the PGM switches to this channel video source. -
Page 37: Audio Indicator
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 Part A is for selecting one audio to be configured, including Master, MIC 1,INI 1,IN 2, IN 3 and IN 4. Part B is for setting audio functions, including AUDIO ON, AFV, VOL+ and VOL-. 13.5.1 Audio Indicator When the indicator of button in Part A is on in green means the corresponding audio is on. -
Page 38: Media Library
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 button to make the Master audio turn off. When MUTE turns on the LED indicator keeps flashing which means the PGM audio is being mute. Besides, the speed of MUTE can be set from menu (Refers to Part 11.12) -
Page 39: Capture Image
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 14.3.2.Local Image The local images are the images which you upload from USB disk. When you plug in a USB disk, a USB icon will appear in the bottom of the Status/Menu page. The image list from USB disk can be viewed on the menu. -
Page 40: Streaming And Recording
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 15.Streaming and Recording Streaming 15.1. The switcher has two live streaming methods: via USB or Ethernet. Users can select the output method in the output settings. With the USB Type-C port, users can capture video to a computer and stream it live through streaming software such as OBS, PotPlayer, etc. - Page 41 SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 Step2: Users can customize the Bitrate, Rate control, Encoder, Resolution, FPS of the live video based on operating environment in the encode settings, and click "Save" after the settings. For example, if the network speed is slow, the Bitrate Control can be switched from CBR to VBR and adjust the Bitrate. Users...
- Page 42 SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 Step3: Access the live streaming settings of the stream platform and obtain and copy the Stream URL and streaming key. Sept4 ： Open the stream settings window, and users can select the desired streaming platform. After selecting the platform, paste the streaming key into the designated field. Enable the "Start" option and click "Save &...
- Page 43 SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 When the streaming status in the multiview turns green, and the streaming time on the menu status page start to count , it means the live streaming starts. When the streaming status in the multiview turns orange, this means the state of being connected.
- Page 44 SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 Step 2: Cancel the local file setting, add "local address URL’’ in the "input", and then click “OK” .to finish local streaming. How to play the RTSP Stream by the VLC Player: Step 1: Open the VLC Player, and click “Open Network” key in the Media.
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Page 45: Recording
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 Step 2: Obtain Pull stream from IP site, “Stream settings” — ” Pull Stream”.(Refers to 14.1 Local pull streaming) Step 3: Please enter the RTSP address (av0 means main stream; av1 means sub stream) 15.2.Recording The switcher has two recording methods, one is recording through USB disk and the other is recording through SD card. -
Page 46: Format
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 Press the REC button on the panel, when the recording time starts to count in multiview, it means the video recording has been started. Press REC again to end recording. In addition, the recording status will also show the recording time and SD card/U disk status to make it easy for users to view. -
Page 47: System Reset
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 16.3.System Reset - Reset Preferences: Restore settings to default Settings but remain the part of settings including the Media library, Time, Network, Language, Fan and User Setting. - Factory Reset: Restore all settings to default Factory Settings. -
Page 48: User Setting
SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 Static: Select static IP acquire method when the PC is without DHCP. Connect the video switcher with PC via network cable, set the PC’s IP address to the same IP range as video switcher (the video switcher’s default IP address 192.168.1.215), or set the switcher’s IP address to the same range as PC’s IP... - Page 49 SHARK S4M 四通道音视频切换台 16.8.7.Export Export the user account and settings saved in USB flash disk.
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