Version 3 of the YoloBox software was recently released, and it is a complete redesign of
this device. It's a free update you can install if you have a YoloBox, and in this video,
we're going to take a look at what's new.
So I do want to give a quick disclaimer.
YoloBox did send this to me to review a few months ago, which I have done that review now
. However, everything I'm saying in this video is my own opinion, and they're not paying
me to say any of this. So with that in mind, let's get started.
A few months ago, I did a video about the YoloBox showing what it can do and showing the
inputs and outputs and doing a little test stream with it.
I even did one of my own shows live streaming from the box when we were outside in the
smoke. Well, it turns out, shortly after that stream, they released version 3 of the
software, and it is a complete redesign of the entire interface.
When I first got this device, I actually sent an email with a whole list of things I
thought were sort of unusual or awkward to use.
And in this update, it looks like they took a lot of those suggestions and rolled them
all up and even added more things that I hadn't thought about.
So let's dive into this and take a quick look at what's going on.
So quick recap of the features.
There's two HDMI inputs.
There is also a USB input for a webcam and there is a HDMI out for running to an external
monitor, which is actually how I'm recording the YoloBox screen for this video.
The whole screen itself is a touch screen, and this is how you control the YoloBox and
switch camera angles. There's also an SD card slot on the bottom, and that is where you
can load in media like lower thirds or even video clips.
Once this device has an internet connection, what you can do either through Ethernet or
Wi-Fi or even a SIM card, and this device will actually stream to YouTube or other
destinations itself.
It's basically an all in one live streaming encoder, perfect for on the go video
streaming. So the first major change in the software is that the main interface is now
split into the left and right side where the left side shows you the video that is
streaming as well as has the other angles.
So the side areas where you can control the whole thing, this is where you set up your
lower thirds. You can choose your streaming destinations, you can adjust the audio
levels. There is even a built-In scoreboard feature and there's a bunch of other settings
here as well. So let's go take a closer look at how to actually set these things up.
If you're on the overlay feature and you click the little plus, you can create a lower
third directly on the device itself.
There's a few different templates.
And you can see there's a left and a center banner, a banner with a slightly transparent
background and also rolling captions.
Once you click one, you can just go ahead and type on the keyboard.
You can position it down here, change the size, and done!
And now when I tap this, it'll bring in the scrolling captions from the side.
So you can see how easy it is to create graphics and lower thirds directly on the device.
If you have images on your SD card, this is also how you add them.
You just go plus, image overlays, and then any files that you have on your SD card will
show up here. You can tap one and now you can bring it into your scene.
You can drag it around and scale it.
The next tab over is where you set up your streaming destinations.
Built in it supports YouTube, Facebook, Twitch and also custom RTMP endpoints.
So if you type one of these, it will take you to a page to go ahead and log in to your
Facebook or YouTube or Twitter account.
I've already set it up for YouTube.
And you can see that if I go into the settings, it's going to stream to an unlisted video
when I hit and go.
All right, next tab over is audio.
You can choose the headphone output, you can choose how to select the audio inputs into
this, either automatic switching based on the camera, or you can just toggle one of the
inputs always on. There's also a line input.
So if you have something like the Røde Wireless Go, you can actually very easily connect
a wireless microphone into the box as well.
And now it's connected I can see the line in becomes enabled and I can choose that input.
All right. Next, we have the scoreboard.
It's actually got a built in scoreboard generator.
So if I go ahead and enable that, probably not covering my face, we can make a little
game. It defaults to these two teams and you can just go ahead and change the score
directly by tapping on the screen, bring in a little timer, change the text, change the
team names. It's all just right on the device.
Lastly, there's settings.
And this does a couple of things.
Video source switching mode: You can either have it so that you single tap to cut cameras
or double tap. I prefer a single tap because it's just easier.
There's also a setting for when you're playing stuff from the SD card.
With this setting, you can choose how the SD card clips are played when you switch them
in the source. There's also this HDMI loop through setting.
Now, I will say this is the one sort of weird thing.
What this does is it actually changes what goes out the HDMI port.
Instead of showing this whole interface, it will switch to showing just one HDMI.
However, it does not include the full program theme, so it does not have your overlays or
graphics. And it also doesn't include the USB camera.
It really is just HDMI passthrough.
If I change angles, it'll pass the other camera through.
But it's not quite the same as sending the full program feed out, so you won't be able to
record your program externally.
But the good news is, speaking of recording, you can record to the SD card as well as
stream. So I can go ahead and click up here, start recording.
And it's now recording the program to the SD card, including all the graphics and
overlays. When you're ready to start streaming, you just press the go live button.
And we are now live on YouTube, thankfully, to an unlisted video.
So I don't spam all of my subscribers.
And I think my favorite new feature they added with this is that the stream now shows
live chat on the device.
I can just bring up my stream here.
Say hello from YouTube.
And the comment will appear on the YoloBox, and I mean, this device is all you need for
streaming on the go because you can see the comments right there and you don't need a
separate device. When I was doing this stream in the smoke, I had to have my computer
next to it so I could actually read the comments.
Now it's all built in and if I were streaming to more than one platform, they would show
up across the top as additional tabs.
All of your comments across all the platforms you're streaming to.
And yes, this can stream to multiple platforms itself.
You don't need to use a third party service to stream to multiple platforms with the
YoloBox. All right.
So I want to show loading in a video clip from the SD card, you just tap at video source,
choose SD card video, bring in a clip like that, done.
And now it shows up as a video source.
And if I hit that video source, it'll switch to it like it was a camera and start playing
the clip. We can also now add a picture and picture so I can go ahead and click picture
and picture, tap the main screen, which is going to be the top down view to have the one
to show smaller. And now I can choose where this should show up, so I'll be up in the
corner. I can scale it myself up in the corner, hit, done.
And now this picture in picture shows up as another video source.
So now I can switch between the top down view, the main view or the picture in picture
view. And of course, you can even do that with a video clip from the SD card as one of
your pictures.
And now when I switch the angle, the video clip will start playing and my video is the
inset in it, if you do want to switch back to the full screen view where you get the
larger picture to look at. You can also still use that version of the interface.
You have this little thing in the corner and it switches between these two modes.
And now we've got the layers, we've got the live streaming platforms.
And your camera switching now is here.
So they really cleaned things up, and this is a fantastic all in one box now.
Of course, you should still keep in mind the limitations.
It does have only two HDMI and one USB.
The USB supports webcams or a USB capture card so you can run a USB capture card into it
to get a third HDMI input.
But in my experience, that input's a little bit lower quality than the two direct HDMIs.
But the flexibility that this device gives you of being able to load in video clips from
the SD card, create graphics and lower thirds on the device means that when I start
traveling again, I very likely will bring this as my live streaming device for streaming
on the road. So overall version 3.1 is a fantastic update and you should absolutely go
install it if you have one.
Honestly, I think my favorite things about the update are the redesigned interface with
the side by side mode so that it's easier to see all the different parts of the
interface, as well as the fact that it now shows comments from the stream.
Those two features alone make this a super powerful standalone video switcher for
streaming on the go.
Well, that's about it for this video.
Thank you so much for watching.
Let me know down in the comments what you think about this update and which new feature
is your favorite. All right, thanks.
And I'll see you in the next one.