Feelworld L4: Video switcher with 10-inch touchscreen (test & review)
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- Опубліковано 11 лют 2025
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Thank you for the indepth review, that helps!
This review saved me, i just tapped order on this item but cancelled it until I watched this video. Thank you
Glad I could help!
Thank you for the review. Is there a audio delay?
I bought one of these. The lack of being able to cut directly with the buttons was rather strange to discover. It was a deal-breaker. I sold it immediately.
It's an odd decision by FW, I agree. Must be something they could change in a new firmware release.
That's for the Review. It was very helpful.
The device is..... pretty. Has a lot of bling. Looks very advanced and like it can really do some work.
But it sounds like underneath the hood, it is lacking in sometimes basic functions that other cheaper mixers already have. Like direct cut. Or adjustable PiP.
That audio setup is weird and would take some getting use to.
I do like the SDI out though. I thought it could a handy device to switch multiple computer video inputs into my ATEM Mini Extreme SDI switcher.
As some of my gigs have had as many as 3 or 4 laptops going with different presentations.
Hopefully Feelworld will pay attention to reviews like yours and address some of the functionally issues with software updates.
Until then, I'll hold on to my Ocee GoStream a bit longer.
I'm told the PiP adjustment has since been added in a firmware update (seen on another YT channel)
@@TubeShooterMag Good to hear!
Does it have Freeze option ( Still image)
Does this unit have switching automation capabilities if one has multiple camera views?
No automation that I'm aware of.
@@TubeShooterMag I've developed an auto-switch functionality by using Bitfocus Companion and sending Hex codes to the L4. It took a lot of guess-work, reverse-engineering by looking through the coding, and some lucky forum finds based on the L1 switcher. I'll have to write out a list of the codes I'm using, but basically Companion has buttons that auto-trigger the next input after a delay.
What is the name of the app
The PIP scaling is solved. Just watched another more recent video. Perhaps a firmware update?
Is there any information regarding soft edges for PIP , or for a circle Wipe , can it be feathered or adjusted on the edge?
Yes, must be more recent firmware cos it's definitely not there on mine. I'll have to download and have a look when I get a chance.
Regarding the direct switching. Is it not possible if the AB 1direction button is selected ?
No
Can you please tell me in this switcher for example I want my SDI input to be set as my main audio and I don't want it to be changed even when I cut another source. Is it possible in this switcher???? Because the way I see this in reviews or in the manual, you have to adjust the audio in PST and then cut it. I mainly use a single source as my audio whether line input or via any video inputs, I don't want to set audio every time after cut and that's how I use it in my L1 switcher.
If I understood it correctly, you would just set audio to be the SDI input for both PVW and PGM (by setting PVW then cutting once between them and setting the PVW again) and it would then remain as SDI unless you otherwise changed it. It's as if there are two scenes but once you've set them both, it stays like that.
Thanks for the reply. Also I have been told by someone that the SDI output is not a program output i.e. it is the only output for the sdi signal or else you call it a loop out signal. Is it true???? Modern switcher doesn't work like this and if it does, it's such a big deal breaker and for less than a $100, you can get a much better device in the form of osee gostream duet which also has 2 usb c, 2 hdmi outputs and an sd card slot and also has an a recorder and an encoder for live stream built in. @@TubeShooterMag
I don't have any SDI devices so can't test but I was under the impression the SDI output can be programme output and not just a loop.
The Osee Duet device is aimed at a different use case since they have no built-in screen and only four inputs not five (albeit each can be either SDI or HDMI)
How did you setup the audio on obs i have a problem with the audio in obs it sounds like a echo and when i switch over to the next camera the audio sounds really low like it’s not picking up anything. I want to switch over to the next camera if you get out a bit with echo.
Sounds as though you may have the "Audio Follows Video (AFV)" set and when you switch camera, it's using the sound from the more distant microphone. How does it sound when you plug headphones into the Feelworld and monitor from there?
I think the cut method selection at around 12.30 is Feelworlds way of switching between the T-bar and the cut buttons. If you had tried using the cut method you should be able to switch cameras just by pressing buttons labled 1-5.
Thanks for reviewing this switcher, I was waiting for someone to give it a proper review. Disappointed with the choice of PIP selection though, it needs a side by side/ supersource layout.
I will check but I don't believe that's the case as they've acknowledged in their own replies on their channel that the unit has no method for direct cutting.
This does not work. I had one and wasn't able to cut directly. I sold the unit.
@@TubeShooterMagMy mistake. I thought it would work like their other switcher which have T-Bar and fast mode.
Can this switcher record externally? Maybe on a hard drive or an sd card?
Unfortunately not (other than by sending the PGM output from HDMI into a suitable recorder like those from Blackmagic or Atomos)
You can probably record with OBS or VMix or something similar that will take a webcam input.
How do you record ?
You would feed the output of the device into a recording device eg via HDMI or USB. The L4 itself does not record.
06:13 - there's no function to just cut with one press? its inconvenient to must always press 2 buttons.
Not at present, it's a two-button operation.