User's Manual

Table Of Contents
vMix User Guide
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Recommended Recording Settings .................................................................. 93
Setup ........................................................................................................... 94
Record ......................................................................................................... 97
Second Recorder ........................................................................................... 97
Fault Tolerant Recordings ............................................................................... 97
vMix Video Codec .......................................................................................... 98
WAV File Record ........................................................................................... 99
Live Streaming .................................................................................................. 99
Getting Started .............................................................................................. 99
Settings ...................................................................................................... 101
Streaming Quality ........................................................................................ 104
Multi Bitrate Support .................................................................................... 106
Using Multiple Destinations ........................................................................... 107
Independent Stream Control ......................................................................... 108
Advanced ................................................................................................... 110
External Output ............................................................................................... 110
External Output with AJA, Blackmagic or Bluefish444 cards .............................. 111
Key and Fill output support ........................................................................... 112
Keyboard, MIDI and Controller Shortcuts ........................................................... 114
Controller Options ....................................................................................... 114
How to add a Shortcut ................................................................................. 115
Templates .................................................................................................. 118
Local and Global Shortcuts ........................................................................... 119
Assigning Multiple Functions to a single Shortcut ............................................ 119
Advanced MIDI Shortcuts ............................................................................. 119
Activators - MIDI Lights and Faders ................................................................... 120
Getting Started ............................................................................................ 121
Add/Edit Activator ....................................................................................... 122
Activator Examples ...................................................................................... 123
vMix Control Surface ........................................................................................ 126
Web Controller ................................................................................................ 128
Shortcuts .................................................................................................... 130
Switcher ..................................................................................................... 130
Tally Lights ................................................................................................. 131
Title Editor ................................................................................................. 132
Instant Replay ................................................................................................. 133
System Requirements .................................................................................. 133
Getting Started ............................................................................................ 134
Workflow Overview ..................................................................................... 136
Live and Recorded modes ............................................................................. 137
User Interface Overview ............................................................................... 137
Control Options ........................................................................................... 138
Shortcut Reference ...................................................................................... 140
PTZ - Pan Tilt Zoom ........................................................................................ 141
PTZ control using Virtual Inputs .................................................................... 143
PTZ control using the mouse ........................................................................ 146
PTZ control using shortcuts and joysticks ....................................................... 146
NDI - Network Device Interface ......................................................................... 147
Alpha Channel Support ................................................................................ 148
SRT - Secure Reliable Transport ........................................................................ 149