User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Introduction and Features
- Getting Started
- Presets
- Video Controls
- Fullscreen
- Transitions
- Production Clocks
- Categories
- Fade Bar
- Pause Inputs
- Overlays
- Right Click Menus
- Settings
- Inputs
- Input Settings
- Audio
- Recording
- Live Streaming
- External Output
- Keyboard, MIDI and Controller Shortcuts
- Activators - MIDI Lights and Faders
- vMix Control Surface
- Web Controller
- Instant Replay
- PTZ - Pan Tilt Zoom
- NDI - Network Device Interface
- SRT - Secure Reliable Transport
- Data Sources
- vMix Call
- GT Title Designer
- vMix Title Designer (Legacy)
- PlayList
- MultiCorder
- Tally Lights
- Interlaced Support
- Statistics
- Snapshot
- Padlock
- Scripting and Automation
- Developer Information
- Shortcut Function Reference
- Safe Areas
- Undo Button
- Waveform and Vectorscope Monitor
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Filename
File to save the recording to.
Frame Rate
Frame rate of the recording. (Set this to match the Frame Rate set under the Display tab under
Settings)
Codec
Codec to use when recording.
For SD recordings the DV Video Encoder is recommended.
For HD recordings the MJPEG Encoder or MagicYUV codecs are recommended and come built in to
vMix
3rd party codecs such as CineForm or HQX can also be used
File Format
AVI: Standard AVI file
MKV: The MKV file format supports partial recordings that can be recovered in the event of a power
outage or system failure.
Audio
Enable audio on this recording and select the audio channels to include. See Output Audio Channels
Audio Delay
This sets a delay on the audio input in milliseconds. For example if the audio is earlier than the video by
200ms, type in 200 here.
New File Every
Automatically start a new recording every x minutes.
Each file is split seamlessly to enable easy editing.
FFMPEG
FFMPEG is an open source encoding tool that provides the ability to record to a number of formats
including MPG, TS, MP4, MOV and MXF.
Codec
Select the recording format to use out of MPEG-2, MP4 X264 with AAC audio and VC-3
Format
Depending on the codec a number of file formats will be available.
MXF or the MOV/MP4 non-Indexed formats are recommended as they support file recovery in the event
of a power or system failure.
MP4
MP4 creates a video file containing H264 video and AAC audio.
Due to the complexity of H264 compression, this option requires a faster processor for optimal
performance.
Bit Rate