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EXCEL as data source live - Problem with live data from excel to VMIX
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Niklas Elste  
#1 Posted : Monday, April 29, 2024 6:34:51 AM(UTC)
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Hi im doing a livestream that demands i have a dataselection of diffrent teams

im doing it with datavalidation in excel

it works perfect except for not updating live from excel i need to close excel for VMIX to get the data

how do i solve my problem???
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dmwkr  
#2 Posted : Monday, April 29, 2024 6:35:25 PM(UTC)
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Just saving the Excel file should be sufficient, and setting an adequate refresh rate in the Data Sources Manager.
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Niklas Elste  
#3 Posted : Tuesday, April 30, 2024 12:54:17 AM(UTC)
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Sadly it dont work

as long i have it open in excel vmix cant read the file
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kross  
#4 Posted : Tuesday, April 30, 2024 5:37:57 AM(UTC)
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I've never used actual MS Excel for this. I've only used LibreOffice Calc. Maybe Calc doesn't keep a lock on the file like Excel does. Is using Calc a viable alternative?
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richardgatarski  
#5 Posted : Wednesday, May 1, 2024 12:15:06 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Niklas Elste Go to Quoted Post
Sadly it dont work as long i have it open in excel vmix cant read the file

When we used Excel as a datasource (a few years ago), we had to Save in Excel so that vMix could grab it, but was not necessary to close Excel.
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