Hello,

I am relatively new to Vmix and am really enjoying the program. American football season is approaching and I am starting to prepare my streaming setup.

I wanted to ask for some help/input on managing 15-20 commercials and slideout graphics for the entire roster of a team. I have been researching UTC & Panel Builder softwares but I am still unclear on how much playback control I can have for a fluid environment.

Commercials - I will have 15-20 to play throughout each game. Sometimes I will play one, maybe two but other times I will need a block of 4 or 5. When I look at the functionality of "Lists" or "Playlists", these seem to be geared towards single item or broad commands. For smaller projects, I start one commercial then put the next commercial in preview to auto start. When I want to go back to live cameras I just put the cameras in preview during the final commercial and it executes very cleanly. But, since this project has a lot more assets, I am not sure I will have room to see them all on the screen to work with them. So I am researching lists etc...

What would be best is if I could have one long list that I could just work through during the game. The long list would help me keep track of which spots have been played. But I am finding the playback options are kind of limited. Here is what I would like, maybe it is possible?

It would be great to have a list of commercials that auto-played but I could pause the auto-play during the final commercial and it would go back to whatever is in the preview at the end of that commercial. This would give me clean ins and outs and I could let it run for 4-5 commercials when needed. Also, the next commercial in the list would be ready for playback when needed allowing me to ensure all get played. Sort of pausing the automation rather than pausing actual playback.


Individual Graphics - I can see a list of all of the players and me using the up and down arrows to go up and down the list. When I want to execute one, I stop on it and hit the right arrow button and it plays and then automatically takes itself off the screen. This would allow me to do everything with one hand very quickly. I know this is possible but which method or 3rd party program would you recommend for the task?

I do a lot during a game so I am looking for some streamlined approaches that are dependable, do not need much attention to execute as well as not leaving a bunch of traps laying around to step into!

Thanks for your help.

Maybe you should use "Triggers" to help with the automation, where you set the event to trigger a commercial and at the end of that commercial to automatically switch to the next item....this will need to be setup in advance as you would not want the incorrect item to play at the wrong time.....I use triggers a lot, and in some instances I even write scripts to run a series of actions automatically.....check the tutorials from the vmix website to learn how to do such things (vmix tutorials youtube) there you would find a lot of tutorials to help you understand how to use vMix

Thanks. I have used some triggers already and they are what really sets Vmix apart imho. I need to become more familiar with all of the commands as if you don't know the commends, you do not even know what is possible. I guess it is safe to say pretty much everything is possible...

Thanks for your insights. I will look into a USB-C monitor I can plug into the laptop which is supposed to be able to handle 4 displays (RTX 4060). Although last season, sometimes a student would be around and looking for something to do. So handing them a laptop and having them fire graphics worked out well! But I agree that inside Vmix is probably the most streamlined.

Hi. In order to make a shortcut to work all the time,this shortcut has to be in a controller like streamdeck,bitfocus companion or midi device like akai apc mini,x-touch, etc so even vmix window is not the active one,shortcuts will work.
The shortcuts are not monitor depended but if you create a shortcut inside vmix and you use your keyboard to fire them,yes then vmix has to be active. For what you ask,yes the datasource window can be opened in a 2nd monitor and if you have active vmix in your 1st main monitor and press your keyboard shortcut like one you say,it will work.
But the best way is a controller like streamdeck or even a spare mobile phone/tablet and bitfocus companion