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neuegs  
#1 Posted : Wednesday, February 18, 2026 10:17:47 AM(UTC)
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At my Church I've been using vMix HD since 2021. vMix is used and streamed on YouTube every Sunday, during Holy Week and Advent. I've used the countdown timer manually to start the triggering of events. I have 15 or 16 thumbnails, so it's not an elaborate use of vMix. I've been unsuccessful in using OnCountDownTime or OnCountDownTimeRemaining. I’ve used AI with ChatGPT, Copilot, Perplexity and Gemini. I don’t think they have caught up to vMix 29, They’re almost correct but the suggestions still don’t work. I come in at approx. 07:45. Ideally, I wish vMix would use the PC clock and fire trigger events off of the PC Clock. I want 1st trigger to fire at 08:54 AM, it’s automatic until all subsequent lead in slides with music and layers have been completed. Then I have control of my PTZ cameras for the rest of the service. I haven’t found any training videos on the new countdowns. Windows Task Scheduler won’t help me start a preset for the service.
Any ideas would be appreciated
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#2 Posted : Wednesday, February 18, 2026 6:57:45 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: neuegs Go to Quoted Post
At my Church I've been using vMix HD since 2021. vMix is used and streamed on YouTube every Sunday, during Holy Week and Advent. I've used the countdown timer manually to start the triggering of events. I have 15 or 16 thumbnails, so it's not an elaborate use of vMix. I've been unsuccessful in using OnCountDownTime or OnCountDownTimeRemaining. I’ve used AI with ChatGPT, Copilot, Perplexity and Gemini. I don’t think they have caught up to vMix 29, They’re almost correct but the suggestions still don’t work. I come in at approx. 07:45. Ideally, I wish vMix would use the PC clock and fire trigger events off of the PC Clock. I want 1st trigger to fire at 08:54 AM, it’s automatic until all subsequent lead in slides with music and layers have been completed. Then I have control of my PTZ cameras for the rest of the service. I haven’t found any training videos on the new countdowns. Windows Task Scheduler won’t help me start a preset for the service.
Any ideas would be appreciated


The countdown triggers don't work with the countdown to time function, only with the countdown timer.

https://www.vmix.com/help29/Title.html

A vMix version with scripting capabilities could use a script like this:
https://forums.vmix.com/...ng-for-Dummies#post74242
Roy Sinclair  
#3 Posted : Thursday, February 19, 2026 9:02:20 AM(UTC)
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When I come in on Sunday I startup the PC and vMix then I switch the Live output to a countdown screen which starts a countdown script that DOESN'T use the vMix countdown events.

Our service starts at 10:00 AM and the countdown I have running shows Hours, minutes and seconds until the service starts. This displays in a GT Title box with a window displaying the current announcement slides which is displayed in the sanctuary on screens at the front and back at first but at 9:45 AM it starts the streaming the countdown and slides so anyone at home can make their connection before the service starts. At 10:00 AM the countdown ends and an animated logo for our church is played and the Input in preview is made live.

The real key is you check the real time in the main loop and when it reaches the appropriate times for the events to occur the appropriate actions are taken.

Here is a chopped down version of my script that you can use to build what you want


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