VRC (Video Recording Control Hub)

📺 Watch VRC Demo on YouTube
👉 Download Latest Release from GitHub
📖 Read the Full Documentation

VRC is a centralized Windows application designed to remotely MONITOR and CONTROL multiple vMix instances and Blackmagic ATEM switchers from a single, rock-solid dashboard.

The Problem It Solves
In large-scale live productions, your equipment is rarely sitting on the same desk. You might be managing a massive corporate conference with 15-30 different halls, operating instances across different buildings, or monitoring remote servers in other cities where you have absolutely zero physical access.

VRC is built for this exact scale. It turns any Windows tablet or laptop into a Global Master Control Room. Stop relying on laggy remote desktop apps or constantly guessing if a remote node is still recording. Perfect for broadcast engineers, technical directors, and large event crews who need to monitor dozens of distributed machines simultaneously and prevent on-air failures.

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🔥 Key Features

1. Global Multi-Device Control (vMix & ATEM)
Start, stop, and manage Recording, Streaming, External outputs, and Multicorder across all your remote vMix machines simultaneously. Full integration with Blackmagic ATEM switchers (control HyperDecks, SDI Camera Recording, DSKs, M/E Transitions, and FTB).
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2. The Watchdog (Trigger-Based Rule Engine)
A smart rule engine that protects your broadcast by evaluating your setup based on specific on-air actions. It operates on 4 exact triggers: TransitionIn, TransitionOut, OverlayIn, and OverlayOut.
When a trigger fires on a specific input, Watchdog instantly checks your predefined conditions across all machines and automatically executes corrective commands if something is wrong.
Example: WHEN "Main Camera" triggers TransitionIn -> CHECK if the Backup machine is Recording. If false, VRC automatically sends a command to start recording.

3. Deep PC Health Monitoring & Alerts
Track CPU/GPU usage and remaining free disk space (with selective drive monitoring) across all remote nodes in real-time.
Send critical events (recording drops, Watchdog violations) to 8 external alert channels including Telegram, Discord, Slack, MS Teams, ntfy, and Webhooks.
👉 View PC Monitoring Screenshot

4. Native External Controller Integration (Stream Deck / Companion)
Bind your external controllers directly to VRC commands. VRC provides zero-delay visual feedback (Smart Tally) back to your controller.
👉 View Stream Deck Integration Screenshot

5. Smart Automation & UI Safety

• Task Scheduler & Web Dashboard: Build automation chains with delays and monitor tallies from your phone.
  
• Interactive Safety Lock: Prevent accidental clicks on critical live devices with visual shake-feedback and smart hints.
  
• Enterprise Stability: Highly optimized memory consumption designed for 24/7 continuous broadcast sessions without leaks.
  

Trusted in heavy multi-machine environments, including major broadcast studios like DGO (DirecTV GO).

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🛠 Installation (Important!)
IMPORTANT: VRC is a locally signed .msix package. You MUST install the included security certificate first, otherwise Windows will block the installation.

1. Download and extract the .zip archive from the Releases page.
   
2. Install the certificate: Right-click the `.cer` file -> Install -> Place it in "Local Machine" -> "Trusted People".
   
3. Install Dependencies: Run the Windows App Runtime installer located in `Dependencies\x64`.
   
4. Install VRC: Double-click the main VRC .msix file.
   

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Feedback & Support
I am actively developing this tool for the broadcast community. If you use VRC in your daily productions, I’d love to see your setups! Feel free to share your photos or drop any feature requests right here in the thread.

Installed it on a test rig today. The UI is slick and the local WMI monitoring is great, no arguments there. But realistically, how does this hub scale? If I have 10 vMix nodes running across different subnets in a large facility, or even trying to control a remote instance over a VPN – what’s the latency like? Does VRC handle connection drops gracefully, or will the UI freeze up waiting for an API response? Curious to hear if anyone has stress-tested this beyond a simple local gigabit switch.

Hi everyone, just wanted to share a really exciting update! 🚀

A user from Argentina (Pablo Herrera) recently reached out and shared a photo of VRC Hub being actively used in the live production studios of DGO (DirecTV GO)!



The audio operator there is using VRC as a dedicated external dashboard to control audio gain and monitor SRT stream statuses independently, without needing to touch or clutter the main vMix vision mixer.

This was exactly my main goal when designing the UI — keeping it simple, lightweight, but giving you all the necessary controls at a glance. Seeing this tool running in a major broadcast environment is a massive motivation to keep pushing updates.

A big thank you to everyone in the community who has downloaded, tested, and provided feedback so far!

If anyone else is using VRC in their daily productions, I’d love to see your setups. Feel free to share your photos or drop any feature requests right here in the thread.

Cheers,
Aleksandr

VRC 1.1.0: Protect your broadcast with Watchdog Auto-Fix & External Alerts

📥 Download & Install
VRC is fully tested in heavy multi-machine environments.
Download the new stable release here: GitHub - VRC v1.1.0
Ever had a show where a secondary vMix dropped its recording, and no one noticed until it was too late? Or the audio master got muted by accident? VRC 1.1.0 is here to make sure you never lose footage again.



🛡️ The Watchdog (Cross-Device Auto-Fix)
A real-time rule engine that monitors your entire setup and catches problems before they ruin your broadcast.
Example: WHEN the "Slate" leaves PGM -> CHECK if Main, Recording, and GFX machines are all Recording. If the Rec server dropped its recording, VRC AUTOMATICALLY sends a corrective command to restart it before the operator even notices. Zero footage lost.

📢 8 External Alert Channels
Windows toasts aren't enough when you are looking away from the UI. Forward critical events (recording drops, Watchdog violations, connection issues) to your team's phones.

• Supported providers: Telegram, Discord, Slack, MS Teams, ntfy, Custom Webhooks and more.
  
• Smart Routing: Filter by device and category. E.g., send only "AudioMasterMute" alerts to the sound engineer's Telegram, while the producer gets Recording/Streaming drops.
  

📥 Download & Install
VRC is fully tested in heavy multi-machine environments.
Download the new stable release here: GitHub - VRC v1.1.0
Documentation: Read the Docs

If you are upgrading from 1.0.x, simply run the new installer—your presets and settings are preserved. Let me know how it performs in your workflow!

Hi Kotin,

first of all, thank you for developing this great app.

We are a streaming company based in Düsseldorf, Germany, and we produce a lot of content using vMix and Blackmagic workflows, as well as OBS. So this is a very interesting tool for us. I recently installed it and am currently setting it up since we are planning to let it run during a production next weekend as a test.

During setup, I noticed that Replay seems to be missing from the Watch Rules. On the dashboard, it is visible whether Replay is active or not, so it would be very helpful if the Watch Rules could also monitor this and trigger a warning accordingly.

Another thing that would be interesting for us is whether there are any plans to integrate OBS? It would be perfect if connection status, backtrack recording or other OBS elements could also be monitored.

Looking forward to your feedback!

Best regards,
Daniel