hi martin,

i tried to setting this final vmix v3 at stream pc and founded some issues:

1. MKV recording - no common media founded behind pins (something like that...) error report sended.
2. HDV inputs always using vmr9, doesn`t matter the video decoder, even if i set EVR as main render.
3. HDV sources are every time dropping frames with every video decoder. i tried a lot of decoders and the final result is always the same, dropped frames. it is not happening when using other softwares (hdvsplit 0.77 beta and nero vision 5, for example, they are working perfectly at same time) to capture 2 hdv sources at same time. so, is there recomendations from you about that?
hope that issues can be fixed...

by the way, this new v3 have a lot of great improvements. martin, i believe in your job. you are making a great piece of code with vmix. thank you for that.
regards,
melody
www.espiritosanto.cc

Hi Martin,

Thank you for this new release and the more than lifetime use of vmix :)


My intentions are to support this piece of unique software so maybe you can take a look at
this strange bug.

With regards

RVtv Video

My original intention was to use 2 HDV cams with vMix, but after encountering numerous problems, including dropped frames, I tried the same setup with Wirecast and VidBlaster. The results are identical. So obviously, the fault is not with vMix.

Hi Melody,

As an update. I have identified a way of fixing up the HDV frame rate so there are no longer any dropped frames.
The next release of vMix (v4) will include this fix.

Thanks,

Martin
vMix

Hi Melody,

I was able to re-create the issue with an old HDV camera so a sample recording is no longer required.

Thanks,

Martin
vMix

Im installing a new site with vMix and we are using a couple of BM Intensity Pro.
Under Capture tab I now see "Blackmagic WDM Capture" and "Decklink Video Capture" for each card. Which one should be used with vMix (because both of them seem to work) ?

Regards,
Dundurs

Hi Dundurs,

The Blackmagic WDM Capture device is something new they have added with the latest drivers.
It supports only a single fixed resolution which needs to be set from the BlackMagic control panel.
Other than that it should work fine but as it is a new driver feature my it may not be as stable as the old Decklink option.

Regards,

Martin
vMix

By the way, is there a way to assign a shortcut for "input audio on" function and not "off"? We have attached a controler (touchpad) and must make sure that audio will only be turned on and not off by a mistake.

Hi,

I encounter a very strange bug with v3 :
- I can see my videos playing in the input bar;
- I can see them if I press the "Preview" button under each in the input bar
- ... but no output in the main "Preview" window (top-left), the "Output window" (top-right), nor on my secondary display (when "fullscreen" activated), just a black screen, even though everything else seems OK (I can see the title of the video in the title bars of these windows, the cursor under the windows is moving, "Restart" and "Play" button react...).

When I switch back to v2 version (uninstalling v3 - reinstalling v2), everything works fine.

Is this a known issue ? Is there a workaround ?

NB : I use "Basic Edition" (I could not activate the full trial, but I guess it's because I tried the v2 a few months ago, so I don't think it's an issue), 7.3.0.86, on a Windows XP SP3 laptop.

By the way, thanks for this very interesting software, the v2 lacked some (few !) functionalities I needed, and I had some crashes when evaluating, that's why I wanted to test v3 release, but still it is very promising, keep up !!

Hi Martin,

Thanks for answering. I tried v4... but same result :
* visualization OK in "input bar" and if I click on "Preview" in the input bar
* black screen in the input window, and in the output window / even though the cursor under the windows is moving, etc.
* everything ok if I switch back to v2, with the same video file.

I just found something more : if I use a "jpg" photo instead of a video, everything works fine, I can see it in every window.

Do you have any idea ? I tried a lot of things, modifying settings, etc, but I could not get it to work. Very strange... and very disappointing ! But still, this software seems to be really amazing, and I hope I can use a future version.

Regards,


Emmanuel