This month's live show is going to be one for the ages! We've decided to throw all smart broadcasting protocol out the window. That's right, the January edition of the show will be using a Beta version of vMix 17. It's probably not the best idea we've ever had, but we're going to give it a go. We'll be attempting some fun stuff with one of the new features live on the show with pretty limited testing. So if you enjoy watching video mayhem, then tune in!

Not only will we be doing a LIVE show with a BETA product, we'll also be announcing the final codeword in the vMix GOLD giveaway. That's some pretty exciting news on its own.

This is a Euro-friendly show, so it's on January the 18th at 9am London Time, 10am in Prague, 5pm in Singapore, 8pm in Sydney. Here's a full guide on what time it's on in your time zone. For our US friends, we'll attempt to have the show up for you sometime on the Monday. Unless of course it's THAT bad that it should never be shown again!



vmix.com/liveshow to view the show

As always, there will be a question and answer time, so bring them along and we'll try and answer them all.

Another great show guys with some very exciting developments for vMix17... Can't wait!
My Internet here is quite slow so the stream had to buffer frequently and in fact was cut off before I caught the closing (no biggy, as the MAGIC had already been revealed).
The chat got disconnected a couple of times as well (log in was a bit of a pain for some reason)
Not sure, either, why the 'Player' was so small in my browser, I alternated between fullscreen and browser screen with chat window, which was also a bit of a pain.
All-in-all though, a very informative show.


Ice

where can I watch the show, Youtube?

Love NDI. Can't wait for some Converters and then Cameras :)

Seems like once NDI works, an NDI desktop capture program might be handy.

It might be better than desktop capture when it fully develops.

I'm not talking about production quality or content/talent, In fact some of the bumpers, stingers, CGI and optics you use already put you guys out of reach of many of the "casual" users. I'm not even talking about format, I'm just talking about production logistics, some of the video segments can become awkward to watch and even downright painful as inputs, overlays, effects are fumbled around with, exacerbated by the fact that it is being done by the on screen talent. A buddy off screen could greatly help and open you guys up to be more relaxed and have one on one conversations with each other without alwayse having to worry about shots.

But I'm nitpicking, I'll take a hot mess of a video production over developers just coming on forums and dumping paragraphs of text any day of the week, as somebody who also does software development, albeit game development, I can relate to trying to put out solo staffed productions rather than blogs or forum posts to keep users happy.

Hi,

NDI is a true low latency IP based solution, you can have multiple cameras being sent (both directions) over a standard gigabit network and even through a single cable
Extenders are quite different as they use the same sort of cables, but are only changing the wiring and can't be connected to the existing network ports on a PC or laptop for example.

So to connect two vMix machines together with an extender would require the following setup:

PC -> Output Card -> HDMI -> Extender -> -----Cat6 Cable----- Extender -> HDMI -> Capture Card -> PC

NDI changes all of this to the following:

PC -> Network Cable -> PC

Or in the case of a camera:

Camera -> Converter Box -> Network Cable -> PC

Hope that helps explain things a bit better.

Regards,

Martin
vMix

Gents,

I want to commend you on an outstanding broadcast... one well worth getting up in the middle of the night to watch!

To actually see the NDI working is just stunning. I expected that this feature would be later in the year, but it's January and you've got it!! The possibilities are seemingly endless. WELL DONE!

I was a bit taken back by the auto switching function you demo'd in the post show. Unfortunately my feed froze for about two minutes, so I missed much of it. I would love to hear/see more about it as time allows. It has a major impact on a turn-key PC system that I am developing.

As for the broadcast itself... don't change a thing. We're just old friends sitting around chatting. It is real. Real is good. Real is trustworthy. It's almost like a peek behind the scenes. Everybody wants to peek behind the curtain. Everybody wants to be in-the-know.

As I sit here yawning, I'm hoping you'll rotate the February show time back to one suitable for US viewing. Lol.

Thanks, guys!

- Tom