Hi

I am pretty certain what I am asking is not possible within Vmix -- unless I use an external mixer.

I have two shots. One is a video and when it finishes it triggers to my live shot.

I would like music to bridge between the two shots.

The music would start during the opening prerecorded video and continue during the live video for a short time.

I tried setting up the music on a separate input but of course it cannot play under both shots.

So I if I want to do this I guess I would need an external mixer. (Either hardware mixer or perhaps a software mixer?)

It would be nice to be able to do that within Vmix but I know Vmix can't be everything to everybody :)

But maybe there is some trick to do it all within Vmix.

Any thoughts?

Thanks
Rowby

@ rowby

This should be possible (if I understand you correctly).
Is it safe to assume the 'music bridge' you want is an Audio file Input in vMix?
On your opening video clip Input, set up a couple of Triggers to turn on (AudioON) and PLAY your music bridge Input at the appropriate time depending on when during the clip you want the music to start (you'll need to figure out the delay required in milliseconds).
On your Live Video Input, set up a Trigger (or series of Triggers) to either lower, fade or turn off the Music Input (SetVolume and/or AudioOff)
Hope that helps to give you the effect you want.


Ice

Thanks all for 3 great approaches -- IceStream, Potimus and sinc747 --

Trying IceStream's "Follow" suggestion. But I can't find the Follow button in the audio input.

Here's a screencast. Screencast of Rowby looking for No Follow button in audio input
Rowby

@ rowby

As ask suggests, the "Audio follows Video" has a tic box in settings
(cog wheel -> General -> [tic box] Automatically mix audio)

Or in the vMix Audio Mixer (Double Arrow Button)




Ice

@ rowby

This behavior is by design and is to prevent undesirable loops.
From the vMix documentation:

Note that in order to prevent loops, transition effects have no effect for OnTransitionIn or OnTransitionOut.

http://www.vmix.com/help19/Triggers.html

There are creative workarounds if you are up to the challenge.
In this case, for the effect you want, I would add a Title/XAML Input (choose Text but delete all text fields, so essentially a blank Input).
Change your third Trigger Function above to "OverlayInput1" and set the Input to the Blank Text Input.
Add a forth Trigger to remove the Overlay: "OnTransitionIn -> OverlayInput1Out -> (appropriate delay to accommodate effect).
Now add a Trigger to the Blank Text Input: "OnOverlayOut -> Cut -> (Input of choice) -> (appropriate delay if necessary)

Hope that helps.


Ice

@ Potimus

The "OnCompletion" Trigger Function works great for Inputs that have an actual stop point (like a video clip).
Non timed Inputs (like pictures, graphics or cameras) never "complete" so there is no Trigger point, which is the case in rowby's most recent described scenario above.


Ice