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sunkast  
#1 Posted : Friday, December 20, 2019 9:48:59 AM(UTC)
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Many times I will use vMix Call to connect to a studio just to simply listen in and watch the video of a live production while I produce notes for a production. And most of the time I don't even have a webcam connected to my computer. Usually this is no problem since I also have vMix installed on my PC and Chrome sees "vMix Video External 2" as the camera with color bars, allowing for vMix Call to successfully make a connection.

However beginning with Chrome version 78, and now 79, this no longer works. Chrome no longer see "vMix Video External 2" as a working camera, and thus does not successfully connect.

If I uninstall Chrome, then install Chrome 76, this all works again.

Any idea what's going on and how to fix this so I don't have to plug a webcam in?
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#2 Posted : Friday, December 20, 2019 1:33:00 PM(UTC)
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Appears to be working fine for me. Latest release of vMix and Chrome, using 8x8 free video conference tool, which is webrtc based.

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#3 Posted : Friday, December 20, 2019 3:13:19 PM(UTC)
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vMix admin posted an update a few days ago and mentioned the following notes; I wonder if it applies to your situation? If yes, maybe try to update your version of vMix to the latest version?

23.0.0.32

* Added workaround for Google Chrome update causing vMix Video device to no longer work.
* Fixed FMLE no longer working as the streaming application.
* Updated vMix Desktop Capture to 23.0.0.2 with fix for old CPUs without AVX support.
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sunkast  
#4 Posted : Saturday, December 21, 2019 12:41:07 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: mgrayeb Go to Quoted Post
vMix admin posted an update a few days ago and mentioned the following notes; I wonder if it applies to your situation? If yes, maybe try to update your version of vMix to the latest version?

23.0.0.32

* Added workaround for Google Chrome update causing vMix Video device to no longer work.
* Fixed FMLE no longer working as the streaming application.
* Updated vMix Desktop Capture to 23.0.0.2 with fix for old CPUs without AVX support.


I've only got vMix 22 on my PC.
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RoboST  
#5 Posted : Sunday, December 22, 2019 9:29:45 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: mgrayeb Go to Quoted Post
vMix admin posted an update a few days ago and mentioned the following notes; I wonder if it applies to your situation? If yes, maybe try to update your version of vMix to the latest version?

23.0.0.32

* Added workaround for Google Chrome update causing vMix Video device to no longer work.
* Fixed FMLE no longer working as the streaming application.
* Updated vMix Desktop Capture to 23.0.0.2 with fix for old CPUs without AVX support.


Originally Posted by: sunkast Go to Quoted Post
I've only got vMix 22 on my PC.


Oh shucks, just found this thread. Been trying to figure this out since last Friday (12/13), Chrome will not connect to vMix Video device anymore (worked 12/12 and before).

We are on 21.0.0.61.

For now, I had switched to Firefox for the time being. Do want Chrome to work. Cleared all cache/history, reset permissions, even uninstalled / reinstalled Chrome. No go.

I wonder if it has to do with that Chrome 79 bug. Has the admin posted specifics?

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sunkast  
#6 Posted : Friday, January 3, 2020 10:49:03 AM(UTC)
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I've resorted to just using the NewTek virtual cam to feed a blank screen to Chrome.
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#7 Posted : Friday, January 3, 2020 12:01:49 PM(UTC)
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Working fine for me on Chrome Version 79.0.3945.88 (Official Build) (64-bit)
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#8 Posted : Saturday, January 4, 2020 12:00:19 AM(UTC)
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This vMix Knowledge Base article may be somewhat related and might be of assistance to anyone having issues with vMix as a virtual camera in Chrome:
https://www.vmix.com/kno...utput-in-google-hangouts



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