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svetotehnik  
#1 Posted : Monday, February 8, 2021 6:43:49 PM(UTC)
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Has anyone encountered the problem of assigning an input from a preview to a multiview of another input?

Code:
dim xml = API.XML()
dim x as new system.xml.xmldocument
x.loadxml(xml)

'writes the input from the preview to the WhatIsOnPreview variable
dim WhatIsOnPreview = (x.SelectSingleNode("//preview").InnerText)

'replaces the title text with the WhatIsOnPreview value. And it works
API.Function("SetText", Input:="TextHD.xaml", SelectedIndex:="0", Value:=WhatIsOnPreview)

'should assign WhatIsOnPreview to the first layer of the ColorBars's multiview. But it does not! instead, the layer gets the value None
API.Function("SetMultiViewOverlay",Input:="Colour Bars",Value:="1,WhatIsOnPreview")


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#2 Posted : Monday, February 8, 2021 6:53:29 PM(UTC)
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You are trying to embed a string within a string in the function! that's a coding nono

you need to Concatenate them

Code:
API.Function("SetMultiViewOverlay",Input:="Colour Bars",Value:="1," & WhatIsOnPreview )
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#3 Posted : Monday, February 8, 2021 7:02:27 PM(UTC)
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still not working

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You are trying to embed a string within a string in the function! that's a coding nono

you need to Concatenate them

Code:
API.Function("SetMultiViewOverlay",Input:="Colour Bars",Value:="1," & WhatIsOnPreview )
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#4 Posted : Monday, February 8, 2021 7:05:51 PM(UTC)
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well it is here !
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#5 Posted : Monday, February 8, 2021 7:09:23 PM(UTC)
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Sorry, my typo) Yes it works. Thank you very much!

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#6 Posted : Saturday, February 13, 2021 10:45:47 AM(UTC)
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Has anyone encountered the problem of assigning an input from a preview to a multiview of another input?

Thanks!


To answer that directly, yes. It's one of the early things I was looking to do. But, scripting is not in intermediate vMix versions and eats into valuable evaluation time, so I had to go another route.

Is this possible, without scripting?

On a related note (this one may be basic, but I'm not finding it either), is there a shortcut/non-script way to assign "None" (no input) to a multiview layer that already has positioning and an input in it's place? I've just made a transparent input and used a shortcut to assign that in the mean time.
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#7 Posted : Saturday, February 13, 2021 5:19:35 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: svetotehnik Go to Quoted Post
Has anyone encountered the problem of assigning an input from a preview to a multiview of another input?

Thanks!


To answer that directly, yes. It's one of the early things I was looking to do. But, scripting is not in intermediate vMix versions and eats into valuable evaluation time, so I had to go another route.

Is this possible, without scripting?


one can always use external ways of scripting :-)
Check the API XML for the input that is in preview and replace the layer of the MV with it



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On a related note (this one may be basic, but I'm not finding it either), is there a shortcut/non-script way to assign "None" (no input) to a multiview layer that already has positioning and an input in it's place? I've just made a transparent input and used a shortcut to assign that in the mean time.


SetLayer : value layernumber,blank

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#8 Posted : Saturday, February 13, 2021 9:27:25 PM(UTC)
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On a related note (this one may be basic, but I'm not finding it either), is there a shortcut/non-script way to assign "None" (no input) to a multiview layer that already has positioning and an input in it's place? I've just made a transparent input and used a shortcut to assign that in the mean time.


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SetLayer : value layernumber,blank



Input,None seems more obvious to me, but I'll have to check if that can be done in Companion or need to change the shortcuts involved.
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#9 Posted : Saturday, February 13, 2021 9:41:18 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: mark2020 Go to Quoted Post


Input,None seems more obvious to me


Blank, or leave it empty (= none lol) or any not specific reference to an input doesn't really matter does it ? They seem logical enough to quickly test with and find out if the word None didn't work
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#10 Posted : Sunday, February 14, 2021 2:24:39 AM(UTC)
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Input,None seems more obvious to me


Blank, or leave it empty (= none lol) or any not specific reference to an input doesn't really matter does it ? They seem logical enough to quickly test with and find out if the word None didn't work


Turns out it was from doing it by way of Companion. Preview = 0 and PGM = -1. But it would have been nice that the documentation for that shortcut specifically notes a null input is permissible to narrow it down.

Incidentally, that also solves the issue assigning the PVW input to a queued set/multiview, then previewing the set without scripts or shortcuts.
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