First off... I absolutely LOVE vMix and talk it up to my broadcast peers all the time. It works better than advertised...
still, I have a question or two on being able to make faster switches while recording LIVE events.
Recently, I taped 2 little league baseball games, but found, because of being a "One-Man Band" (meaning I do it all by myself: cameras, audio, graphics and switching) I am in need of either another pair of hands OR an easier way to move between multiple modules and graphics...and since an extra pair of hands is not an option, I need some quick tips.
My problem was I had the names of 20 + kids listed in individual modules in addition to the 2 camera modules, an audio module, a scoreboard and 7 commercial modules.
There was quite a bit of bouncing around between all the names and things.
It got quite confusing at times which means mistakes were made which means I had to go back an edit out the mistakes I made before putting it on TV.

Is there an easier/faster way to maneuver around between all those modules???

I used the double layer mode this last time, but still had to scroll back and forth or up and down to find a players name and it made my preview and On-Air screens smaller and harder for me to see what was being recorded.

Is there a way to move the modules around in the window after they have been created?

By that I mean, it might be easier to create all the modules and then group them together afterwards.
Is there a way to create folders?
For instance, I could put all the players names from one team in one folder and the other players names in a different folder and only have the team folder I need open while in use. that would free up some space on the program preview page.

Also, I saw someone had posted about the possibility of a better character generator...
While the xaml format works fine for a slower paced event, in covering sports, there were times it took me more than 30 or 40 seconds to change the score of the game, which, again, means I had to go back and edit out those blank 30 or 40 seconds.

Is there a faster way to change scores?
Is there an separate outside character generator or software program compatible with vMix I can use? One that I can just leave as an open module?

AGAIN, I really LOVE vMix and plan on using it for years to come... just asking some questions.

Thanks all.... Can't wait for version 10.

Thanks,
Doug

M@ik... Do you have something we can look at to see if it is something we can configure (an example or pictures). Sounds very promising.

-Doug

As for the scoreboard there are a few programs out there such as (http://www.pcscoreboards.com/baseballscoreboardpro/)
you could run this on the secondary monitor or network computer and use the desktop capture utility to grab, size, crop and position.
I have done similar type of thing with different programs such as specialty clocks.

Hi,
I'm currently a one man band so I know what it's like!!

You can update the scores with a single keystroke using shortcut keys, one for the home team, and one for the away team.

Set up the shortcut, and put +=1 in the value field. Then a single keypress adds 1 to the score. (You might want to have a -=1 key as well just in case!!)

regards
Martin

Martinw's suggestion of using the shortcut keys is bang on... get familiar with the shortcut key options.
Secondly, load your graphics into appropriately designated folders, i.e. home team and away team, if you know the line-up and the batting order I would try to order them numerically (1-9) as windows may try to order them alphabetically. Input your graphics as "photos" and load the entire folder as one input, then it is just a matter of cycling through the graphics, again with shortcut keys this can be accomplished which will reduce the need to navigate the GUI and help to de-clutter your screen estate. Hot keys for each type of overlay and adjusting scores and doing instant replays is the only way to go!

Best of luck, keep experimenting and send us a link, would love to see how you make out.


Ice

Am still testing all your ideas out and learning to use shortcut keys which, I have to admit, I was having a hard time with until I made myself sit down for a few hours to play around with. So far so good. I will keep you posted!
-Doug

Excellent... Unfortunately I only use the SD version at the moment.

If you guys work out some good ideas to make things easier for sporting events, please post those suggestions to the Feature Requests forum.
Now that vMix 10 is out, I will be going through the suggestions over the next few months.

Regards,

Martin
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