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imagebotique  
#1 Posted : Wednesday, November 27, 2013 11:41:58 AM(UTC)
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I am looking at purchasing a sports graphics package such as this one http://videohive.net/item/ultimate-soccer-broadcast-pack/5283210 from video hive. It contains a intro, starting lineup and scoreboard as a after effects package. I am wondering if it would be possible to somehow bring these assets into vmix and edit values such as player names, score etc. while streaming. There is not enough time from when the team gives me the starting lineup to edit and render in AE and then import into VM. I know VM has some pre made scoreboards but some of these packages contain very professional motion and lighting effects which would bring a TV-like look to my webcast.
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#2 Posted : Thursday, November 28, 2013 1:35:39 PM(UTC)
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You may be able to bull it off by rendering these elements out without any data then using the last frame where they become static and create a overlay xmal title with all data elements. Here's the tricky part, Timing the triggering of overlay. Could probably do this with a simple API command or use multiple keyboard short cuts in a macro. This is just off the top of my head. Would need a similar animation for proof of concept.
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#3 Posted : Friday, November 29, 2013 7:16:43 PM(UTC)
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you could port that into flash.

I think you can do that. that way you don't need to have an interface with vmixs api.
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#4 Posted : Saturday, November 30, 2013 7:52:50 PM(UTC)
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I'd second the Flash idea, using Flash Builder as the IDE. You can build virtually any animated graphic you want, tie into external data sources, and fairly easy control vMix via the API. Basically, anything you see on ESPN you could make happen yourself, given enough time and effort anyway.

A very cool vMix feature is the ability to open a Flash file as an overlayed input. This has a lot of advantages over alternatives like desktop capture. By using transparency in Flash you can overlay only your scroring graphics on top of video, even using partial transparency to let some of the video bleed through where appropriate.

For a serious project this may be the best way to go, but it's not for faint of heart. I did run into some issues with some of the newer Spark Flash controls, and had to use a property called 'cacheAsBitmap' (true) in several controls to correct some display issues, but it did seem solid and stable once I got it running.

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#5 Posted : Sunday, December 1, 2013 12:10:55 AM(UTC)
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AE can export to flash...or at least some elements. that would give you a head start.

Alternatively you could prerender the needed layers with transparency and use a script like this
http://aescripts.com/compsfromspreadsheet/

to speed up the data input process. It won't help for stats and the score but it seems easy enough to add those to another layer in vmix
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