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rmcbride  
#1 Posted : Thursday, August 6, 2020 11:46:21 PM(UTC)
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Can I combine multiple VMix Calls to be able to have more than 8 guests? For example can I have VMix Call wilth separate licences on two servers connected by NDI and get up to 16 guests? How would this scale if I wanted to do a conference with a 30 person "roundtable" discussion?
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#2 Posted : Friday, August 7, 2020 4:14:16 AM(UTC)
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@ rmcbride

It is certainly technically possible but would likely be a nightmare to manage...
ZOOM would be a much simpler solution and require much less bandwidth.

Just my thoughts.


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#3 Posted : Friday, August 7, 2020 7:03:32 AM(UTC)
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You could easily use SRT to ingest remote guests. Each Port a guest. There is no limit. You might want to chat and talk over discord or alternatives then.
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#4 Posted : Saturday, August 8, 2020 9:37:42 AM(UTC)
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Mavik. In order to ingest remote guests, would they each need an srt encoder?
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#5 Posted : Monday, August 10, 2020 5:44:31 AM(UTC)
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Yes, an SRT encoder. On a phone check out Larix Broadcaster. There’s an official vMix tutorial available.
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#6 Posted : Monday, August 10, 2020 6:03:29 AM(UTC)
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The real question is why you would want to do that many? It would be a nightmare assigning cross vMix mix minus audio, return video signals and basically, managing that many guests. Let zoom or Skype do it for you. You can add another 15 of your own computers to the conference for pinning speakers and sending ppt and playback content back to the participants if you wanted to. That being said, I did a 10 person conference with 2 vmix stations...actually a 3rd for sending vCall multiviewers back to an off site director and producer. One vmix machine handled a green room of 6 guests that were part of a panel discussion. They were added to the main vmix containing 4 main speakers over NDI. I cheated a bit by using a tricaster to generate custom DSM return boxes of ppt, timer, notes and playback back to currently on air talent and next up talent.
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#7 Posted : Wednesday, October 7, 2020 4:31:42 PM(UTC)
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May i request for the settings for enabling 8+8 Vmix callers with 2 Vmix Machines.

My Production and Remote are talking to each other and Zoom perfectly fine. The only issue is the Caller on remote machine is hearing a repeat Audio feed of own voice.

Please help..

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Mj
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#8 Posted : Wednesday, October 7, 2020 8:59:09 PM(UTC)
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You should use an extra bus for just the callers.
Master M = recording/streaming
Bus A = Zoom
Bus B = vMixCall

then select bus B to feed into every vmixcaller.

Another but paid option is to use something like medialooks VT. There you can have plenty remote users as well and they have auto mix-minus build in. And of corse SRT or alternatively webRTC.
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#9 Posted : Wednesday, October 7, 2020 9:48:11 PM(UTC)
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Thanks for the reply.

All these setting are to be done on remote PC?

If you could please elaborate little.
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mavik  
#10 Posted : Wednesday, October 7, 2020 9:55:21 PM(UTC)
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The bus config has to be made on the vmix that is ingesting all the signals. The remote users just have to open vmixcall.

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#11 Posted : Wednesday, October 7, 2020 10:17:33 PM(UTC)
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Hi

Im Really sorry i think i was not able to explain this. I want to add & enable 8 Vmix callers with another 8 Vmix caller from PC2 which will only run vmix calls and merge all 8 with Zoom Integration.

My PC 1 is fine with 8 Caller and zoom audio video feed. Im using BUS to send all Audio feed to PC 2 and capturing it on NDI Audio.

Now sending PC 2 Vmix Audio & Video Call to PC 1 on BUS A thru NDI into PC 1.

Now I have 8 Vmix Callers + Zoom on PC 1 and 8 Callers from PC 2.

PC 2 Callers can see my Final output feed perfectly fine with Zoom Audio and PC vmix callers.

Problem is when PC 2 Vmix caller is talking they hear their Voice back. Badly Stuck.

Please advice.

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MJ

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#12 Posted : Thursday, October 8, 2020 12:17:16 AM(UTC)
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On PC1 you need a mix minus for the PC2 so they hear everything except themself.
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