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tony marone  
#1 Posted : Wednesday, March 3, 2021 9:47:47 AM(UTC)
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Here is the scenario:

Two machines running the same version of vMix and Streamdeck software both equipped with Streamdeck XLs.

On machine 1:
I make a show in vMix using a combination of videos, slides, and lower thirds.
I make shortcuts and activators and assign them to Streamdeck buttons using the vMix action for Streamdeck.
Everything works just fine and I can use the Streamdeck to control perfectly.
I take the whole folder containing my elements, the .vmix file, and the .streamDeckProfile and copy it to machine 2.

On machine 2:
I open the .streamDeckProfile that in in my folder and the buttons on the Streamdeck XL change to reflect my choices.
I open the .vmix file and the elements of my program load.
When I press any of the streamdeck buttons, vmix does not respond.
Opening the shortcut tab in vmix and selecting one of my shortcuts I click Find.
When I press the key for that shortcut, I get a different value shown than what I had before.
If I choose it, then the button works as expected.

Conclusion:
Somehow, the numbering of these buttons are changing from machine to machine.

Questions and thoughts:

Who wrote the vMix action for Streamdeck?
Elgato said they did not write it.

Can this be fixed?
I need to produce shows on one machine then transfer them to another machine for playback.

Thanks for listening,

Tony
dmwkr  
#2 Posted : Wednesday, March 3, 2021 5:07:10 PM(UTC)
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Josemite on 3/4/2021(UTC)
richardgatarski  
#3 Posted : Wednesday, March 3, 2021 6:23:38 PM(UTC)
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vMix have said it cannot be fixed, so we don't use it (as we have the same need as you). For a backgrounder and alternative, see https://forums.vmix.com/...f-the-Elgato-Stream-Deck
Hypohamish  
#4 Posted : Thursday, March 4, 2021 12:12:52 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: richardgatarski Go to Quoted Post
vMix have said it cannot be fixed, so we don't use it (as we have the same need as you). For a backgrounder and alternative, see https://forums.vmix.com/...f-the-Elgato-Stream-Deck



Use this. The default stream deck/vMix functionality is awful. Bitfocus companion is insanely more powerful and useful, and can be moved between stream decks easily.




Re: the problem you're having, to my knowledge it *is* a stream deck problem. All the stream deck keys all have unique identifiers and no two devices are the same. If you took the stream deck from PC1 and plugged it into PC2, and loaded the vMix file from PC1, you should find that it would work.
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#5 Posted : Thursday, March 4, 2021 1:46:46 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Hypohamish Go to Quoted Post

Re: the problem you're having, to my knowledge it *is* a stream deck problem. All the stream deck keys all have unique identifiers and no two devices are the same.


that's not correct
I use 3 different streamdecks on 3 differnet computers with a node.js app
I can use every of them on every computer without changing the software. The app only brings back key numbers 0-14. So you have to manage the "folder" by yourself
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