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ntech  
#1 Posted : Friday, August 14, 2015 7:20:22 PM(UTC)
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Hi there,

Just bought the SD version of vMix, and we have the Pro Plan at Zoom Conferencing.

We're totally new to this and have tried to research and dig through the forums for help, but just cant quite find it.
So we're hoping someone here can help.

When we fire up vMix, it's all good, we can see our local webcam that is attached to the PC running vMix, the stream connects and we are able to stream fine. Awesome..

But, when we start up Zoom, and begin a conference call in there, that all works as expected as well. We can see the guest and they can see and hear us etc.

So what we're trying to figure out is, how can we get that video and audio of our guest(s) from Zoom to be an "input" (I'm guessing?) in vMix?
So that we can stream it and be able to switch back and forth between the inputs. (us on our local webcam and the guest on their webcam)

I'm hoping I haven't wasted money on all these and there's someone that could point me in the right direction to get this setup.

Thank you
Bardos  
#2 Posted : Friday, August 14, 2015 8:46:52 PM(UTC)
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I do not know exactly how Zoom works, but if you can see the video from Zoom, then, try using 'Screen Capture', and try to capture the Zoom window...similar to how it is done with Skype....

Do a search in the vMix Forum: (Bringing a Skype call into vMix)

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Setup Guide for Skype

1. Ensure you have the latest version of vMix available from http://www.vmix.com.au/download.aspx

2. Purchase and install Virtual Audio Cable from http://software.muzychenko.net/eng/vac.htm

3. Go into the Virtual Audio Cable control panel (search for "Control Panel" in the start menu and look for the blue icon with yellow cable) and make sure the number of cables is set to 2 or more.

4. If you have Windows 7 make sure it is in "Aero" theme mode. For Windows 8 or higher this is not necessary.

5. Open up Skype and log in. Go to Tools -> Options

6. Under Audio Settings select Line 1 (Virtual Audio Cable" as the Microphone and Line 2 (Virtual Audio Cable) as the Speaker

7. Open up vMix and go to Settings -> Audio Outputs. Select Line 1 (Virtual Audio Cable) under the "A" dropdown box.

8. Restart vMix. Make sure Skype is still running in the background and not minimised.

9. Go to Add Input and select Desktop Capture. Select This Computer and click OK.

10. From the Window dropdown box select Skype, Set frames per second to either 25 or 30 and tick Capture Hidden Window.

11. Click OK, and the skype window should appear in vMix.

12. Click Add Input again, select Audio Input and from the Audio Device dropdown select "Line 2 (Virtual Audio Cable)" and click OK.

13. In the bottom right hand corner of vMix click the Speaker Icon to bring up the Audio Mixer.

14. Underneath the Line 2 mixer untick the Two Arrow button and tick the Speaker icon to turn on the Skype audio.

15. Add another input into vMix that has some audio you can use for testing, this can be your own Microphone or a video clip.
Important: Any inputs added that you want to send back to the skype caller need the "A" box ticked underneath them in the Audio Mixer.

16. From the skype window make a test call to the "Echo / Sound Test Service". When the call connects you should hear the message prompt coming into vMix.
If not, double check all steps above including the audio configuration in Skype.

17. The test call will prompt to say something at the tone, this is when you can click Quick Play on your test audio input in vMix and
then stop it after a few seconds. The skype call should repeat it back to you if all is well.

Operation

Any inputs you want the Skype caller to hear should have the A button ticked in the Audio Mixer. If you only want the show viewers
to hear them, then untick A and tick M. If you only want the skype caller to hear and not the viewers, untick M and tick A.

Audio gets sent out to Skype using Line 1 on Bus A. Audio comes into vMix from Skype using the Line 2 input.

The audio setup needs to be configured this way to prevent delayed audio of the skype caller being heard by the caller which can be very distracting.


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Hope this will help you .....I hope that Zoom works similar to Skype.....
thanks 1 user thanked Bardos for this useful post.
al4video on 3/28/2020(UTC)
ntech  
#3 Posted : Friday, August 14, 2015 11:22:07 PM(UTC)
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What a fantastic, step by step answer.
Thank you so much from a new user.

I learned a few other things with that already. I could never even get the video from zoom into vmix. With those instructions I even managed to get that working!!
I'm going to purchase that tomorrow and try the rest.

Thank you again!

Bardos  
#4 Posted : Saturday, August 15, 2015 12:14:42 AM(UTC)
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My brother, that is why there is the forum...we help each other here.....
Glad to know you got things going.....hope all goes well....
This is proberly the BEST program for PCs or Macs that offer so much for so little.....it is very stable, and has many features.
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