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Hi Guys,
I have a project involving 7 days/15 hours per day live streaming of a competition with a lot of contestants. My client asked me if it is possible to provide him at the end of each day a log with the lower thirds that were inserted live and the timings when this happened. E.g. the file should include data like: 1) John Doe - 13:00:00 2) Jane Doe - 14:00:00 etc. I assume that the vMix triggers should be used but they should trigger a data addition to the already created log file, each time when the Overlay 1 is activated for example.
Any idea of how to implement it?
Thank you in advance!
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Hi Claudiu I have never done such a thing but I feel like the answer is to use Vb.net Scripting feature in vMix 4K and Pro versions. I'd try to trigger a script with each overlay used for titles. The script should be able to extract current values used in the title aswell as the time. (Alternative is to create a shorcut for a script that would call the overlay) As explained in the documentation, Vb.net supports the majority of VB.NET 2.0 code that will work within a single sub or function. The idea is to replace Console.WriteLine by File.WriteLine to create your own log file. I found an example using StreamWriter class. Code:Dim file As System.IO.StreamWriter
file = My.Computer.FileSystem.OpenTextFileWriter("c:\test.txt", True)
file.WriteLine("Here is the first string.")
file.Close()
This is a programmer's job. I wouldn't do that for free to a customer. vMix Scripting Documentation: http://www.vmix.com/help19/VBNetScripting.htmlHope this helps. Guillaume
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Another solution I can think of is to create a webpage with any scripting language.
This webpage should be used exclusively for managing titles and would contain:
- forms inputs areas (text fields or dropdown menus) to feed the xaml title with the names etc...
- some buttons to control the overlays with the "SetText" values above and using vMix API
- and a routine to log the events
Still serious developper skills required. But doable... Requires a local web server on vMix network though, but it can be done with every vMix licence, not only 4K or Pro.
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Thanks a lot Guillaume! I figured out that some scripting will be needed but I hoped that somebody did it already:). We will do it and, if successful, I will post it here for future reference.
Cheers,
Claudiu
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