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March 17, 2017

vMix celebrates 12 months of NDI support!

Would you believe it’s been 1 year already since Newtek released NDI!? vMix first introduced NDI support in the vMix 17 Preview in March 2016! Since then we have seen NDI grow into a really useful and well-supported tool in live production. As we countdown to NDI Day on March 21, we thought we would take a look at the vMix implementation of NDI.

vMix gives you the most fully-featured implementation of NDI available to live production software. Not only are you able to receive sources, you’re able to send all kinds of NDI goodness from within vMix!

Output– Use vMix to send your full production to another vMix production or NDI compatible encoder or software. This is great for recording and streaming on other computers and sharing your production.
External 2– Send a specific vMix input to another NDI device!
Cameras– That’s right, send individual cameras to be used in other productions, by other devices or for monitoring.
Calls– vMix allows you to receive calls and then send them to other devices or productions via NDI!
Audio Inputs– Audio Inputs can be sent for monitoring or use elsewhere.
Audio Outputs– Output your Audio Output via NDI. Outputs galore!

Newtek have enhanced NDI by continually adding new free tools including the Newtek NDI for Creative Cloud Plugin and ISOcorder. The NDI Video Monitor is another great tool that allows you to view any NDI source on the network. That means vMix users are able to monitor their output or cameras on other devices easily.

Being able to send and receive video, graphics and audio has really enabled vMix users to create amazing productions. The addition of 3rd party graphics generators, titlers and scoreboards easily spice up any live video production. All the big names are involved including Adobe, Caspar CG, NewBlue FX, Chyron, Pro Presenter, Character Works and many more. Now vMix users have direct access to all these amazing products over the local network!

The NDI App has put live professional live production into the palm of everyone’s hand, literally. People have been looking for a reliable way to bring in mobile phone and tablet cameras and now they have one!

We’re still waiting for an SDI/HDMI to NDI converter, but we hope to see one very soon. An NDI camera is also on the vMix wishlist! It would be great to just plug a camera into the local network and be able to use it in any live video production!

The future looks bright for NDI and we can’t wait to see what will happen in the next 12 months!

August 16, 2016

Connecting Adobe Premiere to vMix with Newtek NDI!

Connecting your devices to vMix over the network with NDI

Newtek NDI vMix

Newtek’s NDI (Network Device Interface) has opened up a huge number of possibilities in live production. Being able to easily send video and audio sources over the network is nothing short of amazing. The interactivity between hardware devices and software has allowed users to adopt new ways of creating content and bettering their production.

The Newtek NDI for Creative Cloud Plugin is yet another way to bring in content to your production via NDI. This plugin lets users of Adobe products such as Premiere to playback video projects directly via NDI into live productions. You don’t need to render the entire video, just playback the video LIVE in your workspace and it will be sent via NDI.

Using Adobe Premiere and vMix in live video production.

Basically you can fire up Adobe Premiere, create an animated title and then play that back through vMix via NDI. Need to change the title? Just go back to Premiere, change the title and play again. This means you have the ability to create animated lower thirds on the fly. You don’t need to generate 10 lower thirds before-hand you can just do it all live.

You can even just use Premiere and Adobe After Effects to bring in full scale videos too. Cutting it fine and don’t have time to render, then just play out directly through NDI to vMix.

To set it up you’ll need to install the Newtek NDI for Adobe CC plugin. The plugin has now been made free and is available via the Newtek Website- http://pages.newtek.com/NDI-Tools-Pack-Download.html. Then you need to enable playout through NDI via the Preferences. You’re then set to go. Just create your project, add it as an NDI source in vMix and you’ve got your new live content.

For more information, check out our YouTube video-

Minimum System Requirements:

64-bit Microsoft^® Windows 7 operating system (OS) or better
Intel i5 Sandy Bridge CPU or better
2GB system memory
Adobe Creative Cloud membership (compatible applications include Adobe Premiere Pro CC, Adobe After Effects CC, Adobe Prelude® CC, and Adobe SpeedGrade® CC)
Gigabit connection or better

April 11, 2016

vMix 17 is now available! NDI, PTZ Control, Browser Input and much more!

After much anticipation, vMix 17 has now been officially released on the vMix website. vMix continues to set the standard for live video production and streaming software with it’s industry leading features. Not only has it supported 4K and social media integration for over 2 years, vMix 17 now includes support for direct PTZ control and Newtek NDI!

NDI will open up a world of opportunity for vMix users. vMix will now have access to any NDI capable device on the local network. That means users can connect cameras, other vMix computers, Tricasters, graphics, skype, and PowerPoint all over the network from other NDI devices! NDI also means that you can send your vMix production, individual cameras, audio, graphics, and social to other NDI devices. vMix is a very customisable piece of software, but now with NDI the possibilities really are endless! vMix is currently the only live video production and streaming software that fully supports NDI!

vMix has also released vMix Desktop Capture for NDI, which is a free application for PC and Mac that will allow you to send your desktop over NDI!

PTZ Control with vMix allows users to control their web-enabled Panasonic, Sony and PTZ Optics PTZ cameras! You can directly control the camera while you are running your production and set different angles for the camera. Essentially you’re adding multiple camera inputs with just one camera! This sort of functionality will be great for one person productions that can set up their entire show with vMix and one PTZ camera! Add more PTZ cameras to your production and you really have an endless supply of shots!

To download vMix Live Production and Streaming software just click on the link.

Click here for the vMix 17 Press Release!

Check the huge list of vMix 17 upgrades below!

Release Notes

Release Notes for vMix 17 – 10 April 2016

Feature Highlights

NDI – Network Device Interface support. See the NDI page for more information.
PTZ support for Web Enabled Panasonic, Sony and PTZ Optics cameras. Click here for supported camera information.
Web Browser input. Easily add web pages as inputs including sites with video and audio content.

User Interface

Categories now appear as tabs above the inputs row. Labels can be added by right clicking any category button.
Audio Mixer and Replay tabs now also appear above the inputs row
Substantial performance improvements when using a large number of inputs (50+)

Audio

New improved Audio Meters with large dynamic range (0 to -90db)
dB peak levels are now displayed by moving the mouse over a meter
Full Pre and Post audio meters including DB labels are available in the Audio Settings for each input
Audio Settings can be kept open for multiple inputs at a time for easy monitoring
New “Channel Mixer” added to every audio input allowing separate mixing of all input channels into the final 2 Channel Mix.
New Headphones volume level for every input, so that some sources can be removed from headphones without affecting Stream or Recording

Desktop Capture

Brand new vMix Desktop Capture utilising NDI
Supports game capture on Windows 8.1 and higher systems and 60fps support
Local desktop capture moved to dedicated tab under Add Input -> NDI / Desktop Capture
Local desktop capture uses GPU acceleration to provide full frame rate capture with minimal system resources

Presets

Streaming settings and Output Format are now both saved in Presets
When loading a preset with different resolution or frame rate, user will be prompted to confirm the changes

Inputs

Added support for GIF animations via the Video Input
Added new Chroma Key presets to enable better initial quality without needing to adjust sliders
Image Input will now automatically adjust aspect ratio for files that do not match either 4:3 or 16:9.
Improved support for IP cameras with RTSP streaming, including support for more AAC audio formats.

External Output

Improved output performance with Blackmagic devices

Effects

Added reverse variations of transition effects

Controllers

Gamepad and Joystick support added

Shortcuts / API

Updated API XML with audio meter levels and Fullscreen info
Added support for more than 100 inputs
Added functions for NDI and PTZ control

Triggers

Added support for Value when using Triggers
Added support for triggering using audio levels

Streaming

Added YouTube streaming provider
Added StreamShark streaming provider
Added Wowza Cloud streaming provider
vMix output resolution will now match the current streaming profile by default.
Added x264 preset options to Streaming Quality settings

Instant Replay

Added support for External 2 as a camera source in Instant Replay, in addition to Output
Added support for NDI sources

Recording

Added support for hardware accelerated HEVC / H265 recordings (where supported by graphics card)
Added H264 Main and High profiles to MP4 recording

March 30, 2016

Using vMix and NDI

If you’ve been around for a little while, you’ll know that here at vMix we’ve gone all in on NDI. We can see NDI really changing the landscape of live video production through IP connectivity. Being able to add camera sources, production outputs, graphics etc all through the network will drastically change most production workflows.

To find out more information about NDI and how to use it in your vMix production head over to our new dedication vMix and NDI page on our website.

Now you can stop asking “does vMix work with NDI” and ask “how can I make my vMix production even better through NDI!”

February 10, 2016

Newtek NDI, vMix 17 and Numark Orbit to be featured on the February vMix Fun Time Live Show!

This month’s vMix Fun Time Live Show will be jam-packed with all sorts of exciting new features and products! We have continued work on integrating the Newtek NDI protocol into vMix so we’ll be showing how we’ve improved an existing feature using that. That means another live demonstration of the Newtek NDI protocol! There aren’t too many other people offering live demos so this is a great opportunity to check it out and ask questions!

We had plenty of people ask about it so we’ll be doing a short review of the Numark Orbit MIDI device.

Not to be forgotten, we’ll be doing a live demo of the new DIRECT PTZ CONTROLS in vMix 17! Did we just say DIRECT PTZ CONTROLS???? Yes, yes we did.

It’s going to be a very busy show, so if you have some questions think of them now so you don’t forget!

Click here for the vMix Fun Time Live Show February Edition.

See vMix 17 in action at NAB 2016 in Las Vegas! April 18-21

If you want to see all of these features up and running LIVE IN PERSON, then feel free to drop by our booth at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Las Vegas. NAB will be a great way to get hands on with vMix 17 and join us for some LIVE tutorials. It is also a great opportunity to visit camera, capture card and other manufacturers and see all of their new products. We’re at booth SL7920, click here for a map. Many of our partners will be there, so it’s a great place to network and meet the people behind the products that you use.

If you are going to NAB, click here to register and use our guest pass code LV6897 to get a Free Exhibits-Only Pass.

vMix NAB Show