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vMix NAB Booth 2016

The NAB Show has come and gone for another year and this year was a big one for vMix! We more than doubled our booth size, added 2 more workstations and also added a live stage! We had 5 cameras running, 6 huge TVs, and most importantly a lounge to sit at!

vMix NAB Booth 2016

We were located in the South Lower Hall this year which meant a lot more foot traffic than last year. That was great for vMix! We were within eye sight of the Newtek booth and we had plenty of people come through and ask about vMix and NDI. The booth was open and spacious and even became quite crowded at times with people watching the live show or getting a demo of the best live streaming software there is!

vMix NAB Booth 2

On our 4 workstations, we had 2 running vMix Pro software on PCs, a vMix U and a vMix GO. People were really able to try out all of the new features in vMix 17. We had a MIDI device, and XBOX controller for PTZ control, a Control Surface and an iPad to use on the vMix Web Controller!

vMix NAB Booth 3

Each day we ran a live show with product announcements, demos and tutorials. The LiveX crew took over the stage for an hour a day to do the Teradek Live Show…from our booth! It was a great production with the video being sent live from the South Lower Hall to the Central Hall and then streamed out! It was nice to see actual production, and we took a few notes for our own live shows. ;). They also use the vMix GO to produce the Teradek Live Show for every day of the show! This is the 3rd year in a row!

vMix Teradek Live Show

Big thanks to everyone that stopped by to support vMix! It was great to be able to show every one all the cool new features of vMix 17 with NDI, PTZ controls and Web Browser inputs! We really do think it’s the best live production software out there!

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

vMix NAB Show 2016

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