vMix Tutorial- General Overview and Demo. Learn about vMix and creating awesome live productions.

This is a general overview and demonstration of vMix. It’s live production software for your Windows PC. In this tutorial we will show you most of the features in vMix, while demonstrating how to set up a basic live video production, with live streaming and recording. It's a great place to start for vMix beginners!

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Shortcuts- https://youtu.be/qMvFwgQNozo
Triggers- https://youtu.be/p9nhlphxhFo
Overlays- https://youtu.be/zj9rFz7Ab6w
Adding Layers to your inputs- https://youtu.be/VSHX8WkKOiY
Recording- https://youtu.be/39PdUbrkmxQ
Streaming- https://youtu.be/OTW0BRyXh_I
Controllers you can use- https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrm0RX9U0MzyzNoJvkkqKEytNqD0_o-YC

For more vMix tutorials check out our vMix Training Playlist- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrm0RX9U0Mzxg-uJeE5Em3DAsgBHHaY8P

Software used- vMix 29
Capture card used- Blackmagic Design Decklink 8k PRO

Timestamps
0:00 Welcome to vMix
0:27 What is vMix?
0:54 Adding content to vMix
1:41 Adding a camera to vMix
2:34 Adding a video to vMix
3:33 Adding a lower-third title graphic
3:53 The interface layout
4:27 Using transitions
5:22 Using overlays (DSKs)
6:04 Other input controls
6:29 Input settings including scene layers
7:03 Audio mixer controls
7:33 Shortcuts (custom buttons)
7:53 Triggers (automatic actions)
8:18 Streaming to YouTube, Facebook & more
8:48 Other outputs (NDI, OMT, SRT, SDI & HDMI)
9:18 Recording and Multicording (ISO recording)
9:52 Outputting to monitors and big screens
10:20 Thanks for watching


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Closed Caption:

If you want to live stream your sport,
church service, conference, or true
crime video podcast, you'll need a way
to bring it all together, make it look
great, and get it out to your audience.
That's where vMix comes in. G'day, I'm
Heath, and in this intro video, I'll be
showing you what vMix is and how to use
it. If you're new to vMix, welcome. If
you haven't already, head over to our
website at vmix.com to get your free
60-day trial of vMix Pro, which has all
the features and no restrictions. vMix
is an affordable Windows-based
application that lets you add cameras
and microphones, video and audio files,
graphic titles, screen captures, remote
callers, and much more into a live video
production. Think of it as a TV studio,
but running on a regular computer.
You can then record and stream different
mixes to different destinations all at
once. But, let's not get ahead of
ourselves. Instead, let's jump into vMix
29 and take a look. Here we are in the
vMix interface. Let's add some content.
We call this adding inputs, and the
button is right here. Clicking on it
brings up a menu of all the types of
inputs I can add. I'll touch on each,
but if you want to know more about any
of these input types or anything else in
this video, take a look at our YouTube
channel, where we cover everything in
more detail. We'll start by looking at
some live input sources. We've got
directly connected cameras. These are
normally via USB, HDMI, or SDI, local
network or internet-connected cameras
and screen shares. These are often via
NDI, SRT,
audio devices like microphones or
mixers, and video calls using vMix Call
or Zoom. These let you add live guests
from all over the world. Clicking on
camera, then going to the drop-down
list, I can see any cameras directly
connected to my computer. My camera is
coming in via this DeckLink video
capture card. Video capture cards are
special devices you can connect to
receive baseband video.
vMix supports cards from Blackmagic,
Magewell, AJA, Elgato, and plenty more.
Just check our website. I then need to
ensure the resolution and frame rate are
matched to my camera's live output
settings, which they are.
For the other settings, I'll leave them
as default and click okay. With my first
input added, let's repeat, but this time
I'll add some pre-produced content. vMix
supports video, image, and audio files
and has list and photo inputs to handle
them in bulk. Image sequences can be
added for stingers. Then there's
PowerPoint slide images and basic colors
with transparency. I'll just add a
video. I'll click browse, select my
video,
and click okay.
All right, one more input. Something
dynamic or interactive. Of these types,
we start with instant replay. This is a
complete sports package built into vMix
that allows you to take your live
cameras or gaming footage and play back
those big moments from multiple angles
in slow mo. Down a bit, we have the
title input. Pick from the list of lower
thirds, stingers, scoreboards, tickers,
and more, or make your own using the
built-in GT Title Designer.
Virtual sets are just that. You can add
your content to a virtual environment
and use a green screen to place your
talent behind a desk or on a stage. Make
your own set or download one.
To share videos and other content from a
website, use the built-in web browser.
Or lastly, you can draw directly on your
production for training sessions or
halftime game analysis using the
telestrator.
Right, let's add a simple title. I'll
pick title 75 and add a headline.
There's some other settings up here
including fonts, colors, and even the
ability to pull in live data from Excel
or web feeds, but we'll keep it simple
and just type vMix demo.
Okay.
With those three inputs added, now let's
look at how the interface is laid out.
It's basically divided into quadrants.
In the bottom left, we see the inputs
with live thumbnails and some buttons.
Right clicking on a title will collapse
it and clicking again will return it.
You can also drag inputs into
categories.
On the bottom right is the audio mixer
with any inputs that contain audio. The
top right is the output window. It's
what the audience sees, while the top
left is the preview window and it's
what's coming up next in the production.
By clicking on an input thumbnail,
it'll appear in preview. If I wanted to
switch from my camera to my video file,
I would click on the video thumbnail to
send it to preview, then click on a
transition button up here to transition
it to output. Once I'm ready to return
to my camera, I can then click a
transition button again.
I'll demonstrate this now.
And there we go. You might have noticed
that when I transitioned to the video,
it played automatically and my camera
audio automatically muted. When I
returned to my camera, my audio came
back and the video paused on its own.
You might have also noticed that the
input title bars changed colors. In
vMix, orange is for preview and green is
for live output. Change these in the
settings if you prefer other colors.
Now let's look at these input buttons a
little closer. Here we have our eight
overlay channels for putting content
over the output. Think downstream keys.
If I want to overlay my title, I can
simply click on one and it will appear
and clicking it again, it will go away.
But if I wanted to overlay my video file
here as a picture-in-picture, I would
need to customize an overlay to do this.
So I'll go down to overlay,
pick an overlay channel. I might pick
overlay channel five.
Change from full screen to picture in
picture.
Zoom it down.
Move it into the corner and click okay.
I can now overlay using five my video.
And as you can see, the video starts on
its own. Next up is the go button. This
can do just about anything, but if
you're a vMix veteran, think of it as
quick play 2.0. The cut button sends
your input directly to output, while
loop and play pause buttons control
media playback. Below is the audio
button. If it's green, it means audio is
on.
I can also see my volume levels here.
Then there's a preview button to get a
large preview of my input.
Finally, there's the settings button.
Each input has its own settings for
renaming, customizing go button actions,
playback rules. These are what muted my
audio and played the video automatically
earlier. Then there's color controls
including chroma key, color correction
and lot support, positioning which lets
you move, zoom and crop your input. You
can also add up to 10 layers per input
if you want to build scenes with other
inputs. If you have PTZ cameras, you can
control them here and even save camera
positions to recall later. Over on the
right, we have audio controls. For
inputs, I can adjust individual volumes
and other settings such as EQ,
compression and VST3 plugins like vocal
riders and noise suppressors. For
outputs, master is the fully mixed
production audio and buses are used for
more complex audio routing. You can
enable more buses in the vMix settings.
So that's the interface and some basic
controls. Now let's step it up with
shortcuts and triggers. vMix lets you
control almost anything with shortcuts.
These are custom actions that can be
assigned to Stream Decks, keyboards and
all sorts of other devices listed on our
website. You can cut, fade, start
streaming, or change overlays with
button presses. You can do all this
remotely using the API as well. Triggers
take it a step further. They make
actions happen automatically. This means
you don't have to use your hands like a
baby's toy. For instance, you can make a
lower third automatically appear
whenever your camera goes live. There
are a bunch of other settings,
statistics, feature management, and
social comment tools that can be
accessed from the settings or these
buttons down here. But, you can learn
about them in other videos. For now,
let's just go live. First up, we have
standard streaming. I'll click on the
settings button down here. And here you
can see that we have five destinations
that can be streamed to at once by
simply picking from the destination
lists here.
If your streaming destination isn't
listed, select custom RTMP, enter the
URL and key, and you'll be away. You can
set the quality of your stream here and
fine-tune it here. Once you're ready,
just click the stream button.
And once it turns red, you'll be live.
Going to the vMix settings, you can also
output up to four different productions
using NDI, OMT, or SRT. NDI and OMT will
send high-quality, low-latency video
with alpha over your local network,
while SRT will send video over the
internet securely and reliably. You can
also route these outputs to external
output cards. Some cards even offer key
and fill support to send content like
graphics to traditional hardware
switches. These outputs, along with all
of your camera clean feeds, can also be
recorded using the recorder or
multi-corder.
If I go to the settings here,
you can see that we support a bunch of
video formats and codecs.
Clicking on okay and then clicking on
record will start the recording.
Once I'm ready to stop recording, I
simply click it again.
With the multi quarter, if I want to
record multiple outputs or individual
camera clean feeds, I would select them
here and click start.
Finally, the full screen outputs can be
used to send content from your graphics
card to secondary monitors for say
confidence monitoring or multi views or
to big screens or projectors for things
like worship lyrics or presentation
slides.
You can quickly adjust what's shown in
these by going up to this button here
and setting from the drop-down list. You
can also toggle full screen off and on
by clicking it here.
Well, that's a quick overview of what
vMix can do. If you have questions, our
YouTube channel and the vMix forum are
great resources. So is our website
vmix.com. There you'll find our
supported hardware list and
recommendations for PC specs that you'll
want to run vMix. Why don't head over
there now and grab your free 60-day
trial and start creating some amazing
live content.