Vision Mixer SDK
A rapid software development kit to create software vision mixing solutions.
Overview
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Use Cases
- Software vision switcher/production switcher
- Multi-camera vision mixing and streaming of sport events
- Software multi-viewer
Features
| Video Mixing Features | Live Chroma Key SDK | Vision Mixer SDK | Virtual Studio SDK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real-time mixing of audio/video from live sources, streams or files | √ | √ | √ |
| Frame-accurate mixing of files | √ | √ | √ |
| Playlists support (with gapless playout) | √ | √ | √ |
| Custom alpha mask for each output video block | √ | √ | √ |
| Geometric transforms (e.g. perspective transform or 3D projection) | √ | √ | |
| Transition effects | √ | √ | |
| Save video mixing configurations into "scenes" and apply smooth transitions between "scenes" | √ | √ | √ |
| Chroma keying (Basic) | √ | √ | |
| Chroma keying (Pro) | √ | ||
| Broadcast quality automated crawl line support | √ | √ | √ |
| Text overlay with multi-language support | √ | √ | √ |
| BMP, JPEG, GIF, TGA and PNG image overlay | √ | √ | √ |
| Overlay vector-based Flash animation with transparency | Optional | Optional | Optional |
| Built-in audio/video synchronization | √ | √ | √ |
| In/Out Features | Live Chroma Key SDK | Vision Mixer SDK | Virtual Studio SDK |
| Capture/ingest from DV/HDV sources, web cameras, TV tuners, etc.| | √ | √ | √ |
| In/out compatiblity with Blackmagic devices (DeckLink, Intensity, etc.) | √ | √ | |
| In/out compatibility with BlueFish444 and AJA boards | √ | √ | |
| Simultaneous output to more than one device | √ | √ | |
| External device control via RS-422 interface | √ | √ | |
| Output or file capture in different formats (via built-in video scaling and audio resampling) | √ | √ | √ |
| Stream to Windows Media Services/Silverlight | √ | √ | √ |
| Stream via Flash Media Encoder, ON2 Flix, Real Producer and other applications | √ | √ | √ |
| Save to AVI and WMV files | √ | √ | √ |
| Playout Formats | Live Chroma Key SDK | Vision Mixer SDK | Virtual Studio SDK |
| RTSP, MMS & HTTP Windows Media streams (WMV/ASF media) | √ | √ | √ |
| Windows Media (.WMV files) | √ | √ | √ |
| QuickTime media (.MOV and .MP4 files) | Optional | Optional | Optional |
| Flash animation (.SWF) and Flash Video (.FLV) | Optional | Optional | Optional |
| MXF | Optional | Optional | Optional |
| DV and DVCPRO HD | Optional | Optional | Optional |
| MPEG-2 | Optional | Optional | Optional |
| MPEG-4 | Optional | Optional | Optional |
| MP3, AC-3 and AAC audio | Optional | Optional | Optional |
| Capture Formats | Live Chroma Key SDK | Vision Mixer SDK | Virtual Studio SDK |
| Windows Media | √ | √ | √ |
| DV and DVCPRO HD | Optional | Optional | Optional |
| MPEG-2 | Optional | Optional | Optional |
See Also
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Licensing
Lifetime license. No royalties. The license grants the right to use the SDK to create an unlimited number of applications and deploy or distribute these applications without any limitations. Single Developer and Team licenses are available. One year of support and updates is included in the license fee.
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