Vision Mixer SDK

A rapid software development kit to create software vision mixing solutions.

Overview

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MediaLooks Vision Mixer SDK includes components for real-time PC-based mixing of media streams and files. It is also equipped with broadcasting features such as high-quality scaling and support for professional video hardware such as Blackmagic, BlueFish444 and AJA video boards.

Use Cases

• Software vision switcher/production switcher
• Multi-camera vision mixing and streaming of sport events
• Software multi-viewer

Features & Comparison Chart

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)			√
CG Basic: multi-language text, graphics and image overlays	√	√	√
CG Pro: advanced support for news tickers (crawls and rolls)	Optional	Optional	Optional
CG Flash: 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
H.264/AVC	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

• Multimedia Component Framework Overview

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