Configure video I/O

Here you define your video inputs and outputs. Currently supported sources/destinations

• AJA - AJA video cards

• BMD - BlackMagic Design DeckLink video cards

• NDI - Video over IP - What is NDI?

• Experimental - details see below

  • Input - File (enabled by default)

  • Output - GPU

See System Requirements for supported cards

Learn more about color profile and color space in how to Configure your color pipeline

How to work with interlaced video

If you are feeding an interlaced video into Pixotope, it will be deinterlaced before coming into the engine. This way we composite the video with the graphics in the best way possible. If you are using interlaced output, it will be re-interlaced after compositing. This intermediate deinterlacing will not be visible in the output and is strictly to improve the compositing quality.

• Go to SETUP > Configure > Video I/O

• Output either interlaced or (deinterlaced) progressive.

Academy Tutorial - Using Multiple Video Inputs

• Learn how to use Media inputs to set up virtual monitors and other video feeds for your scene

Video input

Camera systems are listed by default.

1. Add additional media inputs if you need untracked video sources in your level (for example, the input for a virtual monitor)

   1. Name your media input

2. For Input choose the input source (AJA, BMD, NDI)

3. Optionally override the default settings:

   1. Choose the Video input format (resolution and frame rate) of your camera systems and media inputs

   2. Choose the Color profile - Learn move about how to Configure your color pipeline

   3. Choose the input type

Experimental input

File

Experimental features can be enabled in SETUP > Show > Show settings
Use with caution!

File input

This allows you to use an image or video file as input.

1. Set the Input to File (experimental) in SETUP > Configure > Video IO

2. Go to SETUP > Configure > Routing

3. Select the image or video file you want to input

4. Playing of the file starts immediately and is played in a loop

Limitations

• There no play/pause controls available

• The frame rate can not be changed

• There is no guarantee of fluent playback. The speed depends on the read rate of your hard drive.

Video output

The frame rate of inputs and outputs must be the same! 

For example, if your production needs to output in 50p, choose a 50p output format and set your physical camera and the camera system in Director up to match.

1. Add one or more media outputs

   1. Name your media output

2. For Output choose the output destination (AJA, BMD, NDI)

3. Optionally override the default settings

   1. Choose the Video output format (resolution and frame rate) of your camera systems and media inputs

   2. Choose the Color profile - Learn move about how to Configure your color pipeline

      • Color management in Editor

        • When "OCIO Viewport Enabled" is selected in the Editor, the color space of the Editor viewport is linked to this color space selection.

        • This only applies if SETUP > Show > Settings > Base settings > Compositing color space is set to "Linear space"

   3. Choose the Output type

   4. Optionally output Audio by selecting the checkbox - Learn move about how to Configure audio output

   5. Set the Audio delay if required - the default value is 100 msec

Learn more about Compositing modes

Experimental output

GPU

Experimental features can be enabled in SETUP > Show > Show settings
Use with caution!

GPU output

This allows you to output to an HDMI output of your graphics card directly. The output is stretched to the whole monitor’s resolution and put in the "background". It can be used seamlessly in a dual monitor setup.

1. Set the Output to GPU (experimental) in SETUP > Configure > Video IO > Output

2. Use the "Output destination" to select which output on your graphics card to use

GPU output does not support Genlock