Configure multi-camera preview

The multi-camera preview feature allows a single Pixotope engine to render up to 3 tracked cameras simultaneously, providing directors with preview capabilities for all cameras in a production without the cost of dedicated engines for each camera. While the preview outputs may have reduced resolution or frame rate compared to the main program output, they provide sufficient quality for shot preparation and camera switching decisions.

Enable multi-camera preview

To enable the multi-camera preview feature:

1. In Director, go to SETUP > Configure > Machines

2. Click on the + icon in the groups section of the machine you want to use for preview

3. Add the MultiCamPreview feature tag

Configure multi-camera preview routing

Add cameras

1. In SETUP > Configure > Camera systems, add your cameras (up to 3)

Route cameras and add preview outputs

Once the MultiCamPreview tag was added to the machine, you can route individual camera previews to different outputs:

1. Go to SETUP > Configure > Routing

2. Route the created cameras to the preview machine

3. Add a Media output for each camera

4. Select "Engine MultiCam Preview" in the Source dropdown

5. Select the camera to preview in the Engine source dropdown

6. Choose for example "NDI" in the Output dropdown

   • If you are using the control panel to grab frames, then there is no need to have physical outputs routed

7. Repeat above steps for all preview outputs

   

Example routing with 3 camera previews

Create a multi-viewer in control panel

With a Snapshot widget you can grab frames from in and outputs directly inside the control panel.

1. Create a new control panel

2. Add a Snapshot widget

3. Right click the widget and click the 3 dot menu on the right of the Node property

   

   
   

4. Select the input/output you want to preview

   • a snapshot will be shown at a given interval

5. Repeat these steps for all preview cameras