Controlling vMix with the Elgato Stream Deck

You can program your Elgato Stream Deck to control your live video production in vMix. Set custom thumbnails and activators to give real-time feedback for your production!

0:00 Intro
1:50 What is a Stream Deck?
3:33 Minimum Requirements
4:06 Stream Deck Application
8:07 Setting up vMix Shortcuts
13:34 Stream Deck Profiles
16:35 Setting up Activators
23:52 The Finish

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vMix is live video production software that allows you to produce, record and stream from 1 PC! You can create amazing live and recorded content in SD, HD and even 4K! vMix is the most professional way to live stream your content, whether it's to YouTube Live, Twitch, Facebook Live or any other CDN.





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[BenThorp]

Love using our Streamdeck - have keys setup for each camera, powerpoint fwd/back and title overlay toggles. Really helpful. Also managed to script it to trigger presets in the cameras over CGI, which has made it an excellent one-stop shop for controlling our setup.

[VickersDoorter]

I've just done a livestream sports event with multiple cameras, logos and text overlays. The Stream Deck makes mixing and lining up cues very easy. I like that you can toggle text overlay on and off and each button is a mini video screen. I'm not that computer literate and found it easy to set up all the camera inputs and cues one I watched this video.

[Kaptnkrnch]

I love a strawberry flavoured cake (absolutely must be the less-than-natural vibrant red/pink coloring and flavouring) with coconut frosting.

[Urbanmediashowcase]

I’m trying to use the vmix shortcuts within the multi action button stream deck configuration. This way I can use the vmix and companion plugin together. When I try to configure the button, the vmix plugin item disappears off the list. Is this something on your end or elgato’s end that is causing this? I use companion to trigger my atem and would like to trigger the vmix overlays or scenes at the same time. Hopefully this makes sense.

[tomaswalach]

Thanks for great video. We are using stream deck for a while but now we realised that if you add thumbnail option for stream deck key, but have the same shortcut in webcontroler, then you have the same preview image as on stream deck on your local network (web controler). If you add the custom script which refresh this image very often you have low quality preview monitor on your local network! Unfortunately I can't find anyone who is doing the same thing and at API site there is also nothing. If you have anyone experience with this and know more about this, please let me know.
Or if you guys from vMix can coment this feature, I would be very glad.
Thanks!

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[thegrumptastic]

I wish Webex hadn’t replaced vmix at my organization.. I still love your videos and wish I could do more cool stuff with it

[JoelHernandez-rzpe]

How can I save my shortcuts so that they’re active each time I open vmix? I’ve been able to set them up perfectly with the stream deck, however when I close vmix and then open it again for a later stream I find myself having to connect the short cuts all over again. Is there a way to address this? Thanks!

[livebro]

Good day. Steam deck does not understand the alpha channel at all. Is it possible to make an icon with the vmix activation color display

[mohamedwaheedphotography]

Dear Tim, You need to update this video because to find stream deck store location has being changed.

[ElyonTeam]

hellow can you make an update video of this topic. Thanks

[cpanic]

Stream deck with bitfocus companion is really the way to do this. It’s 100x better than using elgatos software.

[JacopoDiGiuli]

Please… update the FFmpeg video filters (x264, NVENC etc.) on vMix… also with latest versions, FFmpeg version used is a very old version! 🥺

[theBullringLive]

Is the stream deck only active when vmix is active or if you go over to youtube chat, will things go bugly when you start typing a reply?

[chrisdodson]

I have performed all the prescribed steps but will get a yellow triangle with an exclamation point. Not sure what's going on but it's not working. Please advise.

[Aziz_Cinematographer]

It would be great if you guys would inform the people about all those software updates and what exactly will be new. The link you include while updating the software does not say exactly what the new updates brings. Maybe add dates with changes to the software. Thanks

[KidTonyGaming]

The fact that vmix has a streamdeck plugin and not Atem is wild, but it still sucks because i have a mac and vmix is windows only. OBS is to mondaine

[MM-matt]

Is it possible to add multiple functions to one key. For example pressing one key would say fade transition to another camera and also bring up a title at the same time and maybe play a quick sound effect ?

[daltonrandall]

Can you explain what is meant by "local shortcut?"

[amitggamingacademy]

After pressing Find, and pressing the button- Vmix coulndt recognize the input, and i get an Exclamtion mark on my Stream deck. any help?