eiviz

eiviz (ˈeɪvɪz) is a software vision mixer maintained by Mikansei Laboratory and Shugo Kawamura / FlowingSPDG.
Windows and macOS are supported. Linux is experimental.

This site covers how to use eiviz, why it exists, and how it is meant to be run in the field.

Introduction

• About eiviz — motivation and technology choices
• Mikansei Laboratory — the community behind eiviz
• System requirements — supported environments and hardware
• Settings — items in the Settings window
• System architecture — mixer and UI hosts

Concepts

• Inputs — video sources, and how Input, Scene, Mixing Unit, and Output connect
• Scenes — a composite stacked from Inputs
• Mixing Unit — the unit that switches Preview and Program
• Audio Auxs — Master, Headphone, and AUX buses
• Outputs — sending the chosen source
• Multiviews — a monitor mosaic
• Overlays — DSK on a Mixing Unit’s Program

Features

• UVC Capture — video from UVC devices
• NDI / OMT Capture — video from NDI and OMT
• Media — video files and stills
• Colour — colour inputs
• Compositing — Scene compositing and layers
• NDI / OMT — output to NDI and OMT
• Decklink — output to DeckLink
• Audio, ASIO, and related — audio output and ASIO
• Vision Mixing — multi M/E switching with Mixing Units

Developers

• Compatibility APIs (vMix HTTP & TCP / OBS WebSocket) — vMix HTTP/TCP and OBS WebSocket compatible APIs
• Native API — eiviz-native APIs
• Function Reference — eiviz function reference