Video Input Device

Video Input Device

Device - Video Input Devices are used to capture video streams in Smode

Video Input Devices can be used to capture video content from hardware capture cards, webcams, or inter-process texture exchange.
To configure a Video Input Device, go to the Preferences Smode Preferences panel Read More panel [F11], in the Engine Preferences General preferences of SMODE's rendering engine. Add your Device here: MIDI controller, OSC, Video and Audio devices etc. Read More tab, select the Video Inputs section.
Add a new Video Input Device by clicking the Add button (1) and choose among the connected devices in the list (2).
Click Apply changes (3) to access the configuration settings.
Please refer to the Catalog section at the bottom of this page to explore all types of possible Inputs.
On Windows, you can use the DirectShow driver or specialized drivers when available to achieve high-latency frame capture.
In order to use the video signal from your device in a Compo Composite 2D Layer, Shape layer and 3D Layer together. [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [N] to create a new composition after opening Smode Read More or Processor This section describes how to configure Smode processors in order to configure your output(s) and also make some nice and smooth stage pre-visualisations Read More , use a Video Input Extract the image from a Video Input Device Read More .

Parameters to all Video Input Devices

  • Sync (Auto) : Number of received frame, frame rate of the device and Sync status
  • Size (Pixel Size) : Resolution of the current video input device picture in pixels (Read Only)

CATALOG

Video Input Synchronisation:

Video input synchronisation -

Auto syncher - The synchronization settings for Video Input Device Video Input Devices are used to capture video streams in Smode Read More

Phase Wizard - Visualizer for synchronization between SMODE rendering and video input Devices

Other:

Direct Show - Use Direct Show Video as Input

DeltaCast - Use Native Delta Cast Video as Input

BlackMagic - Use Native BlackMagic Video as Input

NDI Input - Capture a NDI stream

Spout Input - Receive a video stream from Spout (check : Configure Spout How to configure Spout Input and Spout Output Read More )

OptiTrack - Use infrared video stream

Syphon - Capture a video stream through Syphon

Multi Video Input Synchronizer - When you have metadata, sync all video inputs based on the frame number (mainly for XR)

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