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 ====== Using Moments with WATCHOUT ====== ====== Using Moments with WATCHOUT ======
  
-While PIXILAB Moments can be used perfectly well stand-alone, directly driving a display device, there are cases where you want to use Moments as part of a larger context. A media server, such as Dataton WATCHOUT, is commonly used to handle such cases, managing playback of multiple sources in sync across several display devices.+While PIXILAB Moments can be used perfectly well stand-alone, directly driving a display device, there are cases where you want to use Moments as part of a larger context. A media server, such as [[https://www.dataton.com/products/watchout|Dataton WATCHOUT]], is commonly used to handle such cases, managing playback of multiple sources in sync across several display devices.
  
 In this case, you may prefer to play Moments //through// WATCHOUT rather than on a separate display device. This integration allows for seamless transitions and mixing of content generated live through Moments with pre-produced content managed by WATCHOUT. In this case, you may prefer to play Moments //through// WATCHOUT rather than on a separate display device. This integration allows for seamless transitions and mixing of content generated live through Moments with pre-produced content managed by WATCHOUT.
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 Here's a brief rundown of the pros and cons, and some hints on how to go about these options. Here's a brief rundown of the pros and cons, and some hints on how to go about these options.
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 ===== Using a capture card ===== ===== Using a capture card =====
  
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 ===== Using vMix ===== ===== Using vMix =====
  
-Riding on the popular NDI video distribution standard supported in recent versions of WATCHOUT, vMix streaming software can be used to manage various kinds of live feeds, piping the result into WATCHOUT. One of the many sources that can be managed through vMix is HTML5, making it a perfect fit for Moments. Advantages of the vMix solution include:+Riding on the popular [[https://www.newtek.com/ndi/|NDI]] video distribution standard supported in recent versions of WATCHOUT, vMix streaming software can be used to manage various kinds of live feeds, piping the result into WATCHOUT. One of the many sources that can be managed through vMix is HTML5, making it a perfect fit for Moments. Advantages of the vMix solution include:
  
   * Transparent background (alpha channel) supported, depending on color mode.   * Transparent background (alpha channel) supported, depending on color mode.
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 In vMix, activate the Moments browser source when desired, or have it set permanently as the current source if that's all you use vMix for. In vMix, activate the Moments browser source when desired, or have it set permanently as the current source if that's all you use vMix for.
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 ==== Additional vMix configuration ==== ==== Additional vMix configuration ====