Selecting a video source for Showcase
|
Command |
Workspace: Path |
|
Select Video Source |
Design Suite: Entertainment > Showcase Spotlight: Spotlight > Showcase Context menu |
While Showcase is active, an object with a video screen (television, video screen object, blended screen, or LED screen object), or a 3D geometry like an extrude, solid, mesh, etc. can display video files or live streaming inputs from capture devices and media servers.
To set up a video source for an object that can show video textures:
Select the object.
From the Render tab of the Object Info palette, apply an image texture to the object, and scale, rotate, and/or offest the texture appropriately. The pixels from the texture will be swapped out for the video input, so this step serves to position and scale the texture appropriately.
With the object still selected, specify the capture input source.
Do one of the following:
For a screen object, click Edit Screen Image or Edit Array Image. Select Enable previs video.
For 3D geometry, select Spotlight > Visualization > Select Video Input (or in the Design Suite workspace, select Entertainment > Visualization > Select Video Input).
Specify the name of a capture device in Capture Source Name. For more information, see Assigning an image, video, or input.
Now that the input has been specified, select the command to associate the video source with the input.
The Select Video Source dialog box opens.
The video source options are listed, including capture cards and Network Device Interface (NDI®) protocol. Select the appropriate source to display on the screen or 3D geometry. The video is previewed, and the video resolution displays.
Under NDI options, select Low Bandwidth or High Bandwidth. The lower bandwidth option provides better performance, and it uses less memory; reserve the high bandwidth for special circumstances, such as when streamed text appears blurry in low bandwidth mode.
The object displays the video when Showcase is active.
If any assigned video sources are unavailable when Showcase is active, the Searching for Video Sources dialog box opens, indicating the faulty sources. As sources come online, the associations are automatically resolved if possible. You can still start Showcase with missing sources; a static texture displays on the object. Click Close to start Showcase.
