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Viz Trio User Guide

Version 3.2 | Published June 29, 2021 ©

Settings

This section covers the following settings:

Video Codecs

Video codecs are only required to preview videos embedded in graphics. Full screen videos can be viewed by using Timeline editor without using a codec.

IMPORTANT! Due to licensing requirements, Vizrt does not provide the codecs required for local preview. Users must obtain and install their own codecs.

Note: High resolution playout on Viz Engine does not require these video codecs.

Follow the procedures below to complete installation:

Codecs Installation Options

Codecs are available from several suppliers. Here are a few suggestions:

  • FFDShow MPEG-4 video decoder and Haali Media Splitter

  • LAV Filter video decoder and Splitter

  • Main Concept video decoder and splitter

Installing Codecs for Local Preview

The example below shows how to set up support for h.264 playback using the FFDShow MPEG-4 codec package and a Matroska Splitter from Haali.

Note: You need to have your own license for clip playback as FFDShow does not come with a decoding license.

  1. Make sure you do not have any other codec packages installed on the machine that interfere with FFDShow or the media splitter.

  2. Download the Matroska Splitter from Haali

  3. Download the Windows 7 DirectShow Filter Tweaker

  4. Download the FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder

    • Make sure you have a license to use the codec.

    • Make sure you download a 32-bit version of the codec.

  5. Uninstall older 64-bit versions of the MPEG-4 codec.

  6. Install the Matroska Splitter from Haali.

  7. Install the Windows 7 DirectShow Filter Tweaker.

  8. Install the FFDShow MPEG-4 codec.

    • After installing the FFDShow codec package make sure that no applications are excluded, especially Viz Engine (there is an inclusion and exclusion list in FFDShow).

  9. Set your MPEG-4 32-bit decoder to FFDShow.

    • You should now be able to preview video clips from Viz One.

Setting a Preferred Decoder

  1. Run the Windows 7 DirectShow Filter Tweaker.

  2. Click Preferred decoders in the dialog.

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  3. Set your MPEG-4/H.264 32-bit decoder to ffdshow and click Apply & Close.
    Click Exit.

Shared Data

Vizrt recommends that customers who use remote shares for storing data use UNC (Universal Naming Convention) paths directly in the configuration, instead of mapped drives.

Example: \vosstore\images

Ports

Component

Protocol

Port

Description

trio.exe

TCP

6200

Used for executing macro commands of the Viz Trio client over a socket connection.

trionle.exe

TCP

6210

Used by the Graphics Plugin for NLE to utilize Viz Trio for effect editing.

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