I wanted to lift up a project done in collaboration with my friend David Paskin, which uses Isadora and ZoomOSC to create chat overlay graphics that you can bring into your streaming workflow. The process outlined here, shown with Ecamm Live as an example, could be used with OBS, vMix, Wirecast, etc. via the NDI outputs from Isadora, or if you use hardware workflows like the ATEM, you could use the hardware output options from Isadora to do this as well. In fact, with the built-in Isadora RTMP streamer, or syphon virtual camera, you could do all of this streaming / sharing entirely within Isadora. It's really up to you!

Check out the video:

Under the hood, the Isadora file uses the new bounding box info from the Text Draw Actor. Using that data I can slide the question away from the name, pinch in the question from the bounds of the background rectangle, vertically adjust the question to center to the name, scale the rectangle to fit the question text inside, and move the entire graphic to minimize the screen space, all on the fly, based only on the input text. 

Enjoy!

@peuclid

That looks like a great resource Bernie, thanks for taking the time to package it up and sharing.

Best wishes

Russell

ZoomISO is now fully available! Big thanks to all of the Isadora users who helped us test the beta. 

More info at: 

https://www.liminalet.com/zoom...

@woland Super useful, thanks so much

You may also want to find a monospace font to use, this way you can calculate the space required for the word, since each letter will take up equal space. That should allow for a grid like layout to become possible. Rotation will be another monster.

@liminal_andy

If you're comfortable sharing this, it'd be great to have a version of this on the TroikaTronix Add-Ons page (link in my signature) if it's not there already :)

Best wishes,

Woland

@peuclid

<3 ;-)

While we love Zoom for all of the many settings it exposes to help us tailor our events, broadcasts, and live performances, it can be a bit overwhelming at times. In response, Jeff Widgren, the founder of Stream Sharks, has for the past several months been running an online Zoom support group called the Zoom Test Kitchen.

ZTK meets for several hours on Zoom twice a week, Tuesdays and Fridays, and is a space for Zoom users of any experience level or background to share questions, test their systems, and learn from experts about making the most of Zoom. It is, in my view, an essential resource for those looking to produce high quality work on Zoom. It's also a learning lab where I can test my apps, show files, and workflows in a helpful and friendly environment.

Zoom Test Kitchen can be found on facebook at www.facebook.com/zoomtestkitchen. See you there!

@liminal_andy said:

will bump to Group HD 720p for the duration of the call, even if the device leaves the call! 

 😄 That's a fun hack, thank you for sharing your knowledge here again!

@bennnid

Thanks ! There will be bore, this is just the beginning....

We'd love it if you could put this workaround on the TroikaTronix Add-Ons page (link in my signature) :)

Best wishes,

Woland

@woland Hi, I'd like to upload the Zoom OSC supersources, but creation accounts doesn't seem to work

@liminal_andy said:

 clever, I wonder if there is a simple way for me to re-use the JS code that culls the dynamic list to act upon a copy database, simultaneously pruning it so the list and the database remain in sync.

There is. You just need to store the index of the items with the lines in JS, do the filtering, and then split the outputs to give a list of the indexes and a list of the text. You can then use the list of indexes to look up the item in the original list.

Sending the test file that includes this functionality to you now.

function main()
{
    var outStringIndexes = "";
    var outStringLines = "";
    var inputLines = arguments[0].match(/[^\r\n]+/g);
    var i;
    var indexedLines = [ ];
    for (i=0; i<inputLines.length; i++) {
        var rec = [ i+1, inputLines[i] ];
        // print(rec[0] + " " + rec[1] + "\n");
        indexedLines.push(rec);
    }
    for (i=0; i<inputLines.length; i++) {
        var needle = arguments[1].toLowerCase();
        var haystack = indexedLines[i][1].toLowerCase();
        if (haystack.includes(needle)) {
            outStringIndexes += indexedLines[i][0] + "\n";
            outStringLines += indexedLines[i][1] + "\n";
        }
    }
    return [outStringIndexes, outStringLines];
}

Best Wishes,
Mark

@liminal_andy That's great !! (As always)

Best,

Maxi

Great work with ZoomOSC Andy! With the capabilities of Isadora and the Window into zoom through ZoomOSC we have been able to do some wonderful virtual theatrical happenings! I hope the Office Hours Group plays with isadora more. They will love it.

Tláloc López-Watermann 

@liminal_andy Sweet! I think this actor may be the shortcut. thanks so much!

@michel Problem solved ! I just downloaded the new Elgato drivers for Epoccam and now Zoom osc 4 works perfectly.

Thanks

@lape We are now M1 Compatible! New release this week :)

Hi all, thanks for the advice. I'm helping out a friend with this one and just realized my mistake - it's out of range so it defaults to the max value. The  Gets are going into routers so the value is capped at the number of outputs. He didn't put calculators in to subtract the base value to get within range. Not sure why it didn't work in my patch earlier, but probably user error too. Thank you all for taking the time to help! This is what happens when you are under the gun and it's late at night...

@witmac Yep this is all good. Eventually, we could work around the remote controlled DMX dynamic lighting issue hurting the key parameters with global values or broadcasters/listeners that could talk to the utility scene from any other scene. I tend to build landing points on a per-scene basis to adjust my keys by building a set of user actors for keying. I also bolt on a midi controller so I can adjust key params on the fly with "analog" input.