“Do you happen to know how to set a shortcut in vMix to switch Zoom participants on an input?”
I got this question from a colleague on LinkedIn. I didn’t have an answer at the time, so I did some quick digging.
It turns out you can do this!
Function: ZoomSelectParticipantByName
You can assign participants to inputs using the ZoomSelectParticipantByName function in vMix Scripting.
This function takes two parameters.
Input is the input number you want to assign a participant to.
Value is the name of the participant you want to assign to that input.
Using the HTTP API
For example, pasting http://localhost:8088/api?Function=ZoomSelectParticipantByName&Input=25&Value=Elias%20macBook into the address bar of my local vMix machine’s web browser would assign the participant “Elias macBook” to Input 25, which I’ve set up as a Zoom input.
Using Bitfocus Companion
You’ll want to use a “Scripting Custom Command” to run this one.
For the command, use ZoomSelectParticipantByName Input=[Input#]&Value=[Participant Name].
Tutorial Video
In the video below, I cover how to make this work with the web API, Bitfocus AS Companion, and vMix shortcuts.
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