Connect Muséik to QLab through Syphon

Connect Muséik to QLab through Syphon

Beginning with version 3.1.1 Muséik is Syphon-enabled, which means that you can feed audio, video and timecode data directly into QLab. This can be useful for projection mapping projects, multi-projector installations, and shows will complex audio or lighting programs.

The Syphon input requires a Pro license for QLab. Learn more about QLab and purchase a license here.

To connect Muséik to QLab:

1. Open Muséik and load a file. Pause the file when there is a visible image (this will help quickly verify the connection later on).
2. Click on FULLSCREEN to set the Muséik display to the thumbnail view, then drag the thumbnail view onto your main display (the same display as the Muséik interface).
3. Open QLab, create a new Workspace or open an existing one.
4. Create a new Camera Cue and name it.
5. Select the Camera Cue, then click the I/O tab.
6. Click on the Video Input dropdown menu, then click "New patch with camera device." In the dropdown menu that opens select Muséik.

7. The Video Inputs screen will open; name the Muséik input.
8. Set your video and audio outputs for this cue.
            REMINDER: Muséik Show Files do not embed audio with the video signal. If your .ion Show File has audio you will need to export the audio signal to an audio interface, not QLab.
9. Hit the GO button in QLab. The video should appear in the output display you selected in the QLab video output setting.

You can now run a single file or an entire show from inside Muséik. All your Muséik Show Files will managed as a single cue in QLab. 

If your production requires different display configurations (i.e. single screen for one number and multi-screen for another) simply build a second Cue in QLab using Muséik as the video input. There is no need to open a new version of Muséik; just load up your files and send them through QLab to manage the output signals.

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