Broadcast Style Recommendations

This page provides our recommendations for how you can set up your graphics and run your broadcast. We’ve found this to work well, but you’re welcome to use all, part, or none of it. Requirements for the broadcast can be found elsewhere on this site. If you have questions about these recommendations, or aren’t sure how to do any of them, reach out for help to the friendly people in the #av-help channel on Slack!

Overlays

  • Make use of our live captions, this makes your event more accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing. We recommend placing these captions at the bottom of your screen, with a separate color set up for each microphone (the default configuration is red and blue). Use overlay number 4 in vMix for this.
    • Live captions configuration can be accessed via AV Assistant
  • Place the real-time scoring from Audience Display on the top half of the screen, with red and blue matching the sides of the field from the camera’s perspective. Use overlay number 3 in vMix for this. If you’re using the rankings ticker you may need to move it up a bit so it doesn’t conflict.
    • Audience Display configuration can be accessed by right clicking the window in the taskbar
  • Use the rankings ticker during qualification matches. This shows a live view of each team’s placement in the event. Use overlay number 2 for this.
    • Rankings ticker configuration can be accessed at https://q.fimav.us, using your event key and the Manage Options screen

Camera

  • Avoid excessive live camera movement. When possible, move the camera to get a good shot before taking it live.
  • Show each alliance as they’re being introduced. Your vMix file should already have PTZ inputs for red and blue which you can adjust and make use of to quickly recall each camera position during introductions
  • Always show the full field during match play. Exceptions can be made for the end game, as long as the action is still clearly visible.
    • If using the Sony camera, make sure auto tracking is disabled during match play

Audio

  • Have your DJ volume all the way down on the Live Stream bus in xair.
  • Make use of a ducker to ensure the announcers and game sounds can always be heard over the music.
  • Make use of a compressor on the microphone inputs to keep the volume consistent.

Other

  • Have fun!