Titler Live/Captivate introduces a sophisticated integration with Zoom to be able to broadcast your meeting with Chat comments and graphics. Connection can be established with a Meeting or Webinar. If you need to output video into Zoom from Captivate or input Q&A questions from your meeting or webinar, then you will need to Authenticate your Account before connecting to a meeting.
- Authenticate your Account to Host a Meeting
- Join a meeting directly from within Captivate
- Using video and audio from Zoom and integrate into graphics
- Send the output of the production as a virtual camera / mic into Zoom
- Leaving the Zoom Meeting
If you are on a Mac, please go to System Settings > Privacy & Security:
- Accessibility > Ensure that both Titler Live 5 and Zoom are both checked.
- Screen Recording > Ensure that both Titler Live 5 and Zoom are both checked.
Authenticate your Account to Host a Meeting
Authentication is required if you need to send video from Captivate into Zoom or if you plan on inputing Live Q&A from Zoom. Also, in order to Start a meeting from within Captivate, you will need to authenticate your account first. However, it is not recommended to Start a Meeting from within Captivate unless you are running a Webinar.
- With your project open in Captivate, go to Conferencing > Zoom: Host New Meeting or Join a New Meeting depending on what you plan to do.
- Click Login to authenticate your Zoom Account.
- You will be directed to an external browser to login. Enter your credentials to login.
- Enable checkbox to allow Zoom to use the system shared access preferences and Allow.
- If it connected successfully, you will then be prompted to return back to the Captivate interface.
If you are connecting to an existing meeting, please start the meeting in Zoom first, then jump to Step 3 of the Join a meeting within Captivate section.
Join a meeting directly from within Captivate
- Have your host start the Zoom Meeting from a separate system. Important: Please start meeting with Camera ON.
- With your project open in Captivate, go to Conferencing > Zoom: Join Existing Meeting.
- Fill in the Meeting ID, and if required, password for your meeting.
- Enter your desired Display Name. This is the name that will show up in the meeting for others to see. Note: If the meeting requires Authentication, click on the Authenticate button. This will take you to a browser page to sign into your account with Zoom (please note that this is temporarily pending authorization from Zoom.)
- Choose how you want to work with Zoom. You have three options:
- To receive video and audio from participants on the call, choose Receive Audio/Video from Zoom.
- To send fully produced video and audio back into Zoom, choose Send Program Output to Zoom. Note: that it will not allow you to both send and receive at the same time.
- If you would like to have a Zoom window open at the same time, choose Open Zoom Meeting Window. Note: This is required for Zoom Webinars. It can also be useful for understanding all that is going on.
- Click the blue button Join Zoom Meeting.
The status of joining the meeting is then displayed in the top right of the Captivate toolbar
Status information is also displayed at the bottom right of the Captivate window.
Note: Since we are joining a meeting, the meeting host usually needs to Admit you.
Proceed to Using video and audio from individual participants in the call or Send the output of the production as a virtual camera / mic into Zoom depending on your choice workflow.
Using video and audio from individual participants in the call
If you have selected Receive audio/video from Zoom, you will see this next:
Captivate will request the right to record the meeting. This enables the program to receive the audio and video streams coming from the individual participants.
- Please have the host Allow Recording.
Note: If the meeting host doesn't do anything, a warning dialogue will pop up alerting that the host has not enabled the recording.
Warning: If the host denies recording, the meeting will proceed, but Captivate will not be able to capture the video and audio feeds from the meeting. - Once the host accepts recording, a dialog opens for all participants, letting them know the meeting is being recorded.
Note: In this case, the meeting is not actually being recorded to a file, instead it simply means that the video and audio from participants is being captured by Captivate. -
The meeting status now advances to
. You can now bring meeting participants in as live video and audio. Go to the bottom of the Project list and choose Add new item or right-click in the Project List > Live Audio/Video > Zoom.
- Note that all meeting participants are listed in the Zoom submenu. Choose a participant and that participant’s video immediately becomes available as a Live Audio/Video source selected in both the switcher (for video) and mixer (for audio.)
- For any other location where a video can be inserted, such as a PiP graphic, click directly on the design element in the Preview Panel > Zoom > Choose a participant
Your Zoom Live Audio/Video sources should now be available in preview and in your Video Switcher. Please see article Live Video Switching for more details on how to operate.
Send the output of the production as a virtual camera / mic into Zoom
If you choose Send Program output to Zoom, Captivate takes the audio and video from the output and sends it into Zoom. You should now be able to see your graphics display in your Zoom meeting when played on-air within Captivate. Connection can be established with a Meeting or Webinar.
Note: You can also stream out via RTMP at the same time. Please see Streaming with Captivate for more details.
Note: If you chose to open the local instance of Zoom, your graphics will appear mirrored as if you are looking out a window to your audience. The graphics will appear correctly for your participants. If you would prefer to see exactly how your participants will view your graphics, you can change the settings in Zoom by going to your Video Settings.
Then, go to Advanced > Background & Effects > Uncheck Mirror My Video
Troubleshooting Tip: Occasionally, Zoom updates will change default settings. If you have issues connecting audio and video, check your Zoom settings to ensure the correct sources are enabled.
Leaving the Zoom Meeting
The two ways to leave the Zoom Meeting are from Within Captivate or when the meeting is closed by the host.
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To leave the Zoom Meeting from within Captivate, click on the
button in the top Menu Bar or go to Conferencing > Zoom: Leave Meeting. .
- If the meeting is closed by the host, Captivate will automatically leave.
Warning: After leaving the meeting, all connected cameras display an error message. If you then reconnect to the meeting, the video and audio sources all reconnect automatically, so no more setup is required.
Tip: You can save a meeting to a project file and then reload it intact. However, you will always need to manually join the meeting.