Captivate can now add Live Video sources from your Microsoft Teams meetings via NDI. In addition, the Virtual Webcam output feature can be delivered directly into your Teams Meeting as well.
Warning: You must have the business version of the Teams App installed on your system for the NDI feature to be available. The personal Microsoft Teams App does not include the settings necessary for this workflow. Please make sure you are operating within the business version when starting your meeting.
- Setting up Teams Meeting Participants as a Live Video Source
- Output via Virtual Webcam to your Teams Meeting
Setting up Teams Meeting Participants as a Live Video Source
Captivate will be able to source the Teams Meeting Live Video via NDI which will need to be enabled in your Teams Settings.
Important!: The NDI feature in Teams requires paid Microsoft account (consumer Office365 does not seem to count!) You may need to contact a Microsoft admin to allow access to the Production Capabilities feature if not permitted.
- Open Microsoft Teams and navigate to your Settings Menu.
- Select App Permissions on the Sidebar and Toggle on Production Capabilities.
- Start your Teams Meeting and go to your settings or "More" menu > Streaming > Broadcast over NDI.
- Open your Captivate project and either choose Add new item or right click in your Project List to select New > Live Video/Audio > NDI > name of the meeting participant.
Your Teams Meeting participant should now be showing as a Live Video source in your Project List, Video Switcher, and Preview Panel.
- In the Properties Panel, a Live Video tab will propagate with your Source name and a checkbox option to use in the Switcher/Mixer.
Option: To Lock on for Downstream keying, toggle off the video switcher for the option to Lock On to display and check the box.
You should now see your Live Video Source with a Lock symbol in your project list and playing live in your Program Monitor.
Output via Virtual Webcam to your Teams Meeting
To integrate your Captivate graphics into Teams, you will need to utilize the Virtual Camera output.
- In your Program Monitor, select the dropdown menu with the default setting of No Monitor > choose Virtual Webcam.
Or you can go to Video Out > Virtual Webcam.
- In your Teams Meeting, select the three-dot or meatball menu in the bottom left of the screen or right click anywhere on the screen > select Switch Camera.
Your captivate graphics will now reflect in your Teams Meeting when played on-air.
Utilize Setting up Teams Meeting Participants as a Live Video Source, Set Up Live Video Switching, add Transitions, or design full screen Shot Layouts to further enhance your Teams Meeting integration.