To Set Up a MultiViewer

Note: A MultiViewer must be assigned to a video output to be usable.
  1. Click Navigation Menu > Configuration > MultiViewers.
  2. Click MultiViewer X to select the MultiViewer you want to set up.
  3. Click the Layout button and select the arrangement of the boxes that you want to use for the selected MultiViewer.
    Note: MultiViewer 1 supports layouts with up to 10 boxes, and MultiViewers 2/3/4 support layouts with up to 16 boxes.
  4. Use the Transparency slider to adjust the transparency of the background behind the source label for the selected MultiViewer.
  5. Click a Tally button to select how boxes on the MultiViewer are tallied.
    • Box — red or green border is shown around the outside of the MultiViewer box
    • Label — red or green boxes are shown inside the label area of the MultiViewer box
    • Label Reverse — the same as Label, but the placement of the tally boxes is swapped
  6. Click an FS Label button to select whether FSFC is shown on the source labels (On) or not (Off) when a FSFC is applied to the source.
  7. Click the Clock button.
  8. Click a Mode button to select the type of clock you want.
    • Off — turns the clock off
    • Timecode — displays the timecode fed to the switcher (hh:mm:ss:ff)
    • System — displays the system time of the switcher in 12-hour or 24-hour format (hh:mm:ss)
  9. For a Timecode clock, click a Frame Count button to select whether the number of frames for a timecode is displayed (On) or not (Off).
  10. For a System clock, click a Time Display button to set how the time is displayed.
    • 24 hr — time is displayed in 24-hour format.
    • 12 hr — time is displayed in 12-hour format without am/pm.
    • 12 hr AM/PM — time is displayed in 12-hour format with am/pm.
  11. Click the Position tab.
  12. Use the X Position, Y Position, and Size sliders to position the clock and change the size.
  13. Click the Foreground Color tab and select the color and transparency you want to use for the text of the clock.
  14. Click the Background Color tab and select the color and transparency you want to use for the background of the clock.
  15. Click on one of the Boxes buttons and set up how that box appears on the MultiViewer.
    • Input/Output — select the video source or bus that you want to assign to this box on the MultiViewer. When you assign an output to a box, the switcher routes the source selected on that bus to the box, and not the output of the bus.
    • Green Tally — turn the preview (green) tally for the MultiViewer box on or off.
    • Red Tally — turn the program (red) tally for the MultiViewer box on or off.
    • Border — turn the border around the MultiViewer box off (Off), white (White), or black (Black). When the border is turned off, some distortion may be visible around the edges of the box.
    • Label — turn source labels for the MultiViewer box off, or on in a selected position
    • Label Pos — select a position for the source label for the MultiViewer box(Bottom or Top).
    • Aspect — turn aspect ratio markers for the MultiViewer box on (Aspect) or off (Off).
    • MultiSc X — turn the MultiScreen overlay on (On), or off (Off). The overlay shows what portions of the image are cropped out to fit into the output of the MultiScreen.