Clone-Input

Really Cloning an Arbitrary Input

Allow an arbitrary input (which has to be in the preview) to be really cloned/duplicated.

Problem

vMix has to real input cloning functionality. It only has the "Settings" / "Copy from..." functionality of an input, but this copies not everything. Also, the "Settings" / "General" / "Create Virtual Input" functionality of an input still attaches the resulting input to the original one. But when creating dozens of event scenes, one usually wants to clone existing scenes.

Solution

This script performs a real clone of an input by directly operating on the underlying vMix preset XML file. For this to work correctly, ensure that you are running on an already saved vMix preset (which is usually always the case in production, except when you are trying out this script on a freshly started vMix).

Usage

Configure a vMix Shortcut with:
key ScriptStart clone-input