GLMixer Reviews

I have been using GL Mixer for about 3 years now because it's interface gives me the best flexibility and fluidity I have had with any other software for displaying video (working as a VJ and programmer artist). I plan to keep using it and learning to use the various integration features it presents.

Thank you very much for the program distributed under a free open license!

I love it!

They really have done an excellent job with this application thus far and deserves a look if you are looking for a fluid live video mixing tool. Its stable and not a resource hog. I did a live stream performance using this and it was perfectly stable despite a heavy load running on the system which was streaming to twitch using OBS, TRaktor pro3 running, playing music, browser open and active for twitch admin and this running and there really wasnt a single hiccup. A few things i learned and was wishing like crazy for by end of hour 1. It would be AMAZING if the application had a way to adhoc record a movement patterns or have some presets that you could then just tap a hot key and trigger what ever is selected to move across the scene in that particular pattern. The fatigue of clicking dragging and whipping around scenes is real! Can be a ton of fun, but a very handy quality of life function like this would be so nice and make a live performance be a little more fluid. I feel like i pushed it pretty hard, i had 9 scenes and hundreds of clips or multiple types and sizes 99% of them some sort of motion graphic. The only time it struggled was when i had dropped a 4k mpeg in things got a tad choppy moving things around the interface but the output didnt glitch. Most if not all of that was due to the other 15 things my system was doing . One last thing Audio. I REALLY hope there is a plan to add some audio reactive abilities to chroma or hue effects or movement, something that could be applied to scenes and or a particular piece of content based on the audio from various audio sources. The various aspect is important all to often i see application that only listen to the "whats playing" channel, and for those of us that broadcast that is problematic (same goes for selecting screens for that matter, i run 4). Hope that stuff is helpful, i really enjoy it and will be pushing out new content tomorrow using it live. Keep up the fantastic work and frequent updates.

Ok, it seems to be the VJ software that I´m looking for... Let me see... INCREDIBLE!!!... I´m still amazed! THANKYOU Bruno, for your hard work, and to share it with us all!

very good software!!

woe too good for words ... just intense control of many videos at the same time getting blended... I have not yet updated my glmixer so I can't wait to see where from here it has gone.

This software rocks. The UI encourages creative minds and is not restrictive. The endless extensions possibilities are just amazing, like the shadertoy plugin.

One of the best bits of software i have used for live video mixing

Best video mixer software I've ever seen. I'm currently in process of implementing it in our church with several HD PTZ cameras, adding .png overlays, and generating an output video/audio file for distribution to shut-ins via DVD and Web. I have been using it for about 2-3 years with SD cameras (v4l2) with little to no issues! Keep up the great work!

GLMixer provides an easy and intuitive interface for live mixing of multiple video streams. Mixing features include control of layers, geometric controls (rotate, resize, scale...), dynamic gamma adjustments, contrast, inversions, hue controls, opacity and so on) Applications for GLMixer include; live mixing of video projections, creating photo composites, and (depending on hardware) recording live video mixes to video files. The entry level learning curve is very easy, I've seen people up and running on GLMixer in 15-30 minutes doing basic mixes. First time users can watch a concise set of short videos on Vimeo to get the basic idea of how to use GLMixer. While the documentation is limited, the program is easy to use and many questions are answered in the applications Sourceforge pages... Such as glmixer/wiki/QuestionsAnswers/ Over the last year my friends and I have used GLMixer for live performances on Linux (and occasionally Mac OS) and have found it reasonably stable. The main limitations of the application seems to be hardware dependent. When for instance projecting/mixing lossless FHD 1080p material on Linux we have needed a fast multi-processor machine with a mid-range gamer's Nvidea card. 720p compressed H264 files on the other hand have been digestible by notebook computers. GLMixer's unique interface is ready made for touch screen, but touch screen features are not available yet. Otherwise GLMixer encourages a painterly approach to live visuals that differs from current popular 'VJ' software. Those seeking a more fluid video mixing experience for projections or recording should find this a useful video art tool to have.