When diagnosing issues related to videos lagging or stopping on your overlay, check to see if this option is enabled or disabled in Settings -> Advanced. This setting allows the browser source to be rendered on the GPU however, there are cases beyond the control of Mix It Up where your streaming software cannot render the content of your browser source (EX: Freezing/Laggy videos). Some streaming softwares come with an updated version of the browser source which includes a hardware acceleration setting. We will automatically refresh that source when Mix It Up loads in-case it was opened after your streaming software.

Hit it the Test Connection button under Services -> Overlay and make sure you see the red 'Connection Test!' text appear on the overlay.Īdditionally, if you are also using OBS Studio, XSplit, or Streamlabs OBS connectivity in Mix It Up, you can specify the name of the web browser source that is hosting the Mix It Up overlay. Press on the 'Refresh cache of current page' button and then save.

Ensure the options 'Shutdown source when not visible' & 'Refresh browser when scene becomes active' are checked.make sure the resolution of your browser source is set to 1920x1080.Head to the Services page in the application and ensure that the Overlay service is connected. Make sure Mix It Up is started first before your streaming software, otherwise the Overlay 'won't exist', so it won't load properly. When running into issues, make sure to check the following: To add multiple endpoints, head to the Settings -> Overlay menu to add & remove them. While most users only need one overlay endpoint, you can optionally add multiple Overlay Endpoints to support showing different content on different overlays or work with different forms of green-screening by using different colors with different overlays.

Enable both 'Shutdown source when not visible' & 'Refresh browser when scene becomes active' optionsĬlick on the 'Test Connection' button in Mix It Up to check if the Overlay is properly connected.

Make sure the resolution of your browser source is 1920x1080.

To enable this, you must perform the following steps:Ĭlick on the 'Enable Overlay' button in Mix It Up.Ĭreate a new browser source in your streaming software with the following settings: Some of the things you can do include showing images, videos, text, and overlay widgets on screen. The Mix It Up overlay allows you to perform advanced Overlay Actions within your stream.

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