With Q-SYS Designer software version 9.7 or higher, we can freeze a video frame coming from an NV Series video endpoint.
00:14
This feature can be pretty helpful in a few different ways. Let’s say I’m showing a PowerPoint presentation, but now I want to show a video clip from my VLC Player.
00:22
The problem is . . . my desktop is an embarrassing mess. I know. I have a problem.
00:30
But, if I had a video freeze button at my disposal, I could spare my audience from this disaster desktop.
00:37
All we need to do is copy the Video Freeze button from the Generic Display component and paste it on our UCI.
00:44
It’s important to know that we’re freezing the video at the HDMI output from Q-SYS, so if this output—which is represented here by the Generic Display component—is connected to an HDMI switcher, all source downstream will be frozen as well.
00:58
Now when I want to transition, I just hit video freeze, tee up my video through this horrible desktop that nobody can see, and hit unfreeze. There it is. One of my favorites.
01:14
Here’s another idea for higher education. Let’s say a professor is using their iPad to drive their lecture.
01:21
They can freeze a problem set for their students to work on, and the professor can solve the problem on their own.
01:28
When they’re ready to show the answer, all they have to do is unfreeze. Thanks for watching, we’ll see you next time.