Show Buddy Active video features

How do I send video from Show Buddy Active to my projector?

Connect and configure your projector as described in this article. Then, click the “monitor” icon (upper-right on the visualiser) to open the video window. Finally, drag the video window to your projector and click on it to make it full-screen.

How do I convert my video footage to use in Show Buddy?

Show Buddy Active can play back webm video files, encoded in VP8 or VP9 format. However, we highly recommend encoding videos using VP8, as it is more efficient than VP9 and less demanding on your CPU.

Also, encode videos at the lowest resolution you need to minimise CPU load. There’s no point in encoding a video at 4K, to then play it back on a 1024×768 projector.

We recommend the open source application HandBrake as the tool of choice for converting video footage.

Here is a standard HandBrake preset for converting videos for use in Show Buddy Active. To import this preset into HandBrake:

Extract the ZIP file
Open HandBrake
Select the “Preset” menu
Open “Options“
Select “Import Preset(s) from file” and choose the extracted “.json” file