"Zoom Events" and VMIX

[CoLittle]

We are utilizing VMIX 28 "Zoom Plugin" in combination with Zoom for switching/graphics in virtual and hybrid corporate events. VMIX works great with regular Zoom. When we try working with the VMIX plugin with "Zoom Events" not so much. Will not pull the participants video streams into VMIX. FAIL.

I cannot find any documentation regarding the VMIX Zoom feature and working with Zoom Events. (Not in either the VMIX or Zoom knowledge base)

Can anyone confirm that the VMIX plugin does not work with Zoom Events?  Any knowledge of a work around or any documentation to be found? Any additional insights would also be appreciated.

Thank you

C.O. Little

[Ray_Harwood]

Hi, @CoLittle.

I’m pretty sure this is a limitation of Vmix’s implementation of the Zoom SDK. The authentication requirements for Zoom Events are more stringent than regular meetings and webinars, and involve browsing the event Lobby in order to find one’s way into an event’s sessions.

 It might be possible to use a Group Join Link and allow the specific account join meetings directly, but I haven’t tested this. Reach out to me if you’d like some help.

[AndyCarluccio]

vMix has opted not to implement the Zoom Events join flow available in our developer platform, which is a feature we encourage all of our broadcast integrations to implement. As a result, their integration is not able to be used with Zoom Events. Perhaps reaching out to their support team or forums to explain your desire to use the Zoom plugin with vMix within Zoom Events would be beneficial, as hearing the need for this in the voice of their customers could be a positive motivator. 

Failing that, you can always explore solutions like ZoomISO which can, for example, send NDI to vMix, and has a Zoom Events join flow. Other software switchers like Ecamm Live have integrated our Zoom Events join flow into their product as well.

In case you're curious, the procedure for developers to join Zoom Events via our Meeting SDK is outlined below:

• Scope Zoom Events read and Zoom Events Sessions read on your access token
• Call the Zoom API function List Events twice, once with a param for host role, once with attendee role
• When the user selects an event, use the ID to call List Sessions
• When the user selects a session within the event, use both the event ID and the session ID to get the join token
• Append the join token to the Meeting SDK Join Parameters object’s .join_token parameter
• No meeting ID or password is required to be added. With the other required fields attached (such as the user ZAK and name), call the Join Meeting function in the Meeting SDK.