Viz Trio User Guide

Version 3.2 | Published June 29, 2021 ©

Command Line Parameters

Use the command line parameters below to customize Viz Trio startup.

Adding a Command Line Parameter

  • Right-click the program shortcut, and edit the program target path.

Example:

C:\Program Files (x86)\vizrt\Viz Trio\trio.exe -mse localhost -control -force_gpu_count 2

Command Line Parameters

Parameter

Value Syntax

Description

-attach_to_viz

Attaches to a running viz.exe without asking the user to terminate it.

If a Viz Engine process is already running locally then this command line option avoids the notification "viz.exe is already running. Terminate?" So it always keeps the viz.exe process and attaches to it without asking. If there is no Viz Engine process running Trio start up its own process as before no matter if the command is present or not. This command is just a flag and does not have any parameter value.

-control

Allows you to configure Viz Trio.

-folder

showpath

Causes the client to start in the specified show.

-force_gpu_count

integer

Lets the user force/override the available (detected by Viz) number of GPUs used for preview and program channel.

-hide-auto-login

Hides the option to auto login into the Graphic Hub database in the Viz Engine startup dialog box.

-local_program_channel_port

integer

Overrides the configured port number set for the local program channel. This is useful if a different port than default port 6800 needs to be set.

-logfile-path

directory

Folder in which log files are stored.

-loglevel

integer

Controls how much is logged to the log file.

-macro-port

integer

Overrides the port of the macro command server. The default port is 6200.

-mse

hostname

Media Sequencer hostname.

-nle-mode

Start Viz Trio in "NLE mode".

-no-nle-mode

Start an NLE-compiled Viz Trio in normal (non-NLE) mode.

-scriptloglevel

integer

Controls how much is logged when executing scripts.

-socket

Use socket (TreeTalk) for Media Sequencer communication.

-t

quoted string

Redefine the main window title of Trio. %v will be replaced by the version string. %h will be replaced by the MSE-host. %s will be replaced by the current show path.

Default, if -t not specified: "Viz Trio %v - MSE: %h - Show: %s"

-usersetting

settingsname

Use something other than the hostname as an identifier for user settings.

-viz-console-delay

<time in seconds>

Starts Viz Trio independently of the Viz Engine process, enabling use of Viz Trio before Viz Engine is running. Note that the Viz Engine console is displayed in this mode (during startup) which can be used to debug Viz Engine start-up problems.

-vizdb

host:db:user:pw

Configure the Viz Engine 3 database login for the local preview engine.

-vizparams

quoted string

Extra parameters to pass on when starting the local Viz Engine.

-vizpreview

hostname: port<:protocol>

Connect to an external Viz Engine for preview.

-viz-startup-timeout

integer

Specifies the time-out to use during start-up of Viz Trio when communicating with Viz Engine. The default time-out value is set to 30 seconds. Time-outs during start-up will often leave Viz Trio unusable. After Viz Trio has successfully started up, the time-out setting in the Local Preview is used.