Insert live video feed in Keynote

It can't be done within KN. But see this thread for a possibly useful work-around:

Since you've apparently got the hardware, the video mixer (or even simply two projectors with two separate inputs superimposing their images onto the screen) is a far easier and more flexible solution.

It's possible to insert live video in Keynote via Quartz Composer.
Although you need the (free) " safe Video In " plugin from Kineme to make it work.

Step by Step Guide:

1) Install Quartz Composer (it comes with the XCode Developement Utilities on your OSX installation disc)
2) Download the "Safe Video In" - Plugin ( http://kineme.net/QuartzComposerPatches/SafeVideoInput/0.1 ) and place it in the appropriate folder ( /Library/Graphics/Quartz Composer Patches/ ).
3) Open Quartz Composer and create a blank composition.
4) open the Patch Library, type "clear" in the search field, and drag the Clear patch onto the workspace
5) then add a "Video Input" and a "Billboard" patch
( To select another than the default video input device, select the Video Input patch, open the Patch Inspector and change the input device in the Settings tab )
6) Connect the "Image" output of the Video Input Patch to the "Image" input of the "Billboard" Patch (click and drag from the white dot next to "Image")
7) Safe this composition and close Quartz Composer
8) Now, open Keynote and drag the .qtz file you just saved into your presentation



In the Quicktime tab in the Inspector, set the Repeat to Loop to show the video for more than 30 sek.

I carefully followd the step by step guide from Unami to get my iSight working in a Keynote Slide. After dragging the .qtz file into the keynote presentation slide the .qtz is completly transparent. It has only a frame if it is selected. After running the Presentation the Filename of the Object was changed in the "dimension"-Tab from xyz.qtz to xyz.mov and the Isigt wasn't activated no video was visible. There was noch change fter removing the SafeVideoInput Plug.

The Composition only runs perfect in Quicktime Player 7. Any other composition without VideoInput (iSight) access runs perfect in Keynote.

I use:

Quartz Composer, Version 4.0 (103.1), Framework Version 4.1 (156.16)
Keynote Trial 5.0.3, 791
SafeVideoInput 0.1

Please let me know if someone has a work around. thanks 🙂

hm...

it only shows the video when the keynote slideshow is played back. however, the green light next to the iSight of my mbp lights up as soon as I insert the composition into keynote.

there's no problem with the software as I run exactly the same versions (keynote trial 5.0.3. 791,....).

did you put the SaveVideoInput into the right folder?
it's "/Macintosh HD/Library/Graphics/Quartz Composer Patches" not ".../Quartz Composer Plug-Ins"

if this folder doesn't exist, you have to create it manually.

StefanTannhaeuser wrote:
Any other composition without VideoInput (iSight) access runs perfect in Keynote.

Actually there are many other QC functions that wont work in KN due to the way QC is 'supported' in KN (which is thru the QT framework not QC framework itself). Keyboard and mouse input for one. Even with the KinemeCore safe patching tool.

Here's how I got it working today (slight modifications to Unami's guide):

1) Install Quartz Composer (it comes with the XCode Developement Utilities on your OSX installation disc)
*2) Download the KinemeCore ( http://kineme.net/files/release/KinemeCore/KinemeCore-0.5.1bInstaller.pkg.zip ) and install.
3) Open Quartz Composer and create a blank composition.
*4) Click on the KinemaCore menu in the top menu (between Window and Help) and select KinemaCore Preferences. Click on the Unsafe Mode tab. For each of the required applications on the left, check "Safe" for Video Input on the right. (I checked Video Input as "Safe" for every application, just in case.)
5) Open the Patch Library, then add a "Video Input" and a "Billboard" patch
( To select another than the default video input device, select the Video Input patch, open the Patch Inspector and change the input device in the Settings tab )
6) Connect the "Image" output of the Video Input Patch to the "Image" input of the "Billboard" Patch (click and drag from the white dot next to "Image")
7) Save this composition and close Quartz Composer
8) Now, open Keynote and drag the .qtz file you just saved into your presentation

For some reason, Keynote will occasionally not allow me to drag/drop the .qtz file into its window. Closing that window and starting a new document fixes this.

Hope that helps.
-jeremy

Wow. Just got it to work! Sweet thing. Now here is my next question to this. Could I now select a different source? For example a webcam or iwebcamera (iphone). Or even Iphone via facetime... Like they did on the last Keynote?

All the Best