Hi all,
I'm the developer of Directors Plan (Adelvo) — full disclosure, this is my own commercial app, posting in line with the developer guidelines. It's part of a small set of tools I build for live production; I'll keep this thread focused on Directors Plan and mention the others briefly at the end.
What it is
vMix is powerful but has no built-in timeline, rundown or call-sheet system. Directors Plan fills that gap: you build your show visually — drag vMix inputs, set transitions, add cues with a real thumbnail for every source — then press Play for automated playback, or run it manually with full live override at any moment.
The idea: one person plans the show, someone else can hit Play. Cues, timings, thumbnails, contacts and crew notes all save into a single small .dplan file with no dependencies — send it by email or USB, and whoever's at the desk just opens it and runs the show.
Build once, use everywhere
Run the free DP Thumbnail Server on the vMix PC once and it grabs a thumbnail for every input in seconds. From then on the images live inside the file — both the plan file and the mock file carry their own thumbnails. The show travels with its previews built in: no re-grabbing on the playback machine, nothing to set up again at the desk.
It's a native Universal macOS app (also on Windows). vMix runs on Windows, so from a Mac you drive it over the network/VPN — or plan completely offline in Mock Mode without vMix installed at all.
Demo
Highlights
HTML/PDF call sheet — the rundown your camera, sound and talent actually read.
Companion / Stream Deck export
One click builds a full Stream Deck / Companion config, with a thumbnail on every button.
Live thumbnails
The free DP Thumbnail Server gives you a real preview image of every vMix input, right in the timeline.
Plan offline
Mock Mode lets you build the entire show without vMix installed — then run it on the real machine on-site.
Try it
30 days with every feature unlocked, no limits. After that you need a license to load plan files — one-time purchase, no subscription, no feature-gating.
macOS (Universal) & Windows: https://adelvo.io/directors-plan/
Why I built it
The rest of the toolkit
Directors Plan is one of a few tools I build for live production, each solving one specific problem:
Happy to answer questions, and I'd genuinely value feedback from anyone running live production on a Mac.
And since he's the Adelvo mascot — meet Karma:
I'm the developer of Directors Plan (Adelvo) — full disclosure, this is my own commercial app, posting in line with the developer guidelines. It's part of a small set of tools I build for live production; I'll keep this thread focused on Directors Plan and mention the others briefly at the end.
What it is
vMix is powerful but has no built-in timeline, rundown or call-sheet system. Directors Plan fills that gap: you build your show visually — drag vMix inputs, set transitions, add cues with a real thumbnail for every source — then press Play for automated playback, or run it manually with full live override at any moment.
The idea: one person plans the show, someone else can hit Play. Cues, timings, thumbnails, contacts and crew notes all save into a single small .dplan file with no dependencies — send it by email or USB, and whoever's at the desk just opens it and runs the show.
Build once, use everywhere
Run the free DP Thumbnail Server on the vMix PC once and it grabs a thumbnail for every input in seconds. From then on the images live inside the file — both the plan file and the mock file carry their own thumbnails. The show travels with its previews built in: no re-grabbing on the playback machine, nothing to set up again at the desk.
It's a native Universal macOS app (also on Windows). vMix runs on Windows, so from a Mac you drive it over the network/VPN — or plan completely offline in Mock Mode without vMix installed at all.
Demo
Highlights
- Visual timeline, drag & drop, transitions, live thumbnails for every input
- Play Mode — automated playback with loops, scheduled starts, countdowns
- Full live override during playback — cut to any camera, restart a cue, fire the next by hand
- Controller (CTRL): group faders, real-time Master/Bus levels, stream/record/output switching
- Overlay channels with show- and cue-level control
- HTML/PDF call sheet export — responsive rundown with contacts, schedule, embedded thumbnails
- One-click Companion / Stream Deck config — thumbnails on every button
- CSV export, modular show append, and HTTP-request cues (trigger anything that speaks HTTP)
- Free DP Thumbnail Server for real preview images of every vMix input
- 20+ languages, full keyboard control
HTML/PDF call sheet — the rundown your camera, sound and talent actually read.
Companion / Stream Deck export
One click builds a full Stream Deck / Companion config, with a thumbnail on every button.
Live thumbnails
The free DP Thumbnail Server gives you a real preview image of every vMix input, right in the timeline.
Plan offline
Mock Mode lets you build the entire show without vMix installed — then run it on the real machine on-site.
Try it
30 days with every feature unlocked, no limits. After that you need a license to load plan files — one-time purchase, no subscription, no feature-gating.
macOS (Universal) & Windows: https://adelvo.io/directors-plan/
Why I built it
The rest of the toolkit
Directors Plan is one of a few tools I build for live production, each solving one specific problem:
- LLT — Local Live Translator: real-time speech translation that outputs straight to a vMix Title. Runs 100% local on Apple Silicon (or connects to cloud engines), so subtitles/translation fit right into the same show.
- MDE — Mix Desk EQ: per-app audio routing on macOS — capture app audio, mic, webcam and line-in and send each to its own output, with EQ and gain.
- Volume Balance: a real audio compressor for the browser, for anyone tired of wildly different levels between clips.
Happy to answer questions, and I'd genuinely value feedback from anyone running live production on a Mac.
And since he's the Adelvo mascot — meet Karma:
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