Onlyview
Onlyview is media-server software for video mapping, playback, generative content, and show control, available for Linux and Windows.
What Onlyview is
Onlyview is media-server software for video mapping, playback, generative content, and show control, available for Linux and Windows. It runs on customers' own machines without a proprietary hardware box. Mapping tools cover photogrammetric preparation, 3D calibration, screen deformation, and automated softedge blending. For LED canvases, it supports custom layouts, synchronized playback across multiple machines, and main and backup output. Onlyview describes frame-accurate synchronized playback of 8K content across machines, with unlimited timelines and layers. It lists built-in Notch, Unreal, and Unity support, plus real-time tracking with Blacktrax, LPM, Optitrack, Lidar, and AI vision. Show-control features can schedule, monitor, and run long-term installations with main and backup operation; the homepage says it can scale to 100+ projectors and be run by one operator on one timeline. External systems can send requests through an HTTP Server device, while lighting workflows support DMX via sACN and Art-Net recording and playback. Output options include SDI, NDI, Spout, SMPTE 2110, HDMI, and DisplayPort, though synchronization between output types is not guaranteed.
Good
- Runs on customer machines without a proprietary hardware box.
- Mapping tools include 3D calibration and softedge blending.
- Supports synchronized multi-machine playback.
- Offers main and backup operation for installations.
Watch out
- TouchEngine content is Windows-only.
- TouchEngine needs a separate paid license.
- Different output types are not guaranteed to synchronize.
Who it suits
Onlyview suits teams producing video-mapped shows, LED canvases, or long-term installations that need playback, tracking, and show control. It may also suit operators who want to use their own Linux or Windows machines.
Verdict
Onlyview combines mapping, playback, and show control for installations using customer-supplied machines. Review its output synchronization and TouchEngine limits if those capabilities are part of your workflow.
Plans and prices
From Onlyview's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Per-output license | Priced on request | Per-output licensing; price not stated |
| Perpetual license | — | Perpetual license; price not stated · Perpetual; price not stated |
| Weekly rental license | Priced on request | Weekly rental; price not stated · Rent by the week; price not stated |
The facts
Each one read from Onlyview's own pages, with the date it was checked.
The company
- Company background
- ETC Onlyview describes ETC Audiovisual as an event-services and audiovisual integration company based in Ivry-sur-Seine, France.checked 4 Oct 2026
What it does
- External control
- An HTTP Server device lets external systems send requests to Onlyview for integrations and automation workflows.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Hardware
- Onlyview says it runs on the customer's own machines and does not require a proprietary box.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Interactive content
- The homepage lists built-in Notch, Unreal, and Unity support, plus tracking with Blacktrax, LPM, Optitrack, Lidar, and AI vision.checked 9 Oct 2026
- LED walls
- Onlyview supports custom LED canvas layouts, synchronized multi-machine playback, and main/backup signal operation.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Licensing
- The maker describes per-output, perpetual and weekly rental licensing, without listing numeric prices on the homepage.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Lighting integration
- The manual says Onlyview can send and receive DMX lighting data over Ethernet using sACN, and can record and replay Art-Net or sACN shows.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Media outputs
- The manual lists SDI, NDI, Spout, and SMPTE 2110 alongside HDMI and DisplayPort outputs; synchronization between different output types is not guaranteed.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Network control
- An HTTP Server device lets external systems send requests to Onlyview for automation, triggering and data handling.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Output formats
- Media Server outputs can include SDI, NDI, Spout and SMPTE 2110 in addition to HDMI/DisplayPort; synchronization across output types is not guaranteed.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Playback
- The homepage describes frame-accurate synchronized playback across machines, with unlimited timelines and layers of 8K content.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Product
- Onlyview describes itself as media server software for video mapping, playback, generative content, and show control.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Projector control
- The PJLink device supports remote projector power management, shutter control, input selection, and status monitoring for compatible projectors.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Scale
- The homepage says one timeline and one operator can control a synchronized setup of more than 100 projectors.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Show control
- Onlyview can schedule, monitor and run long-term installations with main/backup operation.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Software-first
- Onlyview runs on the customer's own machines, with no proprietary hardware box required.checked 4 Oct 2026
- TouchEngine limits
- TouchEngine playback requires a separate paid TouchDesigner or TouchPlayer license on Producer and each Media Server; it is Windows-only, supports one output texture per project, and does not render on Linux Media Servers.checked 9 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Mapping
- It supports photogrammetric preparation, 3D calibration, screen deformation and automated softedge blending.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Platform limitation
- TouchEngine content is supported only on Windows and does not render on Linux Media Servers.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Video mapping
- Its mapping capabilities include photogrammetric preparation, 3D calibration, screen deformation, and softedge blending.checked 9 Oct 2026
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