Steve Kownacki
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http://Www.screenlight.tv is inexpensive and fairly easy for customers, plus you can import comments as markers to your timeline.
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Renting is typically great because the vendor should ensure they are working to spec. The issue with used is, while they will probably work well… what if they don’t? Will you be scrambling to rent them anyway.
If you’re not going to use them again, I recommend renting – as long as that is your total cost of $50 and not additional shipping, insurance, etc.
HOWEVER, if you have time to buy them, test them, and use them… you can resell them for what you paid or even make a few dollars. This will take some time and effort and is that worth it?
In either case, you’ll have a hour+ of your time involved. Having said all that, can you borrow them from any organization you might belong to like a church or social group?
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I personally have not. I think it depends on the type of customers they deem worthy – healthcare is a good one. I’ll reach out to a friend of mine that does more with zoom.
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TEAMS/Skype can work directly with NDI output but I’m not sure about them taking an NDI input as a camera; and I believe can do 1080. You can only get HD with zoom on a paid account and requesting 720, 1080 requires more discussion wih them. Google video is 720.
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I’ve done this with Premiere on a PC, MAC needs a PC for the encode to zoom.
Download NDI Tools. https://www.ndi.tv/tools/ and install the premiere extension.
In PP prefs, turn on NDI output.
On a PC on the same network, open the Webcam Input NDI Utility and choose the NDI out from PP as the source. (If you are on a PC this can all be done on the same machine. Virtual cam is not avail for MAC.)
Open a zoom meeting.
Share screen.
Choose Advanced at the top center tab.
Choose Content from 2nd Camera. Click Share sound at the bottom left. Click Share. If it’s not the 1st source that pops up, there’s a “switch camera” button in the upper left, cycle til you get the PP output/virtual cam.
This is a near-no-latency setup. Works a bit easier if you have 2 or 3 monitors.
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What kind of mixer is it?
Take one of the mix buses or aux sends (minus the zoom audio) back to zoom via that bus and a USB interface to the zoom laptop.
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I have a version in dropbox you are welcome to try. It’s a zip file.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vdo6mj4dpp83d6l/XDCAMBrowser2_1Mac.zip?dl=0
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There are many, each with their own methodology – and sets of nuances & headaches.
Here are some terms to research: NDI, SRT, Web RTC.
If you use skype for a single caller, it has HD output via NDI that you can record with a app like OBS, vMix, WireCast, etc. Microsoft Teams also supports NDI out and you can capture each person (upt to 9) as a full HD stream individually in up to 1080p. vMix has its own utility called vMixCall – web usage is 720p, if they too have vMix you can do 1080p.
Everything depends on the quality of gear on the callers end and their abilty to use it. A 1080p webcam can look good with decent lighting and they’ll need a good mic too. Along with a wired internet connection. Your machine will need to be fairly robust too with a solid GPU.
If you are looking for a great signal, look at HDMI/SDI to SRT encoders that you receive the signal.
Don’t overlook the idea of you directing things via zoom and they record on their phone and send a file to you.
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While I have not done it, this is a common practice. When they schedule the webinar, there’s a choice to send to fb live, youtube live and antoher option I can’t remember. Once the webinar starts, you can send it to those other destinations. So start plenty early so you can get things configured. And practice, Practice, PRACTICE.
Zoom is not inherently HD, this must be requested well in advance and unless you are medical or first responder in nature, it may not happen for you event or at all. Zoom is 640 by default.
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Zoom only records 640 at best right now. My suggestion is for him to buy a logitech c920 camera and a tripod. Comes with LogiCam software that can record HD nicely and simultaneously offers virtual USB cam output that can feed zoom for you to see what’s going on. You also get manual cam controls too. He can then put the laptop someplace he can see the video and type if needed. Any $20 wired lapel mic will work.